Browsing Knowledge Repository by Topic "Finance and Economic Transformations"
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2019 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emissions, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2019)The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and ... -
2020 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emissions, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector - Executive Summary
(2020)This year’s Buildings Global Status Report provides an update on the drivers of CO2 emissions and energy demand globally since 2018, along with examples of policies, technologies, and investments that support low-carbon ... -
2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero‑emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2022-11)Decarbonizing the buildings sector by 2050 is critical to delivering these emission cuts – and to addressing the wider triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. ... -
2050 Electronic and Electrical Waste Outlook in West Asia
(2023-03)This Outlook provides projections for e-waste generation and challenges of managing e-waste in an economically diverse West Asia region. It also provides a stepwise approach for countries to manage e-waste in an environmentally ... -
30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022
(2023-01)Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures. By doing so, it enables individuals, organisations ... -
4 Projects at a Glance: Kenya - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Kenya projects include: Greening SMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry, Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment In Kenya, Up-Scaling Sustainable Commercial Production Of Medicinal ... -
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 ways to create opportunities for women to join and professionally succeed in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (RAC) sector
(2025-04)This factsheet enumerates six ways to create opportunities for women to join and professionally succeed in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (RAC) sector. UNEP OzonAction has developed a suite of resources aimed at ... -
Accelerating Sustainability through Digital Transformation: Use Cases and Innovations - Supplement Number 1 to the CODES Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age
(2022-06)This Supplement Number 1 to the CODES Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age reflects the outcomes of a collective intelligence process across the CODES community to identify use cases and innovations that ... -
Accelerating the global adoption of energy-efficient electric motor systems - Policy guide
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2025-04)This document provides an overall reference source for policymakers in developing country and emerging economies to transition to energy-efficient motor systems. It offers an overview of all key elements for transforming ... -
Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age
(2022-06)Digitalization has enormous potential to support progress towards sustainability however we need to move the focus away from the pursuit of short-term, unsustainable gains towards the achievement of long-term values-driven ... -
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, ... -
Adaptation Finance Gap Update 2023 - Adaptation Gap Report 2023
(2023-11)UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the literature and commissioned new studies to provide updated estimates of the cost of adaptation and current adaptation finance flows, and ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow - Climate Adaptation Failure Puts World at Risk
(2022-11)Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity, The international community must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a transformation of energy, industry, transport, food systems, financial systems ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) series provides an annual science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing, and implementation. It also explores options for enhancing and advancing ... -
Addressing Single-use Plastic Products Pollution Using a Life Cycle Approach
(2021-02-16)In response to the request by Member States at the Fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly in March 2019[1], the report “ Addressing Single-Use Plastic Products Pollution using a Life Cycle Approach” describes: a) ... -
Addressing Unique Drivers of United States Household Food Waste
(2022-12)Objective: Recommend strategies and tools to reduce household food waste in the United States, based upon a comparative analysis of households in the United States and in other developed countries with less per capita food waste. -
Advertisement: United Nations Environment Programme Junior Professional Officer Request - Associate Programme Officer: Industry and Economy Division [Closing Date: 8 September 2023]
(2023-07)The Junior Professional Officer will support the increasing demand of the Economic Policy Team on strategic planning and analytical work according to the Inclusive Green and Circular Economy theory of change and results ... -
Africa Clean Mobility Week - Conference Report
(2018-04)The Africa Clean Mobility Week was held at the UN Environment Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on 12-16 March 2018. The week brought together stakeholders from within and outside the region to address challenges and map out ... -
Africa Environment Outlook 2: Our Environment, Our Wealth - Executive Summary
(2006)The dawn of the 21st century stands out as the beginning of a renaissance for Africa – politically, economically and environmentally. The formation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, marked a turning ...