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🔴 Bringing expertise on #Water cooperation under the United Nations #WaterConvention and #forests, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe contributes to this week's #OneWaterSummit and 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification 👇 Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dq5qurdp #COP16 COP16Riyadh Tatiana Molcean Dmitry Mariyasin Water Convention/Protocol on Water & Health Francesca Bernardini Elise Zerrath Sonja Köppel Paola DEDA Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab Clara Gentili Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo IUCN Ministry of Environment of Panama UNDP International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC

Today, Azizbek Urunov, Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan on World Trade Organization Issues, and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Executive Secretary Tatiana Molcean co-signed the National Trade Facilitation Roadmap of Uzbekistan, developed with UNECE support. This strategic framework will drive Uzbekistan’s trade facilitation reform over the next 5 years, paving the way for: ✅ Transforming trade by implementing WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement measures ✅ Advancing digitalization with full adoption of digital documents for imports/exports 📄💻 ✅ Boosting global standing as a logistics & transit hub 🌐 As a double landlocked country, Uzbekistan faces unique challenges. This roadmap will have a positive impact in reducing trade costs, streamlining procedures, and enhancing connectivity by leveraging UNECE tools and UN/CEFACT standards. With WTO accession in sight by 2026, this is more than a milestone—it’s a vision for sustainable growth and global economic integration. Best wishes to the Uzbekistan WTO team as they continue their engagements in Geneva this week! 🌍✨ Elisabeth Türk Maria Teresa Pisani Mario Apostolov Kamola Khusnutdinova Ludovica Poponcini Dmitry Mariyasin Azizbek Urunov Askar Mirsaidov Berdak Kalmuratov Nurbek Maksutov #TradeFacilitation #UNECE #WTO #Digitalization #SustainableTrade #CentralAsia #Innovation #digital4trade

🔔 In response to rising risks of #accidents as the scale and scope of industrial activities increases to meet the demands of the #energy transition, governments from across the pan-#European region have decided to strengthen cooperation to ensure safety by expanding work under the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention, which held its 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva last week. A dedicated report and seminar highlighted that the massive scaling-up in production, storage, use and distribution of #renewables (e.g. solar and wind), ammonia, hydrogen and battery energy storage systems is expected to create additional accident risks and require further control measures and greater awareness among policymakers, operators and the public.  Experts under the Convention warn that a key area of risk is the huge quantities of critical #minerals (e.g. cobalt, lithium and nickel) that will be required over the next decades to produce renewable energy and battery technology. This will require strengthened #safety measures throughout minerals’ lifecycles – in #mining, processing, refining and storage (including for mining waste, or “tailings”) and in technology production facilities.    A UNECE survey of 22 countries from across the region highlighted that three quarters of Parties are only moderately prepared (71%) or even unprepared (4%) for prevention. Less than one quarter of responses (22%) rated their country’s industrial safety #infrastructure and current knowledge in dealing with energy transition challenges as advanced or state-of-the-art. Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dBEbghQr Tatiana Molcean Dmitry Mariyasin Franziska Hirsch Joseph Orangias Liza Rubach Claudia Kamke UNECE Sustainable Energy Représentation permanente de la France auprès de l'ONU à Genève OECD - OCDE Geneva Environment Network United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) European Environment Agency UN Environment Programme UN Climate Change Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva

🔔 In this week's edition of #UNECEHighlights discover more about the following ⬇️ 🔷 Governments step up work on #industrial accidents risks due to #energy transition safety gaps; 🔷 #SPECA participating States adopt Dushanbe Declaration to advance #green #development and #SDGs; 🔷 UNECE adopts quality #standard for whole dried rosehip to boost #trade in #CentralAsia; 🔷 Case studies inspire #data- and information-sharing in transboundary basins supported by the United Nations #WaterConvention; 🔷 Findings of #Mauritania's #Environmental Performance Review; 🔷 Transformative #innovation and #AI at the forefront of #ClimateAction; 🔷 Climate action and SDG acceleration through sustainable #PPPs and resilient #infrastructure. 📑 Subscribe here to receive regular updated from UNECE 👉 https://lnkd.in/dSqkXdkD Water Convention/Protocol on Water & Health Dmitry Mariyasin Franziska Hirsch Joseph Orangias Liza Rubach Claudia Kamke Mario Apostolov Galib Israfilov Jonibek Hikmat Yerlan Alimbayev Marit Nilses Francesca Bernardini Sonja Köppel Nicholas Bonvoisin Katia Adamo Oliwia Kacprzak Lance THOMPSON UNECE Public-Private Partnerships Tony Bonnici Antonin Menegaux Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva Germany in the UN Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva Burak Akçapar Frédéric Ballenegger Antje Knorr Yannick Roulin Zafiris Rossidis Olympia Neocleous Représentation permanente de la France auprès de l'ONU à Genève Robin Margaillan Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN, WTO in Geneva United Nations Water UN Sustainable Development Group

Join us at COP16Riyadh on 4 December 2024 for an in-person side event: Dry Lands, Green Cities: United for Urban Land Restoration. We’ll explore how urban forestry and nature-based solutions can drive #landrestoration, enhance #climateresilience, and boost #biodiversity in dry #cities. Key highlights: - Scaling #urbanforestry in drylands - Integrating #NatureBasedSolutions into national policies - Innovative funding models and collaboration opportunities This event is part of the #TreesInDryCitiesCoalition, bringing together governments, financial institutions, and international organizations to advance sustainable solutions for drylands. Full event programme available at: bit.ly/3ZtSr9K United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UN Environment Programme, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Ruth Tiffer Sotomayor, The World Bank, Firdaous Oussidhoum, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Felipe O., European Investment Bank (EIB), Bilal Qteshat, Daouda Ndiaye, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Iara Bueno Giacomini, Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima, Ahmad Alanazi, المركز الوطني لتنمية الغطاء النباتي ومكافحة التصحر NCVC, Francesco Corvaro, Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica

🔎 Official #statistics provide key evidence for policymaking to tackle multidimensional #poverty, which is in focus of this week's meeting of the UNECE Group of Experts on Measuring Poverty and #Inequality. One of the indicators for assessing #SDG progress is the proportion of people living in poverty in all its nationally defined dimensions, and the stated commitment is to halve the share of people living in poverty from 2015 to 2030. According to the aggregate assessment for the entire UNECE region, reduction of poverty is the prevailing trend, but it remains far too slow to reach this established target by 2030. The different dimensions of poverty include areas where the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has made significant contributions in setting norms and standards. UNECE’s mandates in #housing and #environmental policies address some of the dimensions typically included in poverty estimations. In addition, recent discussions are pointing at new emerging dimensions to explore ways to measure deprivations in areas related to #energy and #transport. 👉 UNECE Statistics Andres Vikat Paolo Valente Fiona Willis-Núñez Kristen Jeffers Patrick Hernusi Jonathan Gessendorfer UN Sustainable Development Group United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

🔶 Representatives of Central Asian countries have acknowledged the urgent need for regional cooperation in #green #development and committed to strengthen collaboration across critical sectors, including #energy, #trade #digitalization, #trade integration and facilitation, investment promotion, #SME development, #water cooperation, and #innovation ecosystems. The Dushanbe Declaration was adopted at the end of the 2024 #SPECA Economic Forum and Governing Council meeting, convened this week in #Tajikistan, with the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations ESCAP. “SPECA must work towards becoming an attractive destination for green investment and driving sustainable growth,” underscored Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana in her opening remarks. This year’s Forum focused on key priorities such as #ClimateAction, #technology and innovation, and sustainable #transport and energy. In several interventions, delegates highlighted how climate change is impacting the economies and ecosystems of the SPECA region with issues such as glacier melt, water scarcity and pollution intensifying. “The risks of not dealing properly with this crisis are high for #CentralAsia – a region with rich potential but also fragile ecosystems, complex interdependencies when it comes to water and energy, and high degree of vulnerability to effects of climate change,” said Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of UNECE. She further reminded of the critical need for intensified action and innovative approaches to advance the #SDGs in the SPECA region. High-level participants from #Azerbaijan, #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, #Turkmenistan and #Uzbekistan discussed operationalization of the SPECA Multi-Partner Trust Fund, as well as new initiatives such as the SPECA Climate and Innovation Dialogue, SPECA Forum of Climate Smart Cities and SPECA Concept of Development until 2030. Learn more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/daajf9_5 Dmitry Mariyasin Mario Apostolov Jonibek Hikmat Galib Israfilov Yerlan Alimbayev UN Sustainable Development Group UNDP Tajikistan

📢 We are thrilled to announce that the 9th edition of the UNECE International PPP Forum will take place in Belgrade, Serbia on 14-16 May 2025. Please save the dates! 🔗 Registration is now open: https://lnkd.in/etqAXUvZ More information on the Forum is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/etqAXUvZ   #UNECE #PPP #PPPsfortheSDGs #9PPPFORUM Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García, Yesui Bayar

📢 Join the Global Movement for Digital Trade Standards! We’re thrilled to announce that several pledges have already been received from both public and private sector organizations in response to the Call to Action for Digital Trade 🌍 This joint initiative by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Chamber of Commerce Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) aims to: ☑️ Accelerate the adoption of globally interoperable data exchange standards ☑️ Ensure seamless data flow across supply chains ☑️ Align with the digital and green transformations of the United Nations 2030 Agenda There’s still time to make your pledge! Countries, organizations, and stakeholders are invited to submit their commitments and be part of this global effort. 📑 Submit your pledge here: https://lnkd.in/ggTHZiz6 Your contributions will help shape a more efficient, secure, and sustainable global trade ecosystem. ✨ The pledges received will be formally announced at the 43rd UN/CEFACT Forum in Rome this December -> https://lnkd.in/eYMa4ufr 📙 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gchE-8ig Elisabeth Türk Dmitry Mariyasin Maria Teresa Pisani Kamola Khusnutdinova Pamela Mar Oliwia Kacprzak Kevin Bishop International Trade Centre World Trade Organization UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) European Commission World Customs Organization ISO - International Organization for Standardization OECD - OCDE Nancy Norris Liliana Fratini Passi Dr. Hanane Becha Aliakbar Heydarov Nurbek Maksutov Steven Capell

ITFC COO Nazeem Noordali held a productive bilateral meeting with Mr. Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the sidelines of the #SPECA Forum. Discussions focused on strengthening collaboration under ITFC’s TCCA+ initiative and the SPECA, improving #trade infrastructure, and promoting regional economic cooperation in Central #Asia and beyond. #ITFCImpact #RegionalCooperation #TradeForGrowth #Partnership