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  2. Fostering Dialogue and Partnerships for Sound Environmental Management In Asia Pacific, UNEP works at the regional, sub-regional (Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Pacific) and national levels. Work is focused on UNEP's cross-cutting thematic priorities: Climate change Disasters and conflicts Ecosystem management Environmental governance Chemicals and waste Resource ...
  3. Background The role of UNEP's six regional offices was enhanced by decision 22/14 of the Governing Council that requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to establish and strengthen partnerships at the regional and sub-regional levels with other UN bodies, development banks and other institutions, including Major Groups and Stakeholders, with a view to enhance the ...
  4. The NGOs Major Group has the highest number of accredited organisations with UNEP and with the UN system in general. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) make valuable contributions in promoting sustainable development through their well-established and diverse experience, expertise and capacity, especially in the area of analysis, sharing of information and knowledge, promotion of dialogue ...
  5. With 5 decades of work and cooperation towards the protection of the marine and coastal environment, the Regional Seas Programme is an action-oriented programme that implements region-specific activities, bringing together stakeholders including Governments, scientific communities, civil societies, indigenous people, local communities and the youth to "address the accelerating degradation of ...
  6. UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) North America Office is working to address our most pressing environmental challenges by targeting the following issue areas: Climate Change Climate change is the major, overriding environmental issue of our time and adds considerable stress to our societies and to the environment. UNEP is working on climate adaptation and mitigation measures to build climate ...
  7. UNEP's Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) is composed of two facilitators per Major Group and two Regional Facilitators per UNEP regions. In total the MGFC has 30 members.Major Groups FacilitatorsEach Major Group selects two facilitators in an email consultation and online voting process. The nine Major Groups are as follows: FarmersWomenThe Scientific and Technological ...
  8. For policymakers to be equipped with the most pertinent information and know that agreements can be made without leaving any country behind, a neutral authority on the environment is needed. In order for countries to ensure that efforts in one policy area link coherently to others and contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals efficiently, an organisation with global reach is needed ...
  9. GEO-1 is the first product of the GEO Project. It is a snap-shot of an ongoing worldwide environmental assessment process. It incorporates regional views and perceptions and aims at building consensus on priority issues and actions. Input was solicited from 20 collaborating centres, from United Nations organizations and through regional policy consultations.
  10. About Regional Assessments The GEO regional assessments provide detailed analysis of regional environmental challenges as well as key findings and policy messages for each of the 6 UNEP regions. These are important for policy makers working in the regions to provide solid evidence and policy options which will help tackle environmental issues faced in the regions. They are presented here with ...
  11. International, regional and sub-regional meetings at which civil society comes together will be utilized to collect input to the report (e.g. AMCEN). The UNEP @ 50 Task Force has also conducted a Snapshot survey to collect MGS' views on UNEP's past achievement as well as their expectations for the future.
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