Browsing Knowledge Repository by Topic "Nature Action and biodiversity"
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ACP MEAs 3 Digest Volume 1 Issue 5 June2021 - A Monthly Information Digest of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
(2021-06)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the African, Caribbean and the Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements Programme III (ACP-MEAs III) Monthly Digests that provide collation of ... -
Action Plan for the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2021)This document describes the Action Plan that Latin America and the Caribbean wishes to undertake for the next ten years to promote, improve, accelerate and scale-up ecosystem restoration in the region. It is a regional-level ... -
Adaptation de la gestion des zones côtières au changement climatique en tenant compte des écosystèmes et des moyens de subsistance (PAZC) – Madagascar
(2019)Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’Environnement (ONU Environnement) a mandaté une revue indépendante de mi-parcours du projet financé par le Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial, intitulé « Adaptation de la gestion des ... -
Advisory Board: Terms of Reference - Objectives of the Advisory Board
(2023-03)On 1 March 2019, under Resolution 73/284, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2021–2030 as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) with the primary aim to prevent, halt and reverse the ... -
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Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways to Inclusive Green Recovery Spending - Summary for Policymakers
(2021)This report presents early data outputs from the Observatory to understand COVID-19 fiscal spending priorities in 2020 and which environmentally and economically desirable policies are facing underinvestment. It explores ... -
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate - Key Messages
(2021)1. Countries need to deliver on their existing commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land and make similar commitments for marine and coastal areas. 2. Unfortunately, we are still going in the wrong direction. ... -
The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment
(2019-03)Big data sets and new technologies can be brought together to create new knowledge products that can provide environmental insight in near real-time. Now is the time to reimagine and supercharge environmental governance ... -
Coral Reef Restoration to Improve Ecosystem Services - Policy Brief
(2021)Coral reef restoration is becoming a popular tool to assist the recovery of damaged coral reefs. Over the last twenty years, several methods have been developed and applied with varying levels of success. A recent report ... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Key Messages
(2020)Governments around the world have invested about $12 trillion to counteract the economic effects of COVID-19. This investment could contribute to progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global climate ... -
Desert Locusts’ Upsurges: A Harbinger of Emerging Climate Change Induced Crises? - Foresight Brief No. 022 January 2021
(2021)The economic importance of locusts is evident from their impacts on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, economic development and on the environment. This foresight brief discusses some of these issues and highlights ... -
Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment in Kenya (SUS-TOUR) - SWITCH Africa Green
(2021)This impact sheet on Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment in Kenya (SUS-TOUR) provides a snapshot of results and achievements of the project under the Green Business Development Component of ... -
Faith for Earth Updates - April, 2021
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For People and Planet: The United Nations Environment Programme strategy for tackling climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste from 2022—2025
(2021)In its decision 4/1, the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) requested the Executive Director of UNEP to submit for consideration and approval by the Environment Assembly ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)The brief examines how climate change has multiple, and often interacting, impacts on the mountain gorilla – be it on its physiology, on the ecosystems on which it depends, or on the behaviour of humans living in its ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bhutan: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one of three in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the snow leopard, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the royal Bengal tiger, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Human Rights and Biodiversity: Key Messages
(2021)This document highlights the key human rights obligations and responsibilities with respect to biodiversity-related agreements, policies, strategies and actions. -
Islam and Food Systems - Position Paper May 2021
(2021)Food plays cultural and spiritual roles for Muslims. The Qur’an makes special references to pure and lawful food and to the principles of balance, justice and health. However, our current extractive approach to food and ...
