International climate objectives will not be met if nuclear power is excluded, according to report
As nuclear power plants produce both low-carbon electricity & heat, they offer opportunities to decarbonise energy intensive industries
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“Nuclear power is an important source of low-carbon electricity & heat that can contribute to attaining carbon neutrality & hence help to mitigate #ClimateChange & attain the 2030 Agenda for #SustainableDevelopment” , Executive Secretary
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#NuclearPower is an important source of #lowcarbon #electricity & heat for countries that choose to deploy it
Read #technology brief & explore the #CarbonNeutrality toolkit 👇
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We are better with forests!
Globally, forests
🌳supply 75% of fresh water
🌳are home to 80% of terrestrial #biodiversity
Our region accounts for 43% of world’s forests. For 75 years, / have supported countries for their #sustainable management
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#Nuclear power is an important source of low-carbon electricity & heat for countries that choose to deploy it
Read our #technology brief, which indicates that #climate targets won't be met if nuclear is excluded👉carbonneutrality.unece.org
#COP26 #ClimateAction #SustainableEnergy
🏁#Formula1 & #FormulaE pilot and Secretary-General's Special Envoy at in #Geneva, advocating for #RoadSafety & celebrating 50 years of lifesaving UN Road Safety Conventions.
Discover their impact: unece.org/info/media/pre
We are committed to support member States to accelerate #climateaction.
At last year's 69th Session of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 pledged to restore 50,000 ha of degraded land & plant 4 million trees in 2021-2023.
Learn more about our support here: unece.org/circular-econo
The Boreal Forests circling the Northern Hemisphere are the world's largest terrestrial carbon storehouse. Their protection is fundamental to limit #globalheating to 1.5° C, for #biodiversity & #SDGs
#COP26 : & will continue to support crucial science-policy dialogue
Public participation in environmental matters is key in shaping our shared sustainable future. This wk the #AarhusConvention celebrates 20 yrs of making the principles of #EnvironmentalDemocracy a reality. Join the conversation using #Aarhus20Anniversary! ow.ly/u9nW30kuSJ2
"Keep pushing" - for #genderequality & the empowerment of all women & girls, Olga tells 700+ govt officials, #civilsociety actors & key stakeholders, closing #Beijing25 Regional Review meeting
#2030Agenda = #equalfuture2030
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We can reach #GlobalGoals if we all do our own individual contribution. #Youth4SDGs from UNECE! #UNGA #SDGs
. has declared 2017 as the International Year of #Sustainable #Tourism for #Development. Learn more about : ow.ly/focn306CKB7
“The UN in #Geneva is opening its doors to Mayors on 8 April 2019 for the #DayOfCities. Join me, I'll be there”, says Erion Veliaj, Mayor of #Tirana, #Albania 👉unece.org/housing/dayofc
., Secretary General's Special Envoy for #RoadSafety, presented in Yaoundé today the Road Safety Performance Review of #Cameroon, which highlights the urgent need to redouble efforts and strengthen coordination.
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Today, 2 key #UN road safety Conventions turn 50.
Learn why for , Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for #RoadSafety, their lifesaving impact is essential for improving road safety in countries all over the world
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What can regions tell us about implementation of the #2030Agenda & the #SDGs? Today at #HLPF, #RFSD2019 Chair H.E. , Minister of Health & Social Protection of #Albania, shares perspectives from region on #GlobalGoals progress👉sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page #HLPF2019
Today the Executive Secretary meets Mayor of #Tirana 🇦🇱 to discuss housing and urban issues, in particular safe and clean urban mobility, #AirPollution and the city’s orbital forest project 🏙️🌳
This week marks 2 years of #RoadSafetyFund - time to reaffirm importance of investing in #roadsafety to halve deaths & injuries by 2030 #50by30
The Fund is working with its partners to adapt support to post-#COVID19 context, to continue to save lives when #mobility resumes
Watch digital fashion entrepreneur talk #GlobalGoals in #SDGStudio : SDG5 & ' #SheTrades youtu.be/PvZAV7UWuYI
The illegal trade of wild animals is a key threat to #biodiversity. #eCITES, supported by /#CEFACT, uses #digital tools for the issuance & control of permits for legal trade under
👉 unece.org/trade/uncefact
Countries discuss #DigitalGreenFuture at this week
In partnership between & , the Protocol on Water & Health supports improved water management unece.org/index.php?id=4
From #Kharkiv to #Katowice & #KualaLumpur, from #Bristol to #Bishkek, #Bern, #Bari & #Bratislava, from #Tallinn & #Tbilisi to #Tirana, & #Athens to #Accra... some 45 Mayors come together as Forum of Mayors puts a new #multilateralism into action at the
#MayorsAction
#Sweden will host the next Global Conference on #RoadSafety in early 2020.
The country is one of the best performing in the world in road safety & therefore a fitting host for the event which will draw attention to measures needed to save lives on the road
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Cities as drivers of #SustainableDevelopment: press conference kicks off 's #DayofCities with Mr Sami Kanaan, Mayor of , Ms , Leader of #Glasgow City Council, , Mayor of #Tirana, Ms Maia Bitadze, Deputy Mayor #Tbilisi &
Ministers from around the 🌎 stress the value of shared tools for #sustainable, safe, efficient & connected transport & mobility, developed since 1947 at the Inland Transport Committee
151 countries are party to at least 1 of these practical instruments #ITC75🇺🇳 #SDGs
The #RoadSafety Fund launches 10 new projects in 14 low-& middle-income countries
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⚠️Crashes kill 1.35m people each year & injure 50m more.🇺🇳 supports targeted action to save lives #50by30
#SustainableTransport
The Secretary-General has appointed Ms. of the Republic of #Moldova as the next Executive Secretary of
She will succeed Olga of #Slovakia, to whom the SG is grateful for her commitment & dedicated service.
➡️unece.org/media/press/38
We celebrate #WorldBicycleDay by continuing our work through #THEPEP Partnership on Active #Mobility to implement the Pan-European Master Plan on #Cycling Promotion & working on infrastructure to create cycling network based on national networks👉bit.ly/45LtsQg
"We must target those policy changes that can have a multiplier effect on key transitions—#foodsystems, #energy, #digitalization, #education & skills & others. This Regional Forum is an essential step in building these transitions", DSG tells #RFSD2023
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After 25 years of the #AarhusConvention🇺🇳, States’ compliance with environmental rights obligations matters more than ever
Discover this global treaty, unparalleled in its success in putting #environmental #democracy into action
👉unece.org/media/press/38
#HumanRights #ForNature
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🆕Rapid Response Mechanism to protect #EnvironmentalDefenders established under the #AarhusConvention
"A clear signal to environmental defenders that they will not be left unprotected", told the press
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#StandUp4HumanRights #HumanRights
It's #WorldCottonDay - the natural fibre clothes us & its production provides jobs. #TheSustainabillityPledge is 's solution to ensure #cotton value chain can be tracked & traced for more #sustainable & #CircularEconomy practices #ForPeopleForPlanet
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Discussions on using smart tools for a more #sustainable environment and increased resilience to disasters & #ClimateChange underway now at the #DayOfCities
Safety belts (covered by regulation No.16) reduce risk of fatal injury by 40–50% in front seats & 25–75% in rear seats
On the eve of @RoadSafety2020, just 1 e.g. of how UN #RoadSafety Conventions can help all countries to save lives
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There is something in your car that is vital to protect your life and the life of your loved ones.
If seatbelts are standardized, this is thanks to #InternationalGeneva @UNECE
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At a cost of 2-5% of #GDP for developing countries, poor #roadsafety means💲100's of millions unavailable to invest in #education, #health, #water+#sanitation, #renewableenergy, #housing, #biodiversity, #climateaction...
#Financing4RoadSafety is investment for the #SDGs⏩
In anticipation of #WorldWildlifeDay, + partners are co-organizing an event in Geneva on March 1st to celebrate & raise awareness of the 🌏's wild plants & animals. This year will focus on life below water.
More details+registration👉genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/1mar2019.html
Heard of the #TreesInCitiesChallenge? It has generated pledges by nearly 50 cities to plant over 11 million trees in urban forests, supporting #climateaction #biodiversity #resilience #SDGs #GenerationRestoration unece.org/media/news/366
Countries adopt first pan-European Master Plan for #Cycling Promotion, aiming to double🚴♀️in region by 2030
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Among many benefits would be reduced #GHG emissions by 8m tonnes of CO2 equivalent, with €1.1bn annual indirect economic gains #thepepvienna2021
New #RoadSafety Trust Fund will bring key stakeholders together for increased action+impact in addressing critical gaps. Important pledges to contribute as founding donors made by , @Total + . Strong support from + governments
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Congratulations to of the Republic of #Moldova upon her appointment by Secretary-General as the next Executive Secretary of
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Honored by @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres decision to be appointed as next @UNECE Executive Secretary. Looking forward to bringing our region’s contribution to the #CommonAgenda, for inclusive & effective multilateralism. Thank you @GuvernulRMD & @MoldovaMFA for the trust
"#Inequalities of all kinds are a barrier to #SustainableDevelopment. One of the major challenges is for #genderequality" - Olga @#EDD19
This is why it is a priority in all work - on #data, #trade, #standards, #entrepreneurship, #PPPs & much more
#ThinkTwice
Safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists will boost #Ethiopia’s #sustainable recovery, through joint action supported by #RoadSafety Fund ()
👉unece.org/climate-change #recoverbetter
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With 3500 lives lost on the 🌍's roads every day, we must urgently step up global efforts for #RoadSafety.
The Road Safety Trust Fund will help to mobililize much-needed resources, catalyzing international action to save lives. Learn how unece.org/unrstf/home.ht -w/
#CitiesDay: helps tackle interconnected challenges of urban devt, incl by promoting #SmartCities #EnergyEfficiency #affordablehousing
Here in #Geneva today & tomorrow, the Regional Conference on #ICPD25 explores
- Population dynamics & #sustainabledevelopment;
- Families, sexual & reproductive health over the life course;
- Inequalities, social inclusion & #humanrights
Info at unece.org/pau/icpd25.html
Almost all countries with land borders rely on water resources shared w/ neighbours, making effective cooperation vital.
#WaterConvention provides a practical framework for countries to work together for sustainable water management unece.org/env/water.html
#WorldWaterDay
#Transparency and #traceability are crucial to advance #sustainability in the clothing industry👚♻️
’s #TheSustainabilityPledge is supporting concrete action in the industry
Read more 🔎 ow.ly/ffTi50N9vCt
. Regional Forum on #SustainableDevelopment opens in #Geneva - bringing countries and diverse stakeholders together to make the #2030Agenda a reality in the region. Join the discussion: #RFSD2018 !
"20 years ago, the #AarhusConvention entered into force, bridging the gap between human & environmental rights. Today, as the devastating effects of #climatechange continue to ravage the world, the Convention’s core purpose has never been more critical" -🇺🇳 SG
Historically, cities have reinvented themselves in times of crisis, stressed Lord Foster, sharing a message of optimism with Forum of Mayors:
"The future is truly brighter"
#MayorsAction #BuildBackBetter
Happening now at the #DayOfCities : Mayors and deputies of #Glasgow #Annemasse #Baku #Bratislava #Cascals #ACoruna are sharing ideas on affordable, healthy housing, infrastructure and basic services for vulnerable populations
"Nous pouvons, ensemble, construire la première génération de l'égalité, c'est le combat que porte la #France dans le cadre de sa diplomatie féministe." La Secrétaire d’Etat intervient aujourd'hui à la Réunion régionale d’examen #Beijing25
#equalfuture2030
⚠️Over 80% of global #energy is from #fossilfuels. That needs to change. Fast.
Here’s our toolkit to make #carbonneutrality a reality, supporting informed decisions to deliver on the #ParisAgreement & #2030Agenda
⏩carbonneutrality.unece.org
#COP26 #UNECE4Climate #ClimateAction
By committing to #CleanAirForAll, we can save lives AND boost #ClimateAction!
E.g. with our #AirConvention's amended Gothenburg Protocol, in force in🇪🇺🇧🇬🇨🇦🇭🇷🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇹🇷🇴🇸🇰🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸- the only binding agreement targeting deadly #PM25& #climate pollutant #blackcarbon
"#Beijing25 is a historic opportunity for generations to come together and reinvigorate the #GenderEquality agenda" says Deputy Executive Director , who'll attend Regional Review Meeting in October #equalfuture2030
Register now👉unece.org/index.php?id=5
The #COVID19 spread highlights the link between #Health & #Nature where #forests are key. "To reclaim our health, we need to first reclaim our forests" states 's ES . #2020 is the right moment to that end.
Want to discover why? 👉 ow.ly/LnzL50AK9D1
Great news for inclusive #wateraction on #WorldWaterDay: #Kazakhstan🇰🇿& #Italy 🇮🇹shared their commitment to join the #ProtocolWaterHealth
Today at #UNWaterConference, countries shared practical experience to uphold #humanrights to #water & #sanitation under this key instrument
Making #RFSD2019 a success for sharing+advancing #SDGs action is only possible thanks to great partnerships.
's Olga with the Forum's Chair, HE Ogerta Manastirliu, Minister of Health + Social Protection of #Albania & Ambassador Didier Chambovey of #Switzerland
Today is #WorldWaterDay We work for better water management to reduce water-related diseases ow.ly/Zu61i
“#SustainableTransport is a key element of promoting sustainability, & the Inland Transport Committee is an established asset", states SG , highlighting the major role of this unique platform in shaping the international regulatory framework
#ITC75 #SDGs
For #WorldBicycleDay (3 June) learn how governments & partners across the Pan-European region are mobilizing for green & healthy #mobility post-#COVID19, harnessing #cycling
New Task Force launched, together with & 🚴♀️unece.org/info/media/pre #BuildBackBetter
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The UN is supporting countries to explore how the everyday bicycle could transform how people get around, while also helping to drive a greener, more sustainable future after #COVID19.
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🌫️😷#AirPollution among 10 greatest threats to global health in 2019, says
2019 also marks 4 decades of international cooperation under #AirConvention, whose measures to cut harmful emissions account for 1 yr of life expectancy in Europe
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#RoadSafety is a key feature of #sustainable urban mobility. Join , UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, together with Mayors from across the region, for
's #DayOfCities at on 8 April.
Info + registration 👉 unece.org/index.php?id=5
#Moscow has become the 1st city in 🇷🇺 to commit to the #TreesinCitiesChallenge launched by . The leadership of the city pledged to plant almost 83,000 new trees! 🌲
Commitments by over 20 cities in 16 countries now stand at approx. 11 million trees👉unece.org/climate-change
., Secretary-General's Special Envoy for #roadsafety at Global Forum on Road Traffic Safety: "the Road Safety Conventions are the basis for enforcing laws that address major risk factors such as drink-driving, seat belt & helmet use, child restraints & speed"
Today at the in New York, & Mayors launch the #TreesInCitiesChallenge to scale up #ClimateAction in urban areas ⏩ unece.org/info/media/pre
NATURE UNLOCKED: has launched a global photo contest showing flora & fauna during #COVID19 #lockdown to celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay
#Time2UnlockNature: everyone is invited to submit their photos by 15 Sept 2020!📸👉natureunlocked.unece.org
#ForNature
Urban forests can help future-proof our cities
Here's how unece.org/climate-change
#COP27 #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #GenerationRestoration #GlobalGoals #SDGs
How can cities adapt a #CircularEconomy approach?👇
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Within the United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities (#U4SSC) initiative, & partners have developed a Guide for #CircularCities, which can help more urban areas take action
#UNECE4Circularity
📢 to establish #Youth Task Force on #Education for #SustainableDevelopment (ESD)
Principal agreement reached today at to create a Task Force under the UNECE Steering Committee on ESD – the only such regional body in the system👉unece.org/environment/ne #SDGs
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
1.35 million people lose their lives every year & 1000s more are seriously injured.
We must urgently scale up action to address this crisis - the aim of the #RoadSafetyFund unece.org/unrsf/home.html
#WDoR2019
For #BiodiversityDay joins in highlighting how we can all act to help protect #biodiversity for people & our planet
From work on #forests (w/) to our 🇺🇳 environmental treaties on #cleanair, shared water, safe #industry & more, we offer practical tools
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Illegal, Unreported+Unregulated Fishing (#IUU) 🎣 = $23bn of lost revenue + threatens marine #biodiversity + #FoodSecurity.
This wk's #OceansForum puts spotlight on solutions for #SDG14
incl. UN/#CEFACT's #FLUX standard which helps to tackle IUU through improved data mgmt
Eastern & South-Eastern European countries🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇭🇷🇨🇿🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇰🇵🇱🇷🇸🇸🇰🇸🇮🇹🇷🇺🇦 commit to restore over 4 million hectares of land by 2030
⏩unece.org/media/press/36
Commitment under #BonnChallenge announced at today's Ministerial Meeting organized by & #GenerationRestoration
As custodian of the #RoadSafety Conventions & host to Secretariats of Special Envoy & , reaffirms 's commitment to strong partnerships with all stakeholders in 🇺🇳 & beyond to help countries halve deaths by 2030. #Financing4roadsafety is key!
💧 All countries sharing water resources (153 states worldwide!) are invited to report for 2nd time on #SDGs indicator 6.5.2 by co-custodians +. This measures #transboundary #watercooperation - a key foundation for reaching the #GlobalGoals!
👉bit.ly/2HHTASx
#HLPF review of #SDG6💦:
🟡Only 24/153 states have all shared waters covered by working cross-border agreements
🟡>3 bn people depend on this💦
🟡cooperation across borders, supported by the 🇺🇳#WaterConvention, boosts:
-#SustainableDevelopment
-#ClimateAction
-#Peace
#SDGs
🆕: First regional report on #SDGs uses #statistics on 49 indicators across all 17 #GlobalGoals to highlight progress, lags & data gaps
Read the report, issued ahead of #RFSD2020 to support sharpened efforts for the #DecadeOfAction
⏩ unece.org/info/media/pre
#2030Agenda
#UN #RoadSafety Trust Fund approves first pilot projects ➡️unece.org/info/media/pre
Momentum continues to build for mobilization of much needed resources for financing road safety action, with support announced this week bringing pledges to the Fund to approx $17 million to date
Today in #Geneva,🇺🇳Regional Collaborative Platform for #Europe & #CentralAsia, Chaired by DSG & co-chaired by ES & Director, convened Regional Directors & Resident Coordinators to advance coordinated #OneUN support on key #SDGs challenges
Gender #PayGap: can we make equal pay a reality?
Join 's Olga , , & at 26.03 to explore experiences & approaches in closing the gap as together we #PressforProgress
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Meeting now in #Geneva: Advisory Board of #RoadSafety Trust Fund advancing its work, mobilizing governments, private sector, civil society, academia and United Nations partners for coordinated & effective action
Almost 80% of PM2.5-related deaths could be avoided if #airpollution levels met updated guidelines. #CleanAir is also vital for #climateaction
Our #AirConvention's #GothenburgProtocol is the only binding regional treaty to target #PM25 & key climate pollutant #blackcarbon
🇺🇳Meeting with resident coordinators in 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, 🇰🇿Kazakhstan, 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan and 🇹🇯Tajikistan, UNECE’s stressed the need for strengthened cooperation to deliver on the #2030Agenda.
Connecting countries, driving progress, improving lives: 📸member States focus on how is supporting #2030Agenda delivery in the region through its practical norms, standards & conventions, together with technical expertise & policy support - #68Commission session
"Cities deliver real #climateaction, so the dialogue between decision makers at national & regional/local levels is crucial
Our pioneering Forum of Mayors is a new form of #multilateralism in practice & a model which could inspire other regions"
's #COP26
9 of top 10 countries in Global #Innovation Index 2019 are member States: #Switzerland🇨🇭#Sweden🇸🇪#USA🇺🇸 #Netherlands🇳🇱 #UK🇬🇧 #Finland🇫🇮 #Denmark🇩🇰 #Germany🇩🇪 #Israel🇮🇱!
#Bulgaria🇧🇬 #Montenegro🇲🇪 #Ukraine🇺🇦 #Georgia🇬🇪#Tajikistan🇹🇯in top 5 for their income groups
👏#GII2019
"The future of humanity is cities. You have the opportunity to shape the🌍for future generations", Lord Norman Foster tells the 🇺🇳 Forum of Mayors convened by , calling on cities worldwide to harness this "unique opportunity" for cooperation.
#MayorsAction
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"As a mother who lost a daughter to a #roadsafety incident, I am desperate to see our leaders take this issue seriously. We have the power to save lives & prevent injuries. On behalf of victims & families around the🌍, I implore you to act"
#Financing4roadsafety
"In all areas we need to anticipate the problems of the future and start addressing them now. There is a strong preventative, forward-looking orientation in the #SDGs that should not be forgotten."
Olga , Executive Secretary.
#HLPF2018 #HLPF #GlobalGoals
Increasing #cycling can unlock big economic benefits! Doubling the modal share of cycling in the #EU would create an additional 400,000 jobs! The Pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion provides a roadmap to seize this potential ➡️unece.org/media/press/35 #WorldBicycleDay
For #BiodiversityDay joins in highlighting how we can all act to help protect #biodiversity for people & our planet
From work on #forests (w/) to our 🇺🇳 environmental treaties on #cleanair, shared water, safe #industry & more, we offer practical tools
What's the impact of #COVID19 on #RoadSafety in low- and middle-income countries❓
Join #UNRSF🇺🇳 webinar 24 July (15:30-17:30 CEST) with , moderated by
👉unece.org/index.php?id=5
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