This report highlights key progress made by the UN system in advancing common approaches, shared policy agendas, and joint operational initiatives on the environment. It outlines actions undertaken to strengthen interagency collaboration, enhance environmental integration across UN programmes, and support delivery of the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda.
The United Nations System-Wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment (SWFS) aims to achieve greater synergy, collaboration, and coherence in the United Nations system’s work on the environment to support Member States in the delivery of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. This report was prepared for the information of the sixth session of UNEA providing an update on key collaborative initiatives on the environment under the Environment Management Group since the first SWFS report. It aims to provide a synoptic view of United Nations system efforts in enhancing environmental multilateralism for sustainable development, addressing the triple planetary crisis, and how these efforts can be enhanced in support of Member States.
The report presents the findings of the EMG Consultative Process on COVID-19 and the Environment and sets out a common UN perspective on an inclusive green recovery from the pandemic. It defines the key objectives and building blocks of green recovery, identifies priority areas for investment, and outlines the roles of governments, the private sector, international organizations and other actors in advancing a greener, more inclusive and rights-based recovery.
The report also examines the UN system’s particular role in supporting this transition, taking stock of initiatives launched during the pandemic and identifying opportunities to strengthen coherence, collaboration and leadership across the UN system. An accompanying inventory maps UN green recovery products against the report’s building blocks and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The report maps agency specific environmental actions, partnerships, and overall strategic trends of Member Agencies of the United Nations Environment Group, highlighting good practices, leveraging data visualisations, and identifying opportunities for further collaboration.
This report presents a compilation of green economy products developed by the UN System.
This report provides a common reference for United Nations agencies on the meaning and implications of a green economy approach including the possibilities such an approach brings in terms of improved public-private collaboration.