🟫🟪🟦🟩🟨 Celebrating good practices & ideas at the #ENVforum conference in 🇰🇷 on #CircularIndustry: #Innovation & #Digitalization as Enablers for #SMEs Day 2 comes to an end. We look forward to contributing with our insights & lessons learnt to the 2022 SDTF by UN Office for Sustainable Development.

Glad that #ENVforum partners and participants contribute to the #SDTF 2022. 🌏🌍We launched the #ASEM Report on Climate Change Mitigation Efforts - good to share our work on a global level. With Asia-Europe Foundation Dep Exec Dir Amb Leo Faber & Assoc Dir, Dep Gov & SD Grazyna Pulawska #SDG13

💚A long-term partner of the #ENVforum: SEI Asia 🙏Grateful for all the support that the Institute extended since the set-up of the Asia-Europe Environment Forum in 2013. We have become a strong e inter-regional platform for dialogue & cooperation on sustainable development.

👏 Launched at the UN Office for Sustainable Development 2022 #SDTF: 🌍🌏#ENVforum Report "Overview of #ClimateChange Mitigation Efforts in #ASEM Partner Countries: Outlook on the #CircularEconomy Transition" 👉Download your copy: tiny.cc/envkorea Asia-Europe Foundation SEI Asia Division South/Southeastasia HSF ASEIC IGES-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

💚Active since 2011: #UNOSD - UN Office for Sustainable Development 💚Active since 2003: #ENVforum - consisting of Asia-Europe Foundation SEI Asia Division South/Southeastasia HSF ASEIC IGES-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies #UNOSD ➕#ENVforum 🟰 partners for #sustainabledevelopment Happy we could contribute to the 2022 #SDTF. Watch the interview with #ArirangTV.

🫂Last day at the UN Office for Sustainable Development 2022 #SDTF! Time for a group photo in between meetings with several #ENVforum partner representatives from Asia-Europe Foundation , Division South/Southeastasia HSF , SEI Asia & ASEIC and participants from Central European University and SME Bank.

🎄 Season's Greetings from the #ENVforum partners Asia-Europe Foundation Division South/Southeastasia HSF SEI Asia ASEIC IGES-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 🌿2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣ 🍀 We look fwd to welcoming the New Year with you and to collaborating with you towards a sustainable future.

💚We hope you had a good 1st quarter of the year. For us at the #ENVforum, the past months were just the warm-up. 🎂In 2023, we celebrate our 20th anniversary! Set up in 2003, we proudly present a glimpse of our work here: Asia-Europe Foundation SEI Asia Division South/Southeastasia HSF ASEIC IGES-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

#ThrowbackThursday Before we embark on new projects, we always look back & build up on the substantial work done: 🌍🌏 The #ENVforum Report on #ClimateChange Mitigation Efforts in Asia & Europe 👉e-copy: bit.ly/3yw31yQ Asia-Europe Foundation SEI Asia Division South/Southeastasia HSF ASEIC IGES-Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

🗺️Asia-Europe mapping towards a #CircularEconomy transition: Insight 1⃣ The vast majority of #GHG emissions stems from the energy sector. Leading source: ⚡️ electricity & heat generation #ENVforum Report on #ClimateChange Mitigation Efforts: 👉e-copy: bit.ly/3yw31yQ

🗺️Asia-Europe mapping towards a #CircularEconomy transition: Insight 2⃣ 💴 💷 💶 International climate financing continues to increase but not enough to reach the global net-zero target by 2050. 👉#ENVforum Report on #ClimateChange Mitigation Efforts: bit.ly/3yw31yQ

🗺️ Asia-Europe mapping towards a #CircularEconomy transition: Insight 3⃣ Countries worldwide have emitted more than 1.5 trillion tons of CO2 since 1750. What have been the emissions in #ASEM? 👉 #ENVforum Report on #ClimateChange Mitigation Efforts: bit.ly/3yw31yQ

Interested in learning more about nature-based solutions in Asia and Europe and how they can help us tackle climate change and build more sustainable communities? Start exploring at ow.ly/uvhr50NvwrO #naturebasedsolutions #urbannatureatlas

This year 14 #ASEM countries will present #VNRs at the #HLPF. Integrating #SustainableConsumptionAndProduction #SDG12 along the value chain helps countries transition to a circular or zero-waste community model. Learn more from #ASEM experience at ow.ly/w3QU50NyfXZ

Get inspired by the Clifton Urban Forest in Karachi! Explore this unique example of how the urban spaces can get transformed and create more sustainable cities. Learn about this amazing #NaturebasedSolutions project at ow.ly/aXrI50NzpBQ

#ClimateAdaptation means preparing for & responding to the impacts of climate change. The #UrbanNatureAtlas showcases #ClimateAdaptation projects addressing sea-level rise, extreme heat events, and flooding. Check out ow.ly/7blU50NGKqA to learn more.

#NaturebasedSolutions offer environmental benefits and recreational opportunities for urban communities. Check out #UrbanNatureAtlas projects showcase how nature can be integrated into urban environments. ow.ly/JNbc50NGKAy

In 2011, Carbon footprint from food waste was estimated by #FAO to be 3.6 GtCo2 eq, excld. deforestation & managed organic soils. SMEs play a crucial role in decarbonising food supply chain. More from our policy brief ! #CircularEconomy #FoodWaste #SMEs. ow.ly/Julo50NNJun

A recent study revealed that emissions from animal-based food are double that of plant-based food systems. Our policy brief discusses the crucial role of SMEs in promoting sustainable agri-food systems. ow.ly/bAYS50NOA7J #FoodWaste #FAO #CircularEconomy

SusDev Dept. attended the Partners Workshop hosted by CICE on catalyzing SME-led circular carbon transition! Collaborated w/ thought leaders to define priority actions, accelerating progress in the #CircularEconomy through lasting partnerships and innovation.