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World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development - In the first landmark Declaration issued by ministers of the environment in a decade, governments pledged to step up the global response to the major environmental and sustainability challenges of this generation. UNEP Press release (26 February 2010): World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development | The Green Economy Initiative

 

UNEP Year Book 2010 - Looks at progress in environmental governance; the effects of continuing degradation and loss of the world’s ecosystems; impacts of climate change; how harmful substances and hazardous waste affect human health and the environment; environmentally related disasters and conflicts; and unsustainable use of resources. The chapters correspond to UNEP’s six thematic priorities. ... more | UNEP Press release (23 February 2010): More Ambition Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, Says New UNEP Report


Urgent Need to Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes - Unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and public health. UNEP Press release (22 February 2010): Urgent Need to Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes | Recycling - Form e-waste to resources

 


Private Financing of Renewable Energy - A Guide for Policymakers. This Guide provides an outline of how financing renewable energy works, with a particular focus on more mature end of the market, i.e. the proven technologies that can be deployed now and at scale. It aims to show how policy looks and where it fits in from a financing perspective, as well as the range of other factors that need taken into account in doing an actual project or deal. read more


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UNEP DTIE Vacancy Announcements

Programme Officer - P4, Paris (deadline: 1 May 2010)

Senior Environmental Affairs Officer - P5, Paris (deadline: 19 April 2010)

Programme Officer (Sustainable Tourism) - P4, Paris (deadline: 14 March 2010)

Consultancy (Energy economics) - Project manager full time (six month contract initially) in Paris, France.