Continues Attempt to Reach Agreement On International System for Protecting Worlds Forests
NAIROBI, 27 December (UNEP) Following is the message of Klaus Toepfer, Executive-Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:
Ministers Adopt Declaration on Treaty Priorities for Next Decade
The following text was issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a press release on the eve of the third WTO ministerial meeting:
SEATTLE/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- At the third World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is releasing six new reports that demonstrate how countries can take action to address trade-related environmental degradation.
UNEP Calls for Integrated Approach to Trade and Environment Policy-Making at WTO Seattle Conference
NAIROBI, 8 November (UNEP) -- The fate of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized countries will be determined over the next twelve months, Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said here today.
BONN, 5 November (UNFCCC) -- Ministers and officials from 166 governments are concluding two weeks of climate change talks here after setting an aggressive timetable for completing the outstanding details of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by November 2000, thus triggering its early ratification by governments.
Award Ceremony To Be Held at Headquarters 17 November
NAIROBI, 22 October (UNEP) -- At a workshop to be held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 26 to 30 October, more than 100 experts and policy makers will hold discussions on the sustainable management of freshwater resources in Africa.
