UN Environment Programme
The UN Environment Programme provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
World Scouting's official status with UNEP was renewed in 2008 with a Memorandum of Understanding, following an earlier MoU in 2004, which helps support the Scouts' global and local ventures with UNEP.
World Scouting's ventures with UNEP extends beyond specific environmental education projects. The Scouts attended UNEP's Governing Council Meetings in 2008, attended International Childrens and Youth Conferences in 2008 and UNEP supported environmental awareness workshops at the World Scout Jamboree Global Development Village in 2007. Furthermore, in 1990, the two organizations collaborated on and published “Scouting: Action for the Environment”, a document which helps National Scout Organisations (NSOs) integrate environmental education into the overall Scout program.
Le 5 juin les scouts se joindront aux célébrations annuelles de la Journée Mondiale de l'Environnement, en participant aux activités d'éducation à l'environnement, à des projets de plantation d'arbres et à des célébrations au niveau de la communauté partout dans le monde. Le Scoutisme est un partenaire officiel du Programme des Nations Unies pour l'Environnement et est associé aux célébrations de cette journée. Luc Panissod appellera les membres du Scoutisme à faire part de leurs activités sur le site de la Journée Mondiale de l'Environnement du PNUE. "Le Scoutisme mondial appelle tous les jeunes, scouts et non-scouts, à s'engager avec le PNUE à cette occasion. Le Scoutisme renforce son engagement pour contribuer à résoudre les problèmes environnementaux, en sensibilisant le public au changement climatique et en travaillant à l'obtention de meilleures conditions de vie. L'autonomisation des jeunes fait partie intégrante de la politique du Scoutisme mondial et invite les jeunes à devenir les agents du changement."
Following the ongoing successful partnership between the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 2004, a renewed MoU has been signed in 2008 to continue to enhance the opportunities for Scouts and young people at local, national, regional and world levels to engage in environmental education actions.
Scouts are making sure they will be prepared for World Environment Day (WED) on the 5th of June, with this year's theme being 'CO2 Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy.' This theme challenges all of us to look critically at our day-to-day lives and take steps to reduce our climate change impact.
Scouts are already doing many good turns for the environment and focussing on the climate change problem. Scouts Canada have a Climate Change Ambassadors Programme and have worked with 10 countries in Southern Africa to develop their climate change programmes.
Des scouts ont participé à la 10e Session Extraordinaire du Conseil d'administration/du Forum ministériel mondial pour l'environnement (GMEF) lors du 9e forum mondial pour la société civile et de la du Programme des Nations Unies pour l'Environnement (PNUE) à Monaco, du 19 au 22 février 2008, avec des ministres de l'environnement, des représentants d''organisations de société civile et des représentants de l'Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU).
Depuis le début de la campagne "Nettoyons la Terre" il y a 15 ans, les Scouts vont dans leurs communautés locales et nettoient leur environnement activement. Ils ont ramassé et rassemblé de nombreux sacs d'ordures, dirigé des campagnes éducatives, planté des arbres et se sont impliqués dans bien d'autres projets environnementaux. Le 3e weekend de septembre est le weekend dédié à la campagne "Nettoyons la Terre", où un bon nombre d'activités environnementales sont entreprises par des millions de bénévoles dans le monde entier, même si certaines activités se déroulent toute l'année, selon les besoins locaux.
Arranged in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) the Volvo Adventure Award rewards active young people who create their own environmental projects. We are now searching for the 2008 winners – could it be you? All you have to do is register and enter your project by visiting www.volvoadventure.org.
UNEP has launched the 17th International children's painting competition. The Competition is organized annually by the UNEP and the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has received over 190,000 entries from children in over 100 countries.
This year’s Competition will focus on Climate Change: Actions we can take now.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be organizing its Tunza International Children's Conference on the Environment in Stavanger, Norway from 17 to 21 June 2008. It will bring together 1,000 children aged 10 to 14 years, to learn about the environment through plenary sessions, hands-on workshops and field trips. The Conference will increase the children's understanding of environmental issues by providing them with a forum to share experiences and collectively voice their concerns for the environment. The themes of the Conference include, Energy, Bio-diversity, Resources and water.
Scouts from many countries joined other young environmental leaders of the world at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Youth Conference in Leverkusen, Germany from the 27th to 30th August. The participants had the opportunity to share their projects with 150 young people aged between 15 - 24 from 100 countries, showcasing a great variety of projects being lead by young people to tackle the world's environmental challenges.
Scouts' tree planting efforts and commitment to caring for the environment has featured in the latest edition of the United Nations Environment Programme's Tunza Magazine for children and youth. The theme for this edition is 'Connecting with Nature' and the Scout article focuses on the millions of trees planted by Scouts in projects around the world.
