Neweconomy, the company working on the mobile application Planet Heroes is the first start-up to join the initiative promoting the environmental aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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On February 20, 2019, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved Inger Andersen as the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment).
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.On 29-30 January 2019, Jaworze near Bielsko-Biała was a host city of the conference organized by the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre: "Together for the Carpathians - effective partnerships for the preservation of the natural environment in the Beskid Mountains". The event was a part of the project: "Carpathians Unite – Flourishing Meadows", implemented within the partnership "Together for the Environment" with the company Żywiec Zdrój.
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Governments have adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
The Katowice package includes guidelines that will operationalize the transparency framework.
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Several recommendations got into the manifesto, prepared by young Polish delegates towards the COP24 delegates.
The document was presented at a debate in Katowice, organized by UNICEF Poland and the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre.
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"Eco-City. Good Practice Guide" was presented in the French Pavillion during the COP24 international climate conference.
The report with a preface of the French ambassador in Polland – Pierre Levy – presents 20 examples of practical implementation of sustainable development in Polish cities.
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Exactly three years after the Paris Agreement was adopted by all 195 countries (COP21, 12 December 2015), ministers for the environment from a group of developed and developing countries known as "High Ambition Coalition"that gathered in the European Pavilion, issued a statement calling to the highest possible ambition in the ongoing climate negotiations.
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Within a few days during the course of the climate summit in Katowice (COP24), the United Nations Environment Programme presented two new publications reporting the discrepancies between the values assumed three years ego (at the COP21), and the current data, collected in between 2017/2018 in relation to our adaptation to climate change, and on the greenhouse gas emissions.
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Director of the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre, Maria Andrzejewska, participated in the panel dedicated to the impact of natural gas on air quality in Polish cities, held in Katowice on December 10th.
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Where would be the place for paper items after the EU Strategy on Plastics has been adopted? How large is to be the large box that I need for my product? Why do I have to optimise my company publication format? How to close the loop in e-commerce and other services? How to use an eco-calculator? These are the exemplary questions that among others were asked at a recent workshops in the "Circular Economy – Closing the Loop!" cycle. The UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre organised this meeting in collaboration with the Embassy of France in Poland, and Antalis Poland. The host of the meeting was Carrefour Polska.
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