UN Initiatives & Best Practices around Regeneration

We are collecting examples of initiatives across the UN system that foster regeneration. Please share with us additional initiatives you are aware of!

STREAM I - Care for Self
Blue Line Mindfulness Series (UNSSC)

A series of courses offered by the UN System Staff College focusing on personal development, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence to enhance well-being and leadership within the UN system.
🔗 UNSSC Blue Line

STREAM II - Care for People

Transformative Spaces

Initiatives within the UN that create environments fostering innovation, collaboration, and systemic change, enabling diverse stakeholders to co-create solutions for complex global challenges.
🔗 Transformative Spaces

New Work
A grassroots community of UN employees who are innovating, collaborating, and adopting new ways of working.
🔗 New Work

UN Innovation Network
An informal, collaborative community of UN innovators from across the UN.
🔗UN Innovation Network

UN 2.0

A modernization agenda aiming to transform the UN into a more agile, inclusive, and effective organization, emphasizing innovation, data, and digital transformation to better serve global needs.
🔗 UN 2.0

STREAM III - Care for the World
Greening the Blue

An initiative by the UN Environment Programme to measure and reduce the UN system's environmental footprint. It focuses on improving sustainability in areas like energy use, travel, and waste management across UN operations.
🔗 Greening the BlueYouTube

 
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030)

A global initiative led by UNEP and FAO aiming to prevent, halt, and reverse ecosystem degradation worldwide. It fosters collaboration across sectors to restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and combat climate change.
🔗 UN Decade on Ecosystem RestorationWikipedia+2UN Decade on Restoration+2UNEP - UN Environment Programme+2

Equator Initiative

A partnership that recognizes and supports local and Indigenous communities implementing innovative solutions for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation.
🔗 Equator Initiative

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

A high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council that addresses Indigenous peoples' issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health, and human rights.
🔗 UNPFII

Regenerative Territories Program

A program supporting the development of impact-driven businesses and projects that yield positive social, environmental, and cultural outcomes, promoting sustainable livelihoods and community resilience.
🔗 Regenerative Territories ProgramSustainable Development Goals