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6 Projects at a Glance: South Africa - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Projects in South Africa include Awareness Creation and Capacity Building on Eco Labelling for the Agricultural Sector, Promoting Eco-entrepreneurship In Africa, Meat Naturally Initiative: Embedding Sustainability in South ... -
6 Projects at a Glance: South Africa - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(Switch Africa Green, 2018)This fact sheet highlights the progress in greening the business in the selected MSMEs in South Africa. The selected priority areas for South Africa are Agriculture, Manufacturing and Integrated Waste Management. -
6 Projects at a Glance: Uganda - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Projects from Uganda include Upscaling Generation, Commercialization and Utilization of Biomass Waste-based Green Energy Sources in Uganda, Demand-side Management of Water Use in Micro, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises in ... -
6 Projects at a Glance: Uganda - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2018)This fact sheet highlights the progress in greening the business in the selected MSMEs in Uganda. The selected priority areas for Uganda are Agriculture, Manufacturing and Tourism. -
A guide to Afghanistan's 2007 environmental law
(2008)The purpose of this brochure is to give the Afghan people, and other interested persons, a basic overview as to why and how the Law was developed, and the implications of the Law for the ordinary person and the government. ... -
A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity
(2015)Following the formal announcement of the goals in April 2013, the World Bank has begun to assess what the new goals will mean for its work in different regions, and how the organization itself will need to change in response ... -
A New Eye in the Sky: Eco-drones: UNEP Global eEnvironmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2013
(2013)UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a regular basis across UNEPs focus areas. The ... -
Accelerating Financial Centre Action on Sustainable Development: How International Cooperation Can Scale up Green and Sustainable Finance
(2017)Mobilizing the world’s financial centres is essential to make progress on climate change and sustainable development. The momentum towards a sustainable financial system is clear: integrating environmental, social and ... -
Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa: Country Lessons from Applying Integrated Approaches
(2017)This report illustrates how policy makers, government staff and development practitioners can start putting in place what the former UN Secretary General called: “a practical twenty-first century development model that ... -
Accelerating the transition to inclusive green economies and sustainable consumption and production patterns
(2016)Unsustainable and inefficient resource use has led to widespread environmental degradation, climate change, pollution, waste generation and resource scarcities – all of which have negative impacts on the health and well-being ... -
Accounting for the Inclusive Wealth of Nations: Key Findings of the IWR 2018 - Inclusive Wealth Report 2018: Measuring Sustainability and Well-being Chapter 1
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and Challenges
(2010)This summary sets out the main findings of a review of the countries’ progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals contained in the 2010 inter-agency regional report on the Goals in Latin America and ... -
ACP MEAs 3 Digest Volume 1 Issue 10 November 2021 - A Monthly Information Digest of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
(2021-11)The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the tenth issue of the ACP MEAs 3 monthly Digest published on the first Monday of every month. As an informative publication, the Digest provides ... -
Action Plan Booklet - UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
(2023-05)This action plan is a living document by the UN Decade partner network to collectively work towards the goals and vision of this UN Decade. Moving from strategy to action, this plan allows all existing and new partners to ... -
Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme: A Framework for Sustainable Development - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and S/tidies No. 74
(1986)The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by UNEP in 1974. Since then the Governing Council of UNEP has repeatedly endorsed a regional approach to the control of marine pollution and the management of marine and coastal ... -
Adapt to Survive: Business Transformation in a Time of Uncertainty - GEO for Business Brief No. 1
(2021)For nearly 50 years, UNEP has been working to improve the environment for current and future generations. As part of this work, UNEP periodically asks the expert community to assess the current state of the environment, ... -
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change - A Caring for Climate Report
(2011)This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, ... -
Advancing Green Business and Circular Economy in Africa: Concept Note and Programme - SWITCH Africa Green
(2023-10-04)With the foregoing, SWITCH Africa Green is organising a regional meeting to discuss the avenues and approaches to implementing circular economy and scaling up circular economy approaches in Africa. Further, the regional ...