6 March 1996 UNU/172
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ACCOUNTING BEGINS IN TOKYO TOMORROW 19960306NEW YORK, 6 March (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) Institute of Advanced Studies, a newly established research and training centre of the University located adjacent to its headquarters in Tokyo, will organize a two- day international symposium on "Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting in Theory and Practice" beginning tomorrow, 7 March. This is part of a series of symposia being organized in cooperation with Keio University and the Economic Planning Agency of Japan.A main objective of the symposium is to further develop the green economic and accounting system by incorporating specific country-level experiences, including those of Canada, Germany, India and the Netherlands. The symposium will also seek to provide a conceptual framework for analysing the costs and benefits of environmental protection expenditures. The development of such a conceptual framework will result in a more finely tuned analysis of trade and environment, energy planning and other issues related to the global environment. * *** *
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