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.

UN WARNS ASIA-PACIFIC’S HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ENVIRONMENTLLY UNSUSTAINABLE

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development

Seeks New Balance between Economic Growth and ‘Green Growth’

(Reissued as received.)

TECHNOLOGY FOR GREEN GROWTH TO BE SHOWCASED DURING conference

IN SEOUL, 24 - 26 MARCH

Environmental Technology Seen As Key

To Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 24 March (UN Information Services) -- As part of the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) 2005, a forum on environmental technology will be held from 24 to 26 March in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

WINNERS OF UNEP’S “FOCUS ON YOUR WORLD” PHOTO COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/AICHI, 18 March (UNEP) -- Images of deer, scavenging on a rubbish tip, the housing of the rich set against the slums of the poor and Buddhist monks solemnly draping cloth round a tree trunk have scooped the top prizes in the latest United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Photographic Competition on the Environment.