Green Economy
An inclusive green economy is an alternative to today's dominant economic model, which exacerbates inequalities, encourages waste, triggers resource scarcities, and generates widespread threats to the environment and human health. Such an economy is low carbon, efficient and clean in production, but also inclusive in consumption and outcomes, based on sharing, circularity, collaboration, solidarity, resilience, opportunity, and interdependence. The green economy section includes work on green trade, green jobs, just transition, and circular economy.
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Organizations
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Thematic Platforms
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD
Experts
Aik Hoe Lim
Aik Hoe Lim is the Director of Trade and Environment Division at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Alexander Kasterine
Alexander Kasterine is Senior Advisor at the International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO).
Alice Tipping
Alice Tipping is the Director of Trade and Sustainable Development at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck is a Senior Researcher at the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre and Director of the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Christophe Bellmann
Christophe Bellmann is the Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Daouia Chalali
Daouia Chalali leads a project on long-term governance at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR).
Dario Liguti
Dario Liguti is the Director of the Energy, Housing & Land Management Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
David Vivas Eugui
David Vivas Eugui is the Chief of the Ocean and Circular Economy Unit in the Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Delphine Garin
Delphine Garin is the manager of Plastics & Packaging at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Elisa Tonda
Elisa Tonda is the Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch at the UN Environment Programme, effective 1 September 2022.
Eric Usher
Eric Usher is the Head of the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).
Eva Zabey
Eva Zabey is the Executive Director of Business for Nature.
Evelina Trutnevyte
Evelina Trutnevyte is an associate professor and head of the Renewable Energy Systems group at the University of Geneva and IPCC AR7 Working Group III coordinating lead author of Chapter 3 "Projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change".
Ivo Mulder
Climate Finance Unit Head, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Jean-Pierre Reymond is the Executive Director of 2050Today.
Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith joined UNEP Finance Initiative in 2020 to lead the ecosystems workstream.
Joy Kim
Joy Kim is Programme Officer at UNEP's Economic Research Unit.
Liesbeth Casier
Liesbeth Casier is a Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure and Coordinator of the NBI Global Resource Centre at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Matthias Knappe
Matthias Knappe is the Head of Fibres in the Textiles and Clothing Unit at the International Trade Center (ITC).
Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Moustapha Kamal Gueye is the Director of the Priority Action Programme on Just Transitions Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies at the International Labour Organization.
Nick Weatherill
Nick Weatherill is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Better Cotton.
Peter Bakker
Peter Bakker is the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Robert Marinkovic
Robert Marinkovic is an Adviser for Climate and Green Economy at the International Organization of Employers
Ruben Escalante-Hasbun
Ruben Escalante-Hasbun is the Geneva Representative and Civic Space Advocacy Coordinator at the Global Citizen Geneva Office.
Salman Hussain
Salman Hussain is the Coordinator of the The Economics Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), effective at the end of August 2023.
Teresa Moreira
Teresa Moreira is the Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Thomas Höhne-Sparborth
Thomas Höhne-Sparborth is Head of Sustainability Research at Lombard Odier.
Vera Weick
Vera Weick is a Programme Management Officer at the Secretariat of the United Nations Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE).Events
Body Meeting
84th session of the Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI)
04 – 06 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations, Room XII
UNECE
Conference
1st session of the Joint Working Group on Environmental Statistics and Indicators
10 – 11 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations | Room III
UNECE
Virtual
Turning sustainability disclosures into risk insights: New sustainability risk management tools and research
10 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 16:30
Online | BrightTalk
UNEP FI
Conference
Global Supply Chains Forum: Advancing Circular and Chemical-Safe Supply Chains in Fashion and Construction
12 – 13 Nov 2026
Palais des Nations | Room VII
UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch, GEF, UNDP, UNIDO, FAO
Conference
Séminaire énergie-environnement 2026-2027 | SIG, bras industriel de la transition énergétique.
12 Nov 2026 | 17:15 – 18:45
UNIGE Carl-Vogt | Room CV1
UNIGE
Body Meeting
First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals
16 – 20 Nov 2026
CICG
GFC
Conference
Science-Policy Breakfast Briefing | Artificial Intelligence in Agrifood Systems | 15th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights (By Invitation Only)
25 Nov 2026 | 08:30 – 09:30
Geneva
UNU-CPR, GSPI, FAO
Conference
Climate Responsibility in Economic Statecraft
25 Nov 2026 | 18:15 – 19:45
Maison de la Paix, Room S10
IHEID
Conference
31st Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy | Recent Developments and Achievements Under Each of the MEA
26 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 18:00
Palais des Nations | Room V
UNECE
Body Meeting
12th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs
30 Nov – 01 Dec 2026
Palais des Nations | Room V
UNECE
Conference
2050Today Annual Event | From Commitments to Practice: Advancing Sustainable Workplaces in International Geneva
30 Nov 2026 | 16:00 – 18:30
Campus Biotech
2050Today, Mexico, GEN, Diplomatic Club of Geneva
Body Meeting
10th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention and 6th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on SEA
01 – 04 Dec 2026
Palais des Nations
Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA
Conference
Critical Minerals for a Sustainable Energy Transition: Strengthening Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Mining Governance | Espoo Side Event
01 Dec 2026 | 13:40 – 14:45
Palais des Nations | Tempus
UNECE, Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA, UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, GEN
Virtual
Financing mercury action: GEF, SIP and country experiences | Minamata Online
03 Dec 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00
Online | Webex
Minamata Convention
Body Meeting
14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention
09 – 10 Dec 2026
Palais des Nations
UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Learning
Course in Geneva
CAS Stratégie et management des énergies – Pour une économie durable et décarbonée
01 Jan – 31 Dec 2027
Geneva
UNIGE
Course in Geneva
Stratégie et management des énergies – Pour une économie durable et décarbonée
15 Jan – 05 Jun 2027
UNIGE
Online Course
Green Industrial Policy: Promoting Competitiveness and Structural Transformation
UNEP, UNITAR, UNIDO, PAGE, UN CC:Learn
Online Course
Youth Leadership Online Toolkit for Transforming Food Systems
UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
Publications
Report
Sand and Sustainability: An Essential Resource for Nature and Development
2026
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Report
Employment in the Circular Economy: Leveraging Circularity to Create Decent Work
2025
ILO, Circle Economy, World Bank, PAGE
Report
The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies
2025
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council
Report
Greening the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor: A visual synthesis
2020
Zoï Environment Network
Report
Sand and Sustainability: Finding new solutions for environmental governance of global sand resources
2019
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
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