The environment

6. Environment

The environmental dimension

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for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the United Nations Environment Programme on the urban environment

C. Programme area C Biosafety and the environment

Additional areas of environmental management to be supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will also be identified.

The areas of cooperation, apart from the field of international law, now cover matters in the economic, environmental and humanitarian fields.

Programmes in chemicals, waste and environmental democracy

Development and the environment are two areas that are obvious and of increasing importance.

further development in the area of industry specific EPIs

Other trust funds international prizes in the field of the environment

The pivotal role that UNEP plays in the protection of the environment dates back to 1992, when Agenda 21 was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

A new Ministry of Environment and Housing has been created, which brings together the portfolios of land, physical planning, shelter and environment in a coordinated relationship.

A specific reference to UNEP is made in paragraph 26 bis

B. GEF Funding of Activities in the Climate Change Area

I am pleased to report that we are making progress in some areas, especially in the areas of education and of the environment.

There are also agreements on cooperation in the field of environmental protection with the neighbouring countries.

The Environmental Protection Act is supplemented in a number of specific areas by other acts.

(d) Reaffirming the importance of operational activities in the field of environmental criminal protection.

The GEF addresses land degradation as a cross cutting issue in the other GEF focal areas.

The initial efforts mounted by UNEP will be directed towards setting the implementation process in motion in areas where it has a distinct comparative advantage and proved expertise, in areas where its convening power can assist countries to strengthen their environmental institutional framework, environmental legislation, technological capacities and finance structures, and can also assist them in mainstreaming environment as an integral part of development processes.

Nuclear technologies and techniques are applied in Poland in various fields (health care, industry, environmental protection, agriculture).

A further challenge consists in developing a competitive environment on the supply side.

(a) Environmental conditions of transboundary waters

427. The third factor is provided by a new generation of regional projects in the area of international waters (funded by GEF).

It also participated in regional environmental programmes coordinated by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

The Rector and the Executive Director of UNEP exchanged letters in 1995 in which they agreed to promote further collaboration in the field of training in environmental law, research related to its implementation and compliance with environmental accords.

In the public sphere to create an enabling environment for private sector development

Environmental economic accounting and related statistics are relatively new areas of statistics.

Another area for further cooperation would be the establishment of a centre on environmentally sound technologies.

In the field of environment, KEGME has undertaken the following activities

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At UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, June 1992), AIWC was recognized as one of the leading organizations in the field of women and environment.

These include but are not restricted to activities in the field of environmental financing, multilateral environmental agreements, post conflict assessment and support, environmental financing, South South cooperation, information management, urban environmental management and improved cooperation with the international finance initiatives and region and country driven programmes.

(e) To undertake efforts towards promoting an environment that is more conducive to democratization and to improvements in the field of human rights

That will require the successful and environmentally safe application of biotechnology in agriculture.

In February 2005, at the twenty third session of the Governing Council Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Council adopted decision 23 11, entitled Gender equality in the field of the environment .

The needs assessments are followed up with capacity building in areas ranging from the clean up of hot spots, through the strengthening of environmental governance and the institutions and the development of legislation, up to the promotion of regional and global environmental cooperation, and support for environmental information, environmental impact assessment and integrated environmental assessment reporting.

In the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the main contribution of UNEP will be to complement the activities of UNCHS (Habitat) in the priority areas of environmental assessment, planning and management.

Established in 2000, the China Environmental Award is the most prestigious award in the field of environmental protection in China. The judging panel is made up of many Central government departments.

10. The Heads of State noted the urgency of developing cooperation in the field of environmental protection, and called for the adoption of urgent measures on an international scale to stabilize the environmental situation in the region of the participating countries.

The Commission considered critical areas of concern in respect of women and poverty and women and the environment.

Leading the rehabilitation works for the following companies and factories

In the area of natural resources and the environment, the following projects have produced significant results in 1996