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United Nations Environment Programme: Outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society [3] International Earthshot Prize: The Royal Foundation: Incentivizes solutions to the world's environmental problems [4] International Edison Award: Edison Awards: Honoring excellence in innovation [5 ...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established by Maurice Strong , its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972.
The Global 500 Roll of Honour was an award given from 1987 to 2003 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The award recognized the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world. A successor system of UNEP awards called Champions of the Earth started in 2005.
Gisele Bündchen awarded the 2014 UNEP Champions of the Earth Award.. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established Champions of the Earth in 2005 as an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors and from civil society.
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The logo of United Nations Environmental Programme. Tony Brenton and Maurice Strong highlighted the implications for nation-states within the international system, noting that states would not easily forgo their sovereignty and enter collective agreements with other nations, making international environmental action difficult. [10]
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The Global Universities Partnership on Environment for Sustainability (GUPES) is a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) flagship programme, hosted by the Environmental Education and Training Unit (EETU), at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The partnership seeks to increase active environmental commitment and action with higher ...