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• The UN measures the six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol
and commonly reports them as CO2 equivalent.
• The UN measures emissions from facility operations and travel that can
be influenced by management level decisions.
• www.greeningtheblue.org provides UN
staff with guidance on how to progress
the environmental, social and
economic performance of the
organization.
• Several entities are now purchasing offsets and many are taking an
interest in using offsets to make their UN events carbon neutral.
Sustainability Management Systems
• In September 2011 the Strategic Plan for Sustainability Management was
approved.
• The plan highlights the need for an integrated approach based on a clear
mandate from governing bodies.
• The Strategic Plan goes further than the UN Climate Neutral Strategy not
just monitoring Greenhouse Gas emissions but also fresh water use and
waste generation
The new UN office facility in Nairobi was created to work with the
ecological characteristics of the natural surroundings
and is capable of being energy-neutral.
UN Secretariat in New York
powered by renewable energy
New York’s UN Secretariat has been renovated to reduce its energy consumption by
50% and carbon emissions by 45%. By purchasing
Renewable Energy Certificates the campus can operate
on 100% renewable energy.
Offsetting at the UNDP regional office in
Bratislava
Energy savings and income from the rooftops solar panels at the UNDP Bratislava
Regional Centre paid for 650 tons of Gold Standard
Certificated Emission Reductions to offset 2010 emissions.
The inside story: UN Department of Field Support
Over 60 UNDP offices are monitoring and reporting annual greenhouse gas
emissions from their global operations and are working
to produce a UNDP Environmental Management System.