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
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Intergovernmental Organizations
UNEP International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability
FC4S Network
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).
Dario Liguti
Dario Liguti is the Director of Sustainable Energy at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, effective 3 October 2022.
David Vivas Eugui
David Vivas Eugui is a Legal Officer 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.
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 Policy Advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Moustapha Kamal Gueye is the Global Coordinator of Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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
Salman Hussain
Salman Hussain is the Coordinator of the The Economics Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).
Sandrine Salerno
Sandrine Salerno is the Executive Director of Sustainable Finance Geneva.
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).
Vic Van Vuuren
Vic Van Vuuren is the Director of the Enterprises Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.Events
Conference
Digital and Green Transformations: The role of innovation and public-private partnerships | 16th session of CICPPP
31 May – 02 Jun 2023
Palais des Nations | Room XXVI
UNECE
Conference
European Ecological Densities – Forms and Parameters of Urban Transition | Geneva Debate 2023
01 Jun 2023 18:00 – 20:00
Palais de l'Athénée | Salle des Abeilles
FBA
Conference
High-Level Dialogue on World Environment Day
05 Jun 2023 14:30 – 17:00
Geneva Press Club
FAO, UNECE, UNITAR, International Gender Champions, IFRC
Virtual
Webinar | Create green, sustainable supply chains in the circular economy
08 Jun 2023 11:30
Online | Zoom
UNITAR
Conference
Forum Afrique 2050 | L’Afrique au cœur de la Genève Internationale
12 – 13 Jun 2023
Geneva & Online
Conference
Innovative Approaches to Build Capacity for Sustainable Infrastructure
12 Jun 2023 13:00 – 14:30
International Environment House II (Chemin de Balexert 7-9, Châtelaine)
UNEP Resources and Markets Branch, GEN
Virtual
Webinar | Des pratiques agroécologiques à grande échelle: l’exemple du Burkina Faso
13 Jun 2023 10:30 – 12:00
Online
Workshop
Sustainable food Healthy Cooking Workshop
16 Jun 2023 09:30 – 13:30
Budé Farm (Chem. Moïse-Duboule 2)
2050Today, Maison de l'alimentation du territoire - MA-Terre
Conference
2023 World Resources Forum | Rethinking Value — Resources for Planetary Wellbeing (WRF23)
05 – 07 Sep 2023
CICG & Online
WRF
Conference
Leaders Forum Geneva 2023 | Global goals for nature: tracking progress, financing success
11 – 13 Oct 2023
Geneva, Switzerland
IUCN
Body Meeting
Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining and Sustainable Development
06 – 10 Nov 2023
Palais des Nations | Room XVII
IGF, UNCTAD
Learning
Publications
Reports
Greening the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor: A visual synthesis
2020
Zoï Environment Network
Reports
Sand and Sustainability: Finding new solutions for environmental governance of global sand resources
2019
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Jobs
