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13 Nov 2020 Story
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To combat climate change and nature loss, multilateralism is key: Nordic countries

The 2020 consultations between the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) generated substantial and frank discussions on issues…

31 Oct 2019 Video
2019 Annual Consultations Between UNEP and Nordic Countries

Representatives from the Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—met in Nairobi with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Secretariat during two days in October. These annual Nordic…

31 Oct 2019 Story
Strengthening UN Environment Programme important to the Nordic countries

Representatives from the Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—met in Nairobi with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Secretariat during two days in October. These annual Nordic…

15 Oct 2019 Video
How can we Tackle our Global Environmental Challenges?

Debate with the Nordic countries on international environmental governance. From the left: Annika Lindblom, Inger Andersen, Erik Lundberg, Solveig Crompton, Mona Mejsen Westergaard, Linnea Sundblad Our planet faces…

24 Jun 2019 Story
Sweden-a pioneer on sound chemical and waste management

Chemicals are an integral part of our lives and are present in most of the products we use every day in our homes. In the bathroom for example, formaldehyde often sits in shampoo, microbeads in toothpaste,…

31 Oct 2016 Story
Swedish textile city Borås fashions itself and Viskan River anew

The Swedish city of Borås that almost lost all its primary trade— textile production— to lower-cost markets in the mid-20th century, has now become a global example of cleaner textile production and water…

01 Jul 2017 Policy and strategy
Air Quality Policies in Sweden

This document describes Sweden's national-level policies that impact air quality. It is based on research that UN Environment conducted in 2015 in response to Resolution 7 of the first UN Environment Assembly.  

03 Nov 2017 Terminal project evaluations
Terminal evaluation of the UNEP project: Strengthening trade union participation in international environmental processes

This is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP project implemented between 2007 and 2010. The project was designed to address the gap in representation of workers and trade unions in international environmental processes at UNEP, MEAs, and other UN…

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