Consumption and production patterns are not currently sustainable: water and land use, greenhouse gases emissions, waste generation and management, as well as of disposal of toxic waste are still having enormous ecological footprints. Achieving this objective requires bold action to halve food waste, to ensure the sound management of chemical waste, to curb wasteful consumption, and to promote green tourism.

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Ongoing Contests

Organizations

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

BRS

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Better Cotton Initiative

BCI

biovision

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Biovision Foundation

Biovision Foundation

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Catalytic Finance Foundation

Catalytic Finance Foundation

CERN

Intergovernmental Organizations

European Organization for Nuclear Research

CERN

Global Footprint Network

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Global Footprint Network

Global Footprint Network

GEO Secretariat

Intergovernmental Organizations

Group on Earth Observations

GEO

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

ITC

Intergovernmental Organizations

International Trade Center

ITC

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Thematic Platforms

SDG Lab

SDG Lab

Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Shamba Centre for Food & Climate

Shamba Centre for Food & Climate

UNEP

Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch

UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch

UNDP

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Development Programme Office in Geneva

UNDP Geneva

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE

UNITAR

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNITAR

UNOG

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Office at Geneva

UNOG

Experts

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).

Charlotte Pavageau

Charlotte Pavageau works as an advocacy and policy at Biovision Foundation.

Christophe Bellmann

Christophe Bellmann is the Head of Policy Analysis and Strategy at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).

David Ogden

David Ogden is the Chief of the Governance Branch, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat, at the UN Environment Programme.

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.

Ivo Mulder

Climate Finance Unit Head, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Jacqueline Alvarez

Jacqueline Alvarez is the Chief of the UNEP Chemicals and Health Branch.

João Sousa

João Sousa is the Senior Programme Officer of Marine Plastics, Global Marine and Polar Programme at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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)

Nalini Sharma

Nalini Sharma is the Senior Coordinator of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).

Noelia Garcia Nebra

Noelia Garcia Nebra is Head of sustainability at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Peter Bakker

Peter Bakker is the President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Rafal Brykowski

Rafal Brykowski is the Programme Management Officer of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat.

Sandra Avérous-Monnery

Sandra Avérous-Monnery is Acting head of the Knowledge and Risk unit, in the Chemicals and Health Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme.

Steven Tebbe

Steven Tebbe is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Footprint Network.

Teresa Moreira

Teresa Moreira is the Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Events

Body Meeting

7th BioTrade Congress

25 – 26 Mar 2024

Palais des Nations | Room XVII

UNCTAD

Learning

Publications