Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Title
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Making Waves: Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development - Executive Summary
(2018)This report reviews the Inquiry’s core analysis, summarizes progress made in aligning the financial system with sustainable development between 2014 and 2017, reflects on the lessons that can be learned from the Inquiry’s ... -
Managing the Transition
(2017)The International Resource Panel was established in 2007 to provide independent, scientific assessment on the sustainable use of natural resources and the impacts of resource use over the full life cycle. -
Managing Watersheds for Urban Resilience: Policy Brief
(2011-01)This policy brief is intended to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable watershed management for resilient urban planning, and to provide recommendations on how city and municipal governments can effectively ... -
Mapping Global and Regional Stakeholders Working on Digital Sustainability - Supplement Number 2 to the CODES Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age
(2022-06)This Supplement Number 2 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 map key international and regional ... -
Marine Plastics Litter and Microplastics - Foresight Brief No. 002 - September 2017
(2017)The global production of plastics has increased from 1.5 million tons in 1950s to about 300 million tons currently, at an average rate of 4 per cent per annum and is expected to continue growing (Boucher and Friot 2017). ... -
Marine Spatial Planning: a Step-by-Step Approach Toward Ecosystem-based Management
(2009)Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies Descriptions: This step-by-step approach toward ecosystem-based management is a guide to practitioners and managers on how to set up and apply MSP. The guide explains why MSP ... -
Market Study on Sustainable products prioritized for Sustainable Public Procurement in the Republic of Moldova: Executive Summary
(2015)This market study aims to contribute to the selection of two categories of sustainable goods, works and services to be purchased through the pilot tenders. It will do so by analyzing the current capacity of the national ... -
Message from UNEP Symposium on Plastic Waste Problems to G20 Osaka Summit and G20 Ministerial Meeting
(2019)The International Environmental Technology Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme organized a UNEP Symposium on Plastic Waste Problems on 22nd May 2019 in Osaka, Japan. The Symposium shared information of the ... -
Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century: Gearing Extractive Industries Towards Sustainable Development - Summary for Policymakers and Business Leaders
(2019)This report discusses practical actions to improve the international governance architecture for mining to enhance its contribution towards sustainable development. The proposals include reaching an international consensus ... -
Ministerial Panel: Circularity, Sustainable Economy and Pollution Prevention: Key messages - XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
(2021)Key Messages Ministerial Panel: Circularity, sustainable economy and pollution prevention - XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean -
Ministerial Statement and Key Policy Messages of the Ninth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(2022-02-17)Ministerial statement and key policy messages -
Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies - Technical Summary for Policy Makers
(2021)The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for the assessment of plastic contamination, from macro- to microplastics, in freshwater environments. It provides the most current procedures for monitoring and analysing ... -
Monitoring the Shift to Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns in the context of the SDGs: Advance Copy 2016-02-23: Executive Summary
(2016-02-23)This report constitutes an initial proposal to support the monitoring of SCP-related targets of the SDGs, using the SEEA framework. The report also proposes the development of a strategy for capacity building in the context ... -
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategy and Action Plan
(2020)The objectives of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategy are to: ◾ Ensure that evidence-based monitoring, evaluation and learning is managed as part of the Programme and project cycles of the Special Programme; ... -
National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Egypt 2015: SwitchMed Programme - Executive Summary
(2015)This document is intended to identify key priority activities and projects needed to support the creation of sustainable communities and cities in Egypt through the promotion of sustainable consumption and production ... -
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)
(2014-09-01)This National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for Afghanistan has been prepared by the National Environmental Protection Agency of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with technical and advisory inputs from ... -
National Funding Mechanisms for REDD+: Lessons Learned and Success Factors. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Global
(2024-02)UN-REDD technical assistance as it relates to national REDD+ funding mechanisms focuses on helping countries to create structures that meet the requirements of various sources of international funding while fitting into ... -
National Solid Waste Management Strategy for United Republic of Tanzania
(2018)The strategy for Solid Waste Management (SWM) is aiming at attaining sustainable management of solid waste that contributes to achieving economic and social benefits to Tanzanian people within the next few years. This ... -
National Strategy for Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) Recycling in Bangladesh: A Sustainable Strategy for ULAB Waste Management
(2021)Among many issues related to the burning concern of environmental pollution, toxic chemical impacts are gradually drawing attention to global and national policies. One such rising concern is the ramifications of the impacts ... -
Nature-based Infrastructure (Executive Summary): How natural infrastructure solutions can address sustainable development challenges and the triple planetary crisis
(2023-11)The purpose of this report is to assess the contribution that NbI can make to addressing global sustainable development challenges, with a view to increasing awareness and uptake. It provides a framework for thinking about ...