To paraphrase Monty Python: "UNEP, UNEP, UNEP! There, I said it!"
Sorry, couldn't resist. All I've ever heard over the whole period in UNFCCC circles is UNEP. Timmons On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 1:27 PM Wendy Jackson <wendy.jack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kia ora all, > > This is what I heard from a UNEP staff member of 25 years, currently > working in an outposted office. It supports what Jonathan Krueger and Ken > Conca have said already: > > "The term UN Environment was brought in by Erik Solheim, the Executive > Director (ED) who joined in 2016 and resigned last month under a cloud. > > UN headquarters has never accepted the term UN Environment, nor did the > UNEP governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly. Any > correspondence from the UN Secretary General's office only ever mentions > United Nations Environment Programme or UNEP, never UN Environment. The day > the ED resigned many of us gleefully returned to using UNEP. We hope that > the incoming ED will revert to using the legally mandated and well-liked > names." > > All good wishes, > Wendy Jackson > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:25 AM Ken Conca <co...@american.edu> wrote: > >> The name is now UN Environment but they still use the acronym UNEP (see >> for example the just-released 2018 Emissions Gap report: >> https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2018 --in >> which the official/recommended citation is UNEP as author). In my >> experience the goal is to get people saying UN Environment, and staff will >> do so in presentations, press releases, etc, but UNEP is still in wide >> conversational use. Some folks on this list will recall all the gymnastics >> around IUCN name changes over the years, while preserving the acronym ...kc >> >> From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> Charles Chester >> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 5:46 PM >> To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [gep-ed] "UNEP" vs. "UN Environment" in the real world >> >> Hi gep-eders, >> >> I’ve not been to an international environmental conference for a few >> years, so I have a question of protocol for you all: will I be shunned, >> avoided, and socially ostracized if I say the term “UNEP” in public? >> >> In all seriousness, I understand "UN Environment” is what the >> organization wants to be called…but are people generally saying “UN >> Environment" these days in international fora? And does the difference >> between saying “UNEP" and "UN Environment” matter in any consequential way >> at all? >> >> I should emphasize that I really have no agenda with these questions…they >> are asked out of cloistered ignorance and curiosity…and I suppose I should >> be saying the right thing to my students….. >> >> As usual, if you want to send me your response, I’ll collate them and >> send out. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Charlie Chester >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> GEP-guide.net< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gep-2Dguide.net_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=16vn0HrGupB7CVn8n5FDgB6w4r5bfiI9VS8QcAPqM2c&e=> >> • BCI< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__batcon.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=fZT86PSdEP1syOp-6mTULpXo57SnLIvk3S-fbFO3Lk4&e=> >> • Y2Y< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__y2y.net_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=Rm7ptjH-Aw9AjEZImRpns9tbKFS6X4YBwbCglNKDtlk&e=> >> • Brandeis< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_programs_environmental_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=mRwZin9qHFn49h1cTwudZuGXtD4lcg_sf2kpt-IghBY&e=> >> • Fletcher< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.tufts.edu_cierp_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=1F08hlfwDe4iyIK48liDjdZYR2e786bRAN2FOQjMuEg&e= >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto: >> gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout< >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=POeeacCQcXcIl1zECFVXHsfPEEc97kb301TKDLSaOSg&e= >> >. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology Director, the Climate and Development Lab www.climatedevlab.brown.edu Brown University https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jr17 Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/experts/robertst -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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