Human life on Earth is not sustainable, we consume and produce more than the planet can replenish. Despite the fact that we are not an advocacy organization we support ‘Green’ ideology: A ‘Green economy’ beyond green jobs, investment and production that is also fair distribution of resources and sufficiency, and taking into account social and biophysical limits to economic growth.
Our concrete activities with regards to resource efficiency are assessments of sustainable production and consumption (for the UN and the EU we are analyzing data and trends in Europe), renewable energy (visualizing global trends and working on local solutions in the Balkans) as well as energy in general (working on a vital graphics of nuclear energy package).
Zoï Books are produced for the United Nations, the European Union, regions and countries and a growing community of readers world-wide. We closely cooperate with GRID-Arendal in providing environmental information for decision-making.
In September 2009 the United Nations Environment Management Group agreed to establish an Issue Management Group on Green Economy. This group was tasked to prepare a report to assess how the United Nations system could coherently support countries in transitioning to a green economy. The report is expected to facilitate a common understanding of the green economy approach and the measures required for the transition. The report is also envisioned to contribute to the preparatory process for the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) where “the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication” is one of the two themes; the other is “the institutional framework for sustainable development”.
This report was produced within the framework of Assessment and Capacity-Building for Managing Environment and Security Risks in Donbas and Salihorsk regions, a UNEP-led ENVSEC project implemented in Ukraine and Belarus to address environmental risk from hazardous activities, and improve environmental management and awareness. Project activities included technical assessments, training and analysis of mining sites, but also workshops and training sessions for journalists to build up their communication skills on environmental topics relevant to their region. This publication presents the findings and results of both parts of the project.
