ACE Newsletter Summer 2013: Sustainable Forest Management
The EU vision of a resource-efficient economy envisaged for 2020 will require new and innovative approaches to the management of natural resources inside and outside of Europe. ACE members are already...
View ArticleHow to make a city great
‘How to make a city great – a review of the steps city leaders around the world take to transform their cities into great places to live and work’ aims to develop the skills of leaders in charge of...
View ArticleGuidelines for national waste management strategies
The objective of this guidance is to improve the approach to waste management, which in most developing countries is disorganised, haphazard and under-resourced. The document aims to remedy by...
View ArticleWorld Food Day 2013: sustainable food systems for food security
A Vietnamese Recipe for a Food System that Works. What is a sustainable food system? One Vietnamese model harnesses tradition and bolsters that with technology and the right policy mix: ‘V-A-C’...
View ArticleGeneration Awake
Your choices make a world of difference. Do you want to live life to the full while respecting nature? Then Generation Awake is for you. It’s all about opening our eyes to our consumer choices and the...
View ArticleToolkit: reducing the food wastage footprint
One-third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted from the farm to fork, according to estimates calculated by FAO (2011). This wastage not only has an enormous negative impact on the global...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Recommendation: on minimum principles for the exploration...
The European Commission has recently adopted a Recommendation aiming to ensure that adequate environmental and climate safeguards are in place for ‘fracking’, the high-volume hydraulic technique used...
View ArticleBeverage carton recycling in Europe
All the materials used to make beverage cartons are fully recyclable. Beverage cartons are on average made of 75% paperboard, 21% polymers and 4% aluminium. A simple, closed-loop water-based process,...
View ArticleBest practice in promoting waste prevention
Several strategies are used by European Member States and other countries to promote waste prevention and educate the public on resource efficiency. A number of effective waste prevention strategies...
View ArticleOpportunities in a resource constrained world: how business is rising to the...
In the face of water, waste, land-use and materials constraints – as well as carbon – resource challenges are becoming ever-more prominent for business. This report outlines 4 case studies of Carbon...
View ArticleHorizon 2020 Mediterranean Report – toward shared environmental information...
The H2020 Mediterranean Report is a joint effort of the EEA and UNEP/MAP resulting from the creation of a regular review mechanism of environmental progress in the three H2020 policy priorities. These...
View ArticlePrevention and reduction of food and drink waste in businesses and households...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), together with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the SAVE FOOD Initiative, are delighted...
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