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International Resource Panel Co-Chair and former Brazilian Minister of Environment, Ms. Izabella Teixeira, delivered a speech at the informal preparatory session of the Third meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3). During the session, held on the 8th of March, Izabella Teixeira has stressed the importance of women's leadership in the achievement of the Convention on Biological Diversity , the opportunities for a new future in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and the key

A UN webinar on The Benefits of a Circular Economy for Achieving Climate Objectives and Recovering Better took place on February 25 th as a pre-event of the World Circular Economy Forum and COP26 Climate Conference. This event was co-hosted by the EU Delegation and the Permanent Missions of Netherlands, Singapore, Kenya and Finland. The objective was to discuss the potential of the circular economy as an essential tool in a comprehensive and effective climate policy. During this event, eminent

In advance of the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly, the Task Group of the One Planet network and International Resource Panel (IRP) has released its final report showcasing the ‘Value-Chain Approach,’ a methodology for science-based policy action on Sustainable Consumption and Production. The Value-Chain Approach is the product of the IRP and the One Planet network Task Group, an 18-month collaboration that formed in response to the resolution on sustainable consumption and production at the 4th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA4)

UNEP Executive Director, Ms. Inger Andersen, delivered opening remarks ‘ International Resource Panel: a new era of social and economic prosperity’ (read her opening remarks here) at 26th Meeting of the International Resource Panel (IRP), which took place virtually from 19-23 October 2020. In her speech she commended the work of the IRP over the past 13 years in bringing policy solutions to unsustainable consumption and production driving the triple planetary crisis: biodiversity, climate and pollution. She also challenged the