The secretariat is developing a policy aimed at making its offices and use of transport environmentally sustainable. The policy, which will cover a broad range of aspects of ‘sustainability at work’, is being developed in cooperation with other United Nations organizations and is expected to be implemented when the secretariat moves to the new United Nations campus here in Bonn.

Meanwhile, the secretariat has undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of its activities. These initiatives have included efforts to reduce paper usage, actions to improve energy-use efficiency, favouring of train travel for short distances, and some ‘greening’ of procurement.

Efforts have been made to determine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the UNFCCC process. To this end, the GHG emissions inventory for the following bienniums have been prepared:

•   2004-2005 GHG inventory
• 2006 GHG inventory to be posted soon