Browsing Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Belarus"
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Assessing the Impact of Green Economy Investments in Belarus: A Sectoral Study into Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(2016)This study identifies and assesses key sectors for green transition and impacts of green investments in support of Belarus’ transition towards a green economy. The Government of Belarus (GoB) has actively sought the ... -
Belarus Country Report: EEA
(European Environment Agency (EEA), 2012)This report has been developed within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument to help develop a project “Shared Environmental Information Systems” (ENPI-SEIS project) in the Republic of Belarus. ... -
Climate Change and Security in Eastern Europe: Republic of Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine - Regional Assessment
(2017)The overall goals of the climate change and security assessment are to identify and explain how climate change may exacerbate threats to security, and to propose effective measures in response. This study recommends that ... -
Creating Incentives for Greener Products: Policy Manual for Eastern Partnership Countries
(2014)The objective of the document is to help the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to design or reform economic instruments related to environmentally ... -
Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation - The case of Eastern Europe: Belarus – Moldova – Ukraine
(UNEP, 2008)This report is about the role and impact of environmental factors in securing human safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan opening onto the ... -
Final EU4Environment Work Plan for 2019-2022: Regional Activities
(2020)This document is the final regional Plan of Work for 2019-2022 of the European Union for Environment programme (EU4Environment). It consolidates the activities identified for implementation at the regional level with respect ... -
Financing Resource Efficient and Cleaner Products by SMEs in the EU Eastern Partnership Countries: A Stakeholders’ Guidebook
(2018)An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries consider resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP) to be an important business issue. They are interested ... -
Green Economy Scoping Study in Belarus: Summary of Results
(2016)This study identifies and assesses the impacts of green investments in key sectors in support of a transition to a green economy. The Government of Belarus has actively sought the implementation of sustainable measures in ... -
Greening economies in the European Union's Eastern Partnership countries: EaP Green Programme
(2014)The “Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood” (EaP GREEN) programme is a means for EaP countries to progress faster on their path to green economy. The programme aims to improve both environmental policies and ... -
Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries – Belarus
(2014)Greening economies is important because risks to further development are rising worldwide as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on ... -
Implementing the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Belarus
(2013)The overall aim of the three workshops was to enhance understanding of and strengthen the capacity of the regional and local authorities for the implementation of the Protocol on SEA in Belarus. It further aimed to improve ... -
Inventory of Energy Subsidies in EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – Policy Highlights
(2015)This study is the first comprehensive and consistent record of energy subsidies in the EaP region. It was prepared with a view to improving transparency, helping governments in the EaP countries to better understand existing ... -
National Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management in Belarus
(Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus, UNDP/GEF, 2004)Meeting the commitments made by Belarus under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Convention on Biodiversity, and UN Convention to combat desertification/land degradation should be considered an important ... -
Organic food & agriculture: Opportunities for greening the economy, promoting trade and building natural capital
(31/12/2012)Brochure on building capacity for production and trade in organic products in eastern Europe and the Caucasus -
A Partnership for Green Development in Belarus
(2020)Greening Belarus’s economy is urgently needed as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on which economic activity depends. This decade ... -
Report on the Independent Assessment of Closed Projects Under the Special Programme
(2023-01)As reported at the seventh meeting of the Executive Board, held online from 28 March to 1 April 2022, the Secretariat made arrangements to undertake an assessment of the closed projects under the Special Programme which ... -
Review of Legislation on Strategic Environmental Assessment of Belarus with regard to Implementation of the Protocol on SEA to the Espoo Convention: Report - English Translation, Unedited Version
(2018)The UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA Protocol) to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) establishes the obligations of its Parties with ... -
Review of the Protected Areas System in Oceania
(1986)The area covered by this review is that served by the South Pacific Commission with some minor additions. It is a region of a few larger and many tiny islands, with diverse and often unique species and ecosystems, scattered ... -
Review of the status and conservation actions for CMS concerted action species
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2004)The present report provides rapid reviews of the conservation status and conservation actions undertaken for the 43 CMS Concerted Action Species (Res. Conf 7.1). Information has been chiefly compiled from sources integrated ... -
Sustainable Food Cold Chains: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward
(United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2022-11)This report highlights the complexity of food cold chain development globally and explores how it can evolve to become more sustainable. The main objectives of the analysis are to provide an overview of the status, drivers ...