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Faith for Earth - Foresight Brief No. 008 - May 2018
(2018)To several religions, nature is sacred, has intrinsic value, and therefore demands reverent care (Taylor 2010). Utilizing the agility of these beliefs in addressing climate change, energy conservation, sustainable use of ... -
Faith for Earth Coalition Achievement Report 2023 - Message from the Director of the Coalition
(2023-03)A summary of the Faith for Earth Coalitions Achievements in 2023. -
Faith for Earth Initiative - Achievement Report 2021/2022 [Summary]
(2023-04)A summary of the Faith for Earth Initiatives Achievements in 2021 and 2022. A longer report is available as well (https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42358) -
The Financial System We Need: From Momentum to Transformation - Highlights
(2016)This follow-up annual report reveals a doubling in policy actions over the past five years to align the global financial system with sustainable development. Policy and regulatory measures by finance ministries, central ... -
Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure: Shifting the Lens - Interim Briefing
(2018)Shifting the Lens examines the critical uncertainties that influence the selection, design, procurement, deployment and related financing decisions for climate-compatible infrastructure. Seven areas of critical uncertainties ... -
Financing the Future: Report of the Italian National Dialogue on Sustainable Finance - Executive Summary
(2017)This report a) sets out the global and national landscape in terms of the challenge of financing sustainable development, with a focus on the environmental dimension; b) explores two of the key priorities that cut across ... -
Fintech and Sustainable Development: Assessing the Implications - Summary
(2016)The report, a companion to the second edition of “The Financial System We Need”, assesses how the financial system’s core functions are likely to be disrupted by financial technology (“fintech”) innovations and how they ... -
Food and Ecological Security: Identifying Synergy and Trade-offs - UNEP Policy Series Issue No. 4 June 2011
(2011)Food security is at the top of the global agenda. Almost half a century of growth in food production notwithstanding, 1 in 7 people today receive insufficient protein and energy from their diets. With the world’s population ... -
Food Loss and Waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ Nexus - Foresight Brief No. 020 November 2020
(2020)Food loss and waste, occurring on different stages of food production, distribution and consumption cycles, is now a truly global phenomenon. It results in humanity losing about one-third of total food produce and ca. ¼ ... -
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
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 ... -
Forest Tenure and REDD+: Good Practice, Lessons Learned and Recommendations. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Global
(2024-02)Inspired by the 2010 Cancun Agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which urged country Parties to address land tenure issues (para. 72 of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ... -
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Foundational Activity on Prevention and Reduction of Nutrient Pollution in the context of COBSEA’s Strategic Directions 2018-2022
(2020)The Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) provides a regional intergovernmental mechanism for science-based policy setting and implementation. Deterioration of coastal water quality and the coastal environment ... -
The Fourth Periodic Report on the State of Acid Deposition in East Asia - Part III: Executive Summary
(2021-12)This is the Fourth Periodic Report on the State of Acid Deposition in East Asia (PRSAD4), describing the outcomes of 20 years of EANET activities (2000-2019). The PRSAD4 is comprised of three parts; Part I: Regional ... -
Fresh Water Under Threat: Protecting and Restoring Freshwater Ecosystems - SDG Policy Brief No. 004
Freshwater ecosystems such as lakes and rivers are primarily affected by over-extraction, dumping of waste, discharge of wastewater and climate change. These ecosystems are essential for human health, biodiversity, and the ... -
Freshwater Strategic Priorities 2022–2025 to Implement UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy
(2022-03)Water and water-related ecosystems play a fundamental role in the health of the environment, providing services to people and communities and combating the impacts of climate change and all economic activities. Working on ... -
Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021
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Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021
This document describes UN Environment’s five-year Freshwater Strategy from 2017 to 2021. As a living document, it is intended to guide work related to freshwater across UN Environment’s divisions, sub-programmes and ... -
From conflicto a la consolidación de la paz: La función de los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente
This report, which inaugurates a new policy series by UNEP on the environmental dimensions of disasters and conflicts, aims to summarize the current academic knowledge and field experience on the linkages between environment, ...