Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUES INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSIONS,

WITH FOCUS ON CONNECTIONS AMONG WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Strengthened Monitoring of Water, Sanitation;

Cooperation on Transboundary Water Systems among Issues Addressed

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HOLDS SIX INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS

ON WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Key Issues Include Access to Drinking Water,

Sanitation, Hygiene, Housing, Jobs, Wastewater Treatment

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME NAMES SEVEN ‘CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH’

New Environmental Award Recognizes Outstanding, Innovative Leaders

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 12 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven leaders in the field of the environment as “Champions of the Earth” for “setting an example for the world to follow”.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

IMMENSE CHALLENGES REMAIN IN MEETING WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENT GOALS,

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Two-Week Session Aims at Policies,

Practical Measures to Accelerate Progress Towards Global Targets

NEW REPORT SHOWS HOW TO SAVE OZONE LAYER WHILE COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 April (UNEP/WMO) -- After 20 years of protecting the ozone layer with a new generation of chemicals, governments are confronting the fact that these ozone-friendly substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) also happen to be greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNITY JOINS WITH UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE,

FOLLOWING HEADQUARTERS INVESTOR SUMMIT

 

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 10 May (UNEP) -- An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and United States state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change.

Government ministers to decide on policies to reach goals

 

on water, sanitation, human settlements

 

Key Issues Include Financing, Utility Management, Service

Charges, Water Efficiency, Tenure Security and Low-Cost Housing Development

FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR ENERGY RESOURCE AND TRAINING CENTRE in Indonesia

Second Hydro-Power Generator Inaugurated in Subang District, West Java

(Reissued as received.)

IPCC TO ADOPT MAJOR NEW REPORT ON SAFEGUARDING OZONE LAYER, GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM

(Reissued as received.)

UNEP URGES BETTER CONSERVATION OF PLANET’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR FIGHTING

POVERTY, DELIVERING GROWTH, MEETING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

(Reissued as received.)

BEIJING/NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- The value of the world’s forests, wetlands, coral reefs and other ecosystems for fighting poverty and delivering sustainable development is spotlighted today in a new international report.