The United Nations Environment Programme held the 12th Special Session of its Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) from 20-22 February 2012. Approximately 900 delegates from 150 countries, including environment ministers, diplomats, representatives of international organizations, major groups and stakeholders, attended the conference in the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The Governing Council reviewed important and emerging policy issues [...]

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organized the 13th Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-13) at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on 18-19 February 2012. The Global Forum is an annual event organized right before the UNEP Governing Council, to provide an opportunity for civil society and other groups to exchange ideas and get [...]

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organizes the 12th Special Session of its Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) in Nairobi, Kenya from 20-22 February 2012. The ministerial consultations during the session will focus on emerging policy issues under the overall theme of “The environmental agenda in the changing world: from Stockholm 1972 to Rio 2012″. From 18-19 February, [...]

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, Rio+20, or Rio 2012) will take place in Brazil between the 20th and the 22nd of June, 2012. The conference will mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World [...]

Between January 25 and 27, the initial discussions on the zero draft of “The Future we Want,” the intended outcome document  for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development UNCSD Rio + 20, took place in New York. Approximately 100 delegates were invited to work on far-reaching, but practical outcomes consistent with current and future challenges [...]

The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs will host the conference, “Towards New Global Governance for the Environment,” which will take place in Paris, France on January 30-31, 2012.  The conference is organized in conjunction with the Economic, Social and Environmental Council and the Strategic [...]