Chinese CEOs Visit UNEP to Share Views on the Green Economy

Nairobi, 2 July 2009 - 16 top CEOs from China have attended a workshop at the UN Environment Programme headquarters to learn more about what the agency is doing in the Green Economy initiatives, combating climate change, international campaigns, green construction, reforestation and the green technology. The CEOs are members of the Society of Ecology and Entrepreneurs (SEE), a Chinese NGO made up of over 200 entrepreneurs. Wang Shi, the head of the group, is the Chairman of Vanke, the world's leading real estate company.

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UNEP Chiefs Past and Present Seal the Deal!

Glion, 2 July 2009 - In an historic first, all five Executive Directors of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) gathered together in Glion, Switzerland for the Global Environmental Governance Forum on 29 June 2009 where they lent their voices to the global UN-led campaign to Seal the Deal on an effective climate agreement in Copenhagen this December. Add your voice to the Seal the Deal! campaign by visiting www.sealthedeal2009.org

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