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UN Launches Photo Competition for Environment Day



To celebrate the World Environment Day 2011, Greening the Blue – a UN program to make all its agencies climate neutral and green - and the UN Photographic Society have joined forces to launch the...

UN Launches Forests in Green Economy Report



Investing an additional USD 40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase tree planting by around 140 percent by 2050, and catalyze the creation of...

Training Workshop: Intellectual Property Rights for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Arab Region

Third Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Arab Region (in cooperation with LAS)

The UN Greens the Blue



On 5 June (World Environment Day) 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all UN agencies, funds and programs to become climate neutral and 'go green'. Since then, all UN organizations...

The Second Consultative Meeting on Clustering of SMEs in the Textile and Apparel Sector

The First Arab Expert Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Jointly with DESA)

The Arab region participates in Rio+20



 

 

Led by Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf, ESCWA took an active part in Rio+20 and the third Preparatory...
Tallawy Unveils Two Papers on Repairing Environmental Damage and Rebuilding Lebanon



Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy announced that UNESCWA had prepared two concept papers during the war, one on the “Restoration of Environmental Damage Resulting from Military Aggression in...

Tallawy Chairs First Session of the First International Conference on Clean Development Mechanism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia



Following is the statement of UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy at the first session of the first international conference on “Clean Development Mechanism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”...

Syria National Roundtable on Trade and Environment

Sustainable Land Management to Enhance Rural Development in the UN-ESCWA Region



UN-ESCWA is organizing an “Expert Group Meeting on “Sustainable Land Management as a Best Practice to Enhance Rural Development in the ESCWA Region” from 25 to 27 March 2009 at the UN House, Riad...

Strengthening Development Coordination Among Regional Actors in The ESCWA Region

E/ESCWA/ECRI/2012/Techncial Paper.2

Arab Gulf countries are heavily dependent on food imports. This dependency is expected to continue to rise as a result of rapidly growing populations, improving living conditions, sustained...

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Seminar on Rural Development: Policies, Strategies and Institutions

Roundtable on Trade, Environment and the ‎Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)‎

Round-table on the preparation for Rio + 20 Conference during ESCWA's 27th Session

Role of the Private Sector in the Use of Innovation & Technology to Support Smallholders Face COVID-19 Disruptive Impact



The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

Report on Food Secure Arab World: A Road Map for Policy and Research, Beirut, 6-7 February 2012

E/ESCWA/SDPD/2012/WG.3/Report

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Regional Workshop on Trade and Environment: Developing the Environmental Goods and Services Sector in the Arab Region for Transformation into a Green Economy





Workshop Presentations
 
SESSION I: INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS OF GREEN ECONOMY AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS
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Regional Workshop on Trade and Environment Capacity Building

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