Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Title
Now showing items 211-230 of 526
-
Hacking Economics for People and Planet - Foresight Brief No. 006 - February 2018
(2018)As global environmentalism and environmental policy-making has moved into the 21st century, it has not significantly addressed a critical blindspot: the fundamental human system that lies at the root of our ecological and ... -
Healthy Food for All: How do We Make Healthy Diets Accessible and Affordable for All?: A Framework for Action - Perspectives Issue No. 39
(2020)Unhealthy diets exact a high health cost, cause environmental destruction, increase the risk of pandemic outbreaks and lead to massive greenhouse gas emissions and global food insecurity. That is why a shift towards more ... -
High-end Climate Change and Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #3
(2020)Key Messages: i) Global warming of 4°C relative to pre-industrial would lead to severe impacts worldwide, with frequent extreme human heat stress conditions in the Tropics, hundreds of millions more people affected by ... -
How to Articulate Integrated Responses to the Health, Economic and Climate Crises in Latin America & the Caribbean: The Post-COVID-19 Recovery - Policy Brief
(2020)Cómo articular respuestas integradas a las crisis sanitaria, económica y climática en América Latina y el Caribe: La Recuperación pos-COVID-19 -
HS Codes for HFCs: Advice for countries in Advance of the 2022 HS Code Update - OzonAction Policy Brief
Until the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, or Harmonized System (HS) is revised in 2022, all HS codes for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are contained in a single HS code which ... -
Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system - Summary for Policymakers
(2023-06)This executive summary distils the key messages from a nuanced analysis of a topic that is inherently discursive. There is no unified account of the migration-resource nexus but rather a multifaceted set of scenarios and ... -
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. -
Human Rights and Hazardous Substances: Key Messages
(2021)Given the impact of hazardous substances on human rights including the rights to health and life, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNEP have issued the following Key Messages ... -
Human Rights and the Environmental Rule of Law - Issue Brief SDG 16
(2021)This Summary Brief deals with Sustainable Development Goal 16, the environmental rule of law and the link between human rights and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Access rights concerning environmental ... -
Human Rights, the Environment and COVID-19 - Key Messages: Human Rights at the Heart of Response
(2020)The COVID-19 crisis reveals a clear truth about catastrophic risk in an increasingly globalized world: an effective response requires immediate, ambitious and evidence-based preventive action at the international level. ... -
Human Rights, the Environment and Gender Equality - Key Messages
(2021)This document highlights the key human rights obligations and responsibilities of States and/or other actors with respect to gender and the environment. -
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Preventing Plastic Pollution - SEA Circular Issue Brief 01
The human rights implications of environmental damage are felt most acutely by disadvantaged segments of society, including rural communities and the urban poor, women, children, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, ... -
Hydropower and the Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment - Issue Brief SDG 7
(2023-04)This Issue Brief concerns Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) - affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. The brief focuses on hydropower and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ... -
Imperative for Resource Efficiency
(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. -
Implementation of Governing Council decision 27/2: Access to information policy of the United Nations Environment Programme - Report of the Executive Director. UNEP/EA.1/2/Add.4
(2014-04)The present report has been prepared pursuant to paragraph 17 of decision 27/2 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme and provides an update on the establishment of the access to information policy. -
Implementation Plan and Roadmap - WESR - CCA
(2021)This document contains the UNEP Implementation Plan for the Danish earmarked donation of 10 Million DKK (1.486 Million USD), for the initiative “Support from Denmark for Innovation Activities of UNEP: World Environment ... -
Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya: A Viable REDD+ Policy and Measure - Summary for Policy Makers
(2017)This report analyses whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization are interesting REDD+ policies and measures (PAMs) for the Government of Kenya (GoK) to pursue, with ... -
India's Faith for Earth Strategy and Action Plan
(2020)For more than 80% of the people living on earth, spiritual values have been the main driving force behind individual behaviours. Citizens perceive faith-based organizations to be trustworthy, credible, and networked with ...