Theme: Doing Good to Do Better: Successful Corporate Strategies that Benefit Society
This regional consultation is organized jointly by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the UN Global Compact, as the two co-leads in the global consultations of the UN Development Group (UNDG) on ‘Engaging with the Private Sector,’ in close partnership with the Government of Slovakia.
The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) is a regional not-for-profit, non-governmental, membership-based organization headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, with the status of international organization. Since 2007, AFED has been a public forum for influential eco-advocates. Since then, the AFED has become a major dynamic player in the environmental arena. The flagship contribution of AFED is an annual report written and edited by experts on the state of Arab environment, tracking developments and proposing policy measures.
On 17 June from 15.00-17.00 EDT, the Organization of American States will host the 59th OAS Policy Roundtable on “Policy Dialogues on Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for the Americas”.
The OECD and the Indonesian Ministry of Finance will be hosting a regional workshop relating to the OECD project “Towards Green Growth in Southeast Asia”. The workshop will take place on 12-13 June at the Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta.
Background
The development of Asian cities is characterised by rapid and continuous urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, with rapid economic growth led in most places by the manufacturing industry and rapidly increasing motorisation. The result has been escalating greenhouse gas emissions, sprawling urban development and local environmental impacts, as well as disparities in income, education levels and job opportunities in urban populations.
Key information about natural capital is missing or invisible in the System of National Accounts (SNA), and in SNA-based indicators, such as GDP. Under-valuation of natural capital and the lack of integration of these values in policy decisions have been identified as two of the main causes of environmental and natural resource degradation (MA 2005).
As part of the Fifth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, the GGKP hosted a policy session on the topic of: "Moving Beyond GDP - Measuring Inclusive Green Growth".
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI), is organizing a technical workshop on “Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies for an Inclusive Green Economy”. The workshop is scheduled to take place on April 28-29, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) hosted a lunchtime side event on 6 December, 2013 as aprt of the OECD’s Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum.
This session aimed to: