GENeva Environment Network

#GENeva: a global hub for #environmental governance. GEN is a network of 75 organizations based in the region, led by @UNEP 🇺🇳 & supported by #Switzerland

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#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 9–15 Nov?

✅ #GHF2026
✅ #GFC #IC1
✅ #COP31Türkiye
✅ Conflict, Humanity & Environment
✅ #PlasticsTreaty
✅ @CITES #SC81 Outcomes
✅ #GreenAutumn
✅ & more

Check events, #jobs & suggestions ▶️ https://t.co/8mxJhMFugs

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@IISD_news @WAIPAorg @wef @unige_en @UNIGEnews @NathalieBernasc Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder of @IISD_news stressed the need to assess data centres' environmental impacts, amid a lack of international rules & potential human rights violations, while highlighting the funding gap between the digital and energy transitions.

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The @GENetwork is at #30thWIC event, "IISD: Digital Infrastructure: Value, Resources", exploring how environmental considerations can be better integrated into data-centre investment to contribute to long-term sustainable development.

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@IISD_news @WAIPAorg @wef @unige_en @UNIGEnews @NathalieBernasc Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes of @wef presented the increase flows between 2025 & 2026, rising from $400b to $700b, illustrating stronger links between competitiveness, AI & energy consumption and stressing need to consider all stakeholders to address the lack of a common framework.

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@Genevaforum @globalcitieshub @VilleDeGeneve @unige_en @UNIGEnews @cymgunep @TheCAA_Geneva @OIFrancophonie @WHO "Improving people's health requires action on living & working conditions."

Spotlighting @VilleDeGeneve action to tackle the health impacts of heatwaves, pollution, pandemics & inequalities, Mayor Christina Kitsos stresses how cities address factors that shape people's health.

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The @GENetwork is at the 2026 @Genevaforum session "Cities matter in #OneHealth: From Lyon to #GENeva", discussing the One Health Cities Alliance journey from its launch in Lyon in 2026 to #GENeva, where local and global health naturally meet. #GHF2026

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@Genevaforum @globalcitieshub @VilleDeGeneve @unige_en @UNIGEnews @cymgunep @TheCAA_Geneva @OIFrancophonie @WHO Using the examples of the Rhône River, connecting #GENeva & Lyon, to show how health risks transcend political boundaries, City of Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet, stresses that we cannot protect human health if we neglect the health of the environment that sustains us.

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At #GFC #IC1, join the Health and Chemicals Forum advancing health integration into chemicals management, through tracking progress, accelerating action to prevent exposures, and investing in safer, more sustainable solutions.

📆 17 November, 13:15 CET
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@UNECE @UNEP @ungreeneconomy @Armembsuisse "Circularity requires a systems change. Countries must prioritize transparency, stakeholder engagement and alignment of interests."

To close, panellists underscored necessary investments in #CircularEconomy to lead to long-term growth and opportunities.

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The @GENetwork is at #30thWIC event, "UNECE: Circular Systems, New Returns", exploring how circular business models, transparent value chains and waste valorization are opening investment opportunities across sectors.

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@UNECE @UNEP @ungreeneconomy @Armembsuisse Sedef Yavuz Noyan of @UNECE highlighted the UNECE-PPP guidelines, incl. attracting investment for waste management & recycling, and highlighted that public-private partnerships, transparency & interests alignment are essential in developing an integrated waste management system.

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The @GENetwork is at @WAIPA 30th World Investment Conference, under the theme, "Promoting Investment for Shared Prosperity: Resilient & Sustainable", on transformations reshaping global investment flows, incl. sustainability transitions. #30thWIC

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@WHO @Genevaforum @TheGCSP @South_Centre @unige_en @UNIGEnews @SwissDevCoop @southcentre Organizations & institutions sharing the vision of Together for Science and Health are invited to join to contribute expertise, networks & practical solutions to strengthen trust in science & improve health outcomes through cross-sector collaboration.

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The @GENetwork is at the global launch of @WHO Together for Science and Health, a global movement towards a shared commitment to science as a foundation for better health through collaboration, science-policy, society & communication.

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@WHO @Genevaforum @TheGCSP @South_Centre @unige_en @UNIGEnews @SwissDevCoop @southcentre Stressing the importance of communication for translating science into tangible impacts on people's health, H.E. Amb. Leslie Satrukent Ramsammy of #Guyana highlights how the existing health-science ecosystem in #GENeva fosters this and must be preserved.