For many of those who were lucky enough to be there, the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 5-16 June 1972 was truly memorable. Stockholm in high summer is a magical ...

This report is a summary of the full assessment study, Rwanda: From Post-conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development, to which readers should refer for more detailed analysis as well as statistical data and ...

Esta nota presenta información práctica respecto a las brechas, retos y áreas de oportunidad de Costa Rica para avanzar en una planificación de largo plazo que integre la dimensión ambiental y logre el desarrollo sostenible ...

The Africa green stimulus programme was developed and adopted by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) as an innovative, African-led initiative to support the continent’s recovery from the devastating ...

Climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste –evidence that Earth is “code red” is all around us and growing more ominous every day. At the same time, billions of people are short of income, food, ...

The aim of the Stockholm+50 Leadership Dialogues is to engage governments, international organizations, major groups and stakeholders, as well as the private sector to overcome barriers to implementation, connect actions ...

Leadership Dialogue 2 is focused on “Achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic”. It will address the specific actions needed to build back from the pandemic and its adverse impacts on ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action is required as the sustainability challenges ...

Realizing sustainable development depends on “greening finance”—that is, ensuring that the financial institutions charged with allocating available financial assets take environmental and social factors into account when ...

The aim of this study is to support development of green business and eco-entrepreneurship and use of sustainable consumption and production practices by having in place three components. These are (i) micro, small and ...