The Regional Commissions and Rio +20

 

• Green Growth and Sustainable Development: Regional Perspectives

• Contributions of Regional Commissions to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012

• Regional Calendar of Events

• Regional Presepctives on the Institutional Framework on Sustainable Development (IFSD)

• Towards a more coherent institutional framework for the UN system’s environmental activities views and role of the regional commissions (May 2006)

• Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Statement on behalf of the UN Regional Commissions

Related Links

• ECLAC Rio + 20 Home Page
• ECA Rio +20 Home page

ESCAP

1. Low Carbon Development Path for Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities to the Energy Sector

2. Guidelines on Developing Eco-efficient and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in Asia and Latin America

3. Forthcoming report:  Green Growth, Resources and Resilience. Download preview

4. Payments for ecosystem services

5. Eco-efficiency Indicators

6. Greening growth in Asia and the Pacific

7. Ministerial declaration on environment and development in Asia and the Pacific, 2010

8. Regional implementation plan for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, 2011-2015, and supportive initiatives

9. Astana “Green Bridge” initiative

ECE

Aarhus Convention: Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters:

• Almaty Declaration
• Almaty Guidelines on PFIF
• Riga Declaration
• Strategic Plan 2009-2014
• Global and regional developments promoting principle 10

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)

• Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management
• Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters
• Guidelines on Sustainable Flood Prevention

  Water management: Guidance on public participation and compliance with agreements

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991):  ESPOO Convention

• Text of the UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
• UNECE at a glance: Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (information for States interested in becoming Party to the Protocol)

Industrial Accidents Convention

• The Assistance Programme under the Convention
• The Report on the implementation of the Convention in 2008-2009
• Benchmarks for the implementation of the Convention

Housing and Land Management

• Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region (2010)
• Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets: Principles and guidance for the development of a country’s real estate sector (2010)
• The Relationship Between Population and Housing
• Green Homes: Towards Energy-Efficient Housing in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Region (2009)
• Self-Made Cities: In search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the UNECE region (2009)
• Spatial Planning – Key Instrument for Development and Effective Governance with Special Reference to Countries in Transition (2008)

Sustainable Energy

• ECE Energy Series No. 32. Financing Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation Project. Investor Interest and Capacity Building Needs (2009): –  (English)
• ECE Energy Series No. 37. Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation (2010)
• Regional Analysis of Policy Reforms to Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments (2010)
• Executive Summary of Regional Analysis of Policy Reforms to Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments (2010)
  – (English)
• Strategy Study on Inter-Fuel Substitution implemented in the Kolpashevo municipality (2009) – (English)
• Potential and Best Alternatives for Investments in Implementing Interfuel Substitution in the Federal District of Siberia, Russian Federation (2010) – (English)

Statistics

• Measuring Sustainable Development
• Guidelines for the Application of Environmental Indicators in Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia, endorsed by the ‘Environment for Europe’ Ministerial Conference, 2007

Forestry and Timber

• “Forest Products Annual Market Review 2009-2010”(2010)
• “Private Forest Ownership in Europe”(2010)
• “The Forest Sector in the Green Economy”(2010)
• “Good practice and guidance on the sustainable mobilization of wood in Europe”   (2010)
• “Potential Sustainable Wood Supply in Europe”(2009)
• “European Forest Sector Outlook Study: Trends 2000-2005 Compared to the EFSOS Scenarios”(2007)
• “State of Europe’s Forest 2007:The MCPFE Report on Sustainable Forest Management in Europe Jointly prepared by the MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw and UNECE/FAO”(2007)

Transport
Publication on Sustainable Transport in the UNECE region expected in March 2011

Gender

Beijing +15 Regional Review of Progress Synthesis Report

MDGs

The MDGs in Europe and Central Asia: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward

ECLAC

I. Highlight Publication(s)

• Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails (2010)

II. Annual Overviews/Reports

• Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (May 2011)

• Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean (December 2010)

• Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 (December 2010)

• Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2009-2010 (December 2010)

• Social Panorama of Latin America 2010 (November 2010)

• Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010 (July 2010)

III. Sustainable Development

• Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines/Preliminary Version (2011)

• Regional Panorama Latin America, Megacities and Sustainability (December 2010)

• Caribbean Regional Report for the Five-Year Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI+5) (May 2010)

• Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Trends, Progress, and Challenges in Sustainable Consumption and Production, Mining, Transport, Chemicals and Waste Management. Report to the eighteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development of the United Nations (April 2010)

• Evolution of Sustainable Development Policies in the State of Amazonas, 2006-2009 (March 2010) (Currently available in print form only.)

• Guía de evaluación ambiental estratégica (November 2009)

• Financing for Sustainable Development. Visions and Proposals for Action From a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective (April 2003)

• Financing for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. From Monterrey to Johannesburg (August 2002)

• The Sustainability of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities (July 2002)

 IV. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

• Millennium Development Goals: Advances in Environmentally Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (January 2010)

• Achieving the Millennium Development Goals with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and Challenges (August 2010)

• Contribution of Energy Services to the Millennium Development Goals and to Poverty Alleviation in Latin America and the Caribbean (January 2010)l

• Millennium Development Goals. Progress towards the right to health in Latin America and the Caribbean (September 2008)

• Millennium Development Goals 2006: a Look at Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (December 2007)

• The Millennium Development Goals: a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective (June 2005)

• Regional Report on the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the Caribbean Community (September 2004)

• Meeting the Millennium Poverty Reduction Targets in Latin America and the Caribbean (December 2002)

V. Economics of Climate Change

• Vital Climate Change Graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean (2010)

• Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, Summary 2010 (December 2010)

• Economics of Climate Change in Central America, Summary 2010 (November 2010)    

• Climate Change: A Regional Perspective (February 2010)

• La Economía del Cambio Climático en Chile. Síntesis (November 2009)

• Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, Sumary (2010)

• Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, Summary 2009 (November 2009)

VI. Others

• What kind of State? What kind of equality? (July 2010)

• Opportunities for Convergence and Regional Cooperation (February 2010)

• The Reactions of the Governments of the Americas to the International Crisis: an Overview of Policy Measures up to 31 December 2009 (January 2010)

• Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2008 – 2009. Crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation (December 2009)

ESCWA

• Green Economy in the Arab Region: Overall Concept and Available Options

• Green Jobs Kick-Off Workshop in the Arab States: The Lebanon Case Study