| Description: | The United Nation Environment Programme: Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) was created in 1998 as part of the re-organisation of UNEP, brings together 4 existing UNEP offices in an attempt to provide integrated responses to industrial and urban issues. UNEP DTIE aims to encourage decision makers in government, industry and business to develop and adopt policies, strategies and practices that are cleaner and safer, make efficient use of natural resources that incorporate environmental costs, ensure environmentally sound management of chemicals, reduce pollution and risks for human and beings and the environment, and enable implementation of conventions. |