Green Star Awards: Nominations Extended to Feb. 15

Jan 9, 2015 | Green Cross, UNEP, and OCHA
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The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.

Environmental emergencies result from natural (e.g. earthquakes, hurricane, tsunami) or technological disasters (industrial accidents), conflicts, and other emergencies, where there is both severe environmental damage as well as harm to human health and/or livelihoods.

A joint initiative between Green Cross International (GCI), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Green Star Awards seeks to increase awareness of environmental emergencies by drawing attention to efforts made to prevent, prepare for and respond to such emergencies.

The idea for the Award was conceived in June 2007 during the 7th Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE) meeting in Rosersberg, Sweden, where meeting participants recommended the establishment of a special recognition scheme. As a result, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme and Green Cross International were requested to develop a suitable award.

The nomination period for the 2015 Green Star Awards opened on Monday 23 June. The 2015 Green Star Awards ceremony will be hosted by Norway in Oslo, on 1 June 2015.

To get access to a nomination form, download it online here. Submissions (including references) should be sent by 15 February 2015 by:

Email: ochaunep@un.org or

Post: Green Star Awards Environmental Emergencies Section (joint UNEP/OCHA) Emergency Services Branch ¦ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ¦ Office S.225-2 ¦ Palais des Nations¦ CH 1211 Geneva 10 ¦ Switzerland For more information, please email: ochaunep@un.org