EMG Contributions to CSD-14

The 14th session of the CSD concluded on 12 May 2006. As the first year of the second implementation cycle, CSD-14 focused on progress in the following areas: Energy for Sustainable Development; Industrial Development; Air pollution/ Atmosphere; and Climate Change.

The EMG made two significant contributions to CSD-14 in the areas of International Industrial Environmental Initiatives and in Atmospheric and Air Pollution Management :

REVIEW OF SELECTED INDUSTRIAL ENVIROMENTAL INITIATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, Issue paper by the United Nations Environmental Management Group, DESA/DSD/2006/4.

ATMOSPHERE/AIR POLLUTION: BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNT AND CASE STUDIES BY UN COOPERATIVE PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES, Report by the UN Issues Management Group (IMG) of EMG, DESA/DSD/2006 /5.