On the first day of Paralympic Games #Paris2024, Norwegian athlete 🇳🇴🥇 Birgit Skarstein champions the spirit of Paralympic Games the and our goals of #RoadSafety. She vouches for #IWearASeatbelt in the United Nations 🇺🇳 and JCDecaux Global #MakeASafetyStatement campaign. What is yours? 🔗

🏁 Flag-off 🏁 The 🇺🇳 United Nations Global Campaign for Road Safety with JCDecaux Global hit the streets of #Milan 🇮🇹. In 2020, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, and powered two-wheelers) accounted for half of the road traffic fatalities in Italy, highlighting the importance of

Are you involved in a groundbreaking clean energy initiative in Europe? This is your chance to present your project to a global audience of investors. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE ) and the High-Level Champions are inviting clean energy projects to

The #EU #CriticalRawMaterials Act stipulates the use of United Nations Framework Classification for Resources & recalls full applicability of UNECE treaties to address #humanrights & #environmental impact. Key materials include lithium, cobalt & nickel ➡️unece.org/media/news/391…

Extreme #weather events increasingly threaten the ability of countries 🌎-wide to sustain safe, reliable, equitable #mobility In the build-up to #COP29, see how UNECE works to build #resilience of #transport systems to #climatechange impacts 👉unece.org/media/news/391…

Happening now! The press conference in #Milan with Mayor, Beppe Sala, Vice Premier and Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Matteo Salvini, Fabrizio Du Chêne de Vère, CEO of IGPDecaux to launch the 🇺🇳 United Nations JCDecaux Global campaign #MakeASafetyStatement in #Italy 🇮🇹 for

Drivers who text while driving are 23 times more likely to be involved in car crashes. #IDoNotDriveAndText is the #MakeASafetyStatement by Grammy, Latin Grammy-winning musician, and Golden Globe winner Laura Pausini to support the ongoing United Nations 🇺🇳-JCDecaux Global campaign and the

Excited to announce a call for #green and #digital projects to be showcased as part of the UNECE #PPP and Infrastructure Award 2025 at the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum in May 2025. Submit your project by 15 November 2024: forms.office.com/e/QU3RBe73sR

Fast-#fashion has led to a rapid increase in🌎#trade of second-hand #clothes, often resulting in unmanageable & environmentally damaging disposal of #textile waste. In #Chile's Atacama Desert, 30,000 tonnes of such waste cover approx. 300 hectares ➡️bit.ly/3zHnHaZ

Taking the public tram in #Milan 🇮🇹 today, I realized that public transportation provides not only safety and convenience in a congested urban environment but also carries the history and culture of the people. #RoadSafety #MakeASafetyStatement CC: United Nations 🇺🇳 @JCDecaux_global World Food Programme

As #ElectricVehicle manufacturers face the challenge of keeping up with #battery demand, #DYK 🟢United Nations regulations enable widespread introduction of EVs 🟢#UNFC helps manage the required critical minerals 🟢UNECE is exploring #circulareconomy approaches 🔎unece.org/media/news/390…

Good to be in full swing after summer as UNECE gears up for a busy fall 🍂 incl:   🔵#SustainableEnergy Week 16-20 Sept   🔵#SummitoftheFuture 22-23 Sept   🔵#ForumofMayors 30-Sept.-1 Oct   🔵#Beijing30 Regional Review 21-22 Oct   🔵#WaterConvention Ministerial #MOP10 23-25 Oct

Ahead of #WorldCleanAirDay, did you know? #EU measures on #airquality implement the UNECE #AirConvention & its Gothenburg Protocol, which reduce key #airpollution emissions. 🇪🇺 & all its members are Party. This unique 🇺🇳 treaty has added 1 year to life expectancy in #Europe

Today I had the pleasure of exchanging on the work of UNECE with Executive Secretary Tatiana MOLCEAN. The UN Regional Commission has a tangible impact on citizens' lives #environment #transport #energy #urban. Coming soon on 21-22/10: Beijing+30 Regional Review #Gender equality

We are proud that Republic of Moldova’s successful efforts in tackling energy vulnerability & piloting use of smart meters for better governance of energy sector, with UNDP & partners support, is showcased by UNECE Task Force on Digitalization in Energy. bit.ly/4g94hMN

Global use of UNECE tools #UNFC & #UNRMS is growing to help manage resources incl. critical energy transition minerals in line with #SDGs & #ParisAgreement Already used by the #EU & African Union, a rising number of countries are engaged in this work ▶️unece.org/media/news/390…

Join us for this #SOTF side event with @ILO, UN Environment Programme, UNICEF, ΥΠΑΝ Κύπρου, Portugal at the UN & more to explore how we can reshape education and society for #greenskills & #greenjobs, driving a just and sustainable transition. Register by 6 Sept: unep.org/events/unep-ev… #SkillsRightNow

#WorldCleanAirDay echoes the need for joint action on air pollution. EU Delegation Georgia 🇪🇺 partners w/UNDP in Georgia 🇬🇪, World Health Organization (WHO), UNECE & Environment Agency Austria to build an EU-standard air quality monitoring system & strengthen emissions regulations in 🇬🇪 by 2027. 🔗 undp.org/georgia/projec…