On 16-17 October International Finance Corporation (IFC) is hosting its 5th Annual Climate Business Forum 2018, in Vienna, Austria.
On 31 October-1 November 2018 the International Renewable Energy Agancy is hosting the 4th International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition in Singapore.
On 15 November (12:15-13:30 PM CET) the Centre for International Environmental Studies at the Graduate Institute Geneva is hosting Hammer and Nails: The promise and pitfalls of pursuing global collaboration for a green economy, a lunch event in cooperation with the GGKP, in Geneva, Switzerland.
On 8-12 October 2018, UN Environment and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) co-hosted the Environmental Leadership Programme for the Green Development of the “Belt and Road Initiative” for representatives from national governments in the Central Asian countries in Turin, Italy.
Formulated to promote cleaner production and increase resource efficiency the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Clean Production was approved by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on 29th of June, 2002. The aim of this law is to promote scientific research, technical development, and international cooperation in order to develop cleaner production and to organize the dissemination of information in order to promote more environmentally friendly production technologies.
Renewable Energy Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted on 28th February 2005 and was amended on December 26th, 2009. The law was formulated to promote the development and utilization of renewable energy, to increase the supply of energy and to protect the environment in order to realize sustainable development. The renewable energy here refers to non-fossil energies, such as wind energy, solar energy, hydro energy, bioenergy, geothermal energy, and ocean energy.
Formulated to facilitate circular economy, resource efficiency and environmental protection China's Circular Economy Promotion Law came into force in January 2009. The Law aims to achieve sustainable development by raising resources utilization rate and increasing resource recovery in production, circulation, and consumption.
The Energy Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China is formulated for the purpose of promoting energy conservation in the whole society, improving energy utilization efficiency, protecting and ameliorating the environment, and striving for all round, balanced and sustainable development of the economy and the society.
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have immensely impacted human health ensued due to increasing environmental pollution in China. Environmental protection and safeguarding public health have become the urgent demand of the public. China's 12th Five-Year Plan for the Environmental Health Work of National Environmental Protection aims to tackle these issues by outlining the current situation and problems in the development of environmental health work and identifying and improving the key areas that will contribute to safeguarding measures.
China's National Climate Change Programme outlines the objectives, basic principles, key areas of actions as well as policies and measures to address climate change for the period up to 2010.