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The side event on Accelerating a just transition to a Circular Economy in Africa was held on 28 February 2022 during the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) 5.2. The session was jointly organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture with the financial assistance from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is reviewing and updating the existing curriculum for the Hotel Catering and Tourism Training Institute (HOTCATT) to reflect the modern and global   sustainable trends taking place in the tourism and hospitality industry.

UN Environment Programme in partnership with UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), hosted a virtual event at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to discuss a common approach to building back better through a greener pathway towards COVID-19 recovery.

This report presents an analysis of the implementation and results of the SWITCH Africa Green programme in the agriculture sector focusing on the participating countries Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda.

This report presents an analysis of the implementation and results of the SWITCH Africa Green programme in the tourism sector focusing on the participating countries Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. It covers the strategic interventions on sustainable tourism such as sustainable consumption and production patterns in hotels, promoting community based tourism (CBT) practices and promoting inclusive business and eco entrepreneurship in the tourism industry (ecotourism).

This report presents an analysis of the implementation and results of the SWITCH Africa Green programme in the integrated waste management (IWM) sector focusing on the participating countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. It covers the strategic interventions in the waste sector notably municipal solid waste management, e-waste management, waste to energy (e.g. biogas production and briquette production), as well as industrial symbiosis (IS). 

This report presents an analysis of the implementation and results of the SWITCH Africa Green programme in the manufacturing sector focusing on the participating countries Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda. It covers the strategic interventions, results realised, cross cutting thematic issues notably energy, water, eco-innovation, labels and standards, sustainable trade and markets, challenges, lessons learnt and presents a set of recommendations.

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A strategic partnership between the European Union (EU) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is laying the foundational bricks upon which to build an inclusive green economy. Through an evolving series of projects dating back to Rio+20, the partnership is getting everyone - from governments to business to individuals - to embrace the principles of circularity.

On 28 October 2016, a major milestone was achieved under the policy support component of SWITCH Africa Green when the Cabinet of Mauritius agreed to implement the recommendations of the country implementation plan for the programme. In the implementation plan, agriculture, manufacturing and tourism were identified as the priority sectors for greening in Mauritius, with energy, water, eco-innovation, eco-labelling and sustainable trade as cross-cutting issues. The Cabinet’s endorsement will boost government support for sustainable consumption and production in Mauritius. 

Through the SWITCH Africa Green programme, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) partnered to deliver, for the first time, an interactive e-learning course especially tailored to the regional context of Africa.