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List of Press Releases - 2012-7

UNECE Water Convention to introduce Implementation Committee (03 February 2012)

On 1 February 2012, following two years of negotiations, the Legal Board of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) finalized the proposal for a mechanism to facilitate implementation of and compliance with the ...
Wood confirmed as the primary source of renewable energy in Europe (03 February 2012)

Wood energy accounts for 3% of the total primary energy supply (TPES) and 47% of the renewable energy supply (RES) in the UNECE region[1] in 2009, confirming its role as the leading source of renewable energy. Wood covered almost 20% of the total energy demands of Sweden, Finland and Estonia and ...
Green economy: UNECE walks the talk and prepares for Rio (02 February 2012)

The spotlight will be on the green economy at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012.  Much has been published and discussed about this new concept and how it might shape the future of humanity and its development ...
UNECE and World Bank organize Sustainable Real Estate Markets Forum in Moscow (27 January 2012)

Moscow The Forum on “Sustainable Real Estate Markets: Principles and Guidance for Development” was held today to draw attention to ways in which secure and well protected property rights, and accurate and accessible information, can attract greater investment and increase economic growth. The ...
UNECE to adopt new ceilings of emissions for trucks and buses (20 January 2012)

On 19 January 2012, the Working Party on Pollution and Energy, approved a proposal for an amendment to Regulation No. 49, concerning more stringent emission requirements for heavy duty vehicle engines. The proposal will be submitted to the World Forum in June 2012 for its final adoption. It will ...
Sovereign debt cancer threatens European and global economies - UN (17 January 2012)

/Brussels Fiscal austerity programmes in force across Europe and the sovereign debt crisis that erupted in Greece last May — which subsequently spread, first to Ireland and Portugal, then to Spain and Italy — have shaken the European economy and raise the chances of another global recession, ...
Executive Secretary meets with Serbian President (12 January 2012)

Mr. Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary, met with His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, on Tuesday, 10 January 2012, to discuss issues of mutual interest. The discussion touched upon the various activities where UNECE and Serbia already cooperate closely, ...

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