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Chemicals
UNEP provides the main catalytic force in the UN system for global action on the environmentally sound management of hazardous chemicals. UNEP Chemicals works directly with countries to build national capacity for the safe production, use and disposal of chemicals, and to promote and disseminate state of-the-art information on chemical safety.

Economics
UNEP is enhancing countries' abilities to asses the environmental as well as developmental impacts of trade, to integrate environmental considerations into macroeconomic policies more generally, and to design and use efficient economic instruments for environmental policy.

Energy
UNEP Energy activities help partners incorporate environmental factors into their energy-related decisions. They provide information, develop tools for decision makers, improve analytical and policy skills, and conduct pilot and demonstration projects. Most activities are focused on developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

Cleaner Production
Cleaner Production is the continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy applied to processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment. DTIE's Cleaner Production activities promote strategies, policies and practices to prevent pollution from processes, products and services.

Finance
UNEP has a number of activities with the banking and insurance community, which are focused on helping financial decision makers become more aware of investment opportunities in the sustainable energy sector.

Industry
UNEP Industry Outreach branch has for many years worked to stimulate individual companies - and industry associations through their membership - to report on their environmental performance and the implementation of their voluntary commitments in the form of codes of conduct and charters.

Sustainable Consumption
UNEP's Sustainable Consumption (SC) programme focuses on understanding the forces that drive consumption patterns around the world and how to translate those findings into tangible activities for business (including the advertising industry) and other stakeholders.

Technology
The UNEP - IETC centre in Osaka, Japan promotes the adoption and use of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) with a focus on the environmental management of cities and freshwater basins, in developing countries and countries in transition.

Tourism
Tourism is now one of the world’s largest industries. UNEP works closely with a number of partners to promote sustainable tourism as part of its role under the Commission on Sustainable Development to coordinate interagency implementation of Agenda 21 issues on tourism. UNEP’s strategy for sustainable tourism covers its promotion among government agencies and industry, developing sustainable tourism tools for the management of protected or sensitive areas, and supporting the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements relevant to tourism.

Transport
UNEP has established the Mobility Forum, a voluntary initiative with the automotive industry. The Mobility Forum provides automotive industry members with a platform to share environmental best practice experience and to develop new strategies for sustainable mobility. Activities also help to develop cleaner fuels and improve the environmental performance of the air transport sector. Some examples: Global Overlays and Transport Publications.

 

 
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