Tue 05/04/11
It seems that delegates at the UN Climate Change conference in Thailand this week are getting a fast-track course in Greening the Blue.
The conference, which is coordinated by UNFCCC, started on Sunday 3 April and runs until Friday 8 April.
We'...
Thu 31/03/11
Report calculates the UN’s total CO₂ emissions and highlights efforts to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprintThe United Nations has released details of its greenhouse gas emissions for 52 institutions, covering 200,000 employees, in a new...
Mon 28/03/11
We've just received this image of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, taken on Saturday evening.
You might be wondering what's going on. Why are all the lights off? Has there been a power cut? Has the UN been shut down? What's...
Fri 25/03/11
Tomorrow evening, at 8.30pm, lights will be go out across the world in celebration of Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is a reminder to us all that we only have one planet Earth. And it’s an urgent message that we want to reduce the impact our energy system...
Thu 24/03/11
UNESCO - the UN organization for education, science and culture - has launched some handy new guidance for staff on how to be green.
The Staff Guide to Greening is available in French and English and is being communicated to all 5000 UNESCO...
Wed 23/03/11
UN.org - the main website for the UN system - today launched a new web-page on its sustainability performance.
The new web-page, which is currently available in English and French, provides information on the UN Climate Neutral Strategy and...
Tue 22/03/11
There were plenty of books, clothes, shoes, DVD’s and CD’s, of course. But also a crash course in Italian for beginners, a home printer, original necklaces from the Gambia and a bright pink hula hoop.
These are some of the items available at UNEP's...
Fri 11/03/11
Yesterday saw the 4th meeting of Issue Management Group (IMG) on Sustainability Management.
The IMG includes representatives from most UN organizations and meets regularly to discuss implementation of the UN Climate Neutral Strategy and wider issues...
Mon 07/03/11
When the United Nations outgrew the office accommodation at its 140-acre Gigiri compound in Nairobi, it was clear that any new building had to meet several challenges head-on.
It needed to be energy and water efficient, to reduce and recycle, and to...
Wed 02/03/11
The growing population of the planet (four fold in the past 100 years) is placing a strain on the ability of the world’s agricultural production to meet the nutritional needs of the entire global population.
Rising food prices, increasing...
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