Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Country/Region "Africa"
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Actions on Air Quality in Africa – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Africa per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the United ... -
Africa Environment Outlook 2: Our Environment, Our Wealth - Executive Summary
(2006)The dawn of the 21st century stands out as the beginning of a renaissance for Africa – politically, economically and environmentally. The formation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, marked a turning ... -
Africa Waste Management Outlook - Summary for Decision-makers
(2018)Following the success of the Global Waste Management Outlook, IETC has been leading the development of a series of regional and thematic WM outlook. The Africa WM Outlook is part of this series and looks at the continent's ... -
African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) - Briefing Note to the AMCEN on ACEA Progress and the World Circular Economy Forum 2022 (WCEF2022)
(2022-09)In 2020, the Secretariat of the ACEA was set up after the African Development Bank agreed to serve as its host. With funding from the World Economic Forum and the Danish Development Agency, Dalberg, an international ... -
African Elephant Action Plan
(2023)The African Elephant Action Plan (AEAP) is a framework for the conservation and management of the African elephant. It was developed, and is owned and managed, by the African elephant range States, and as such represents ... -
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to carry out a scoping study and gap analysis that examines existing ocean governance mechanism; and to provide recommendations that may provide elements of a concise African Strategy on ocean ... -
Africa’s Engagement in the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly of UN Environment Programme: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Eighth Special Session, Ministerial meeting
(2020)This note aims to stimulate discussions during the eighth special session of the African Ministerial Conference, on how Africa can better engage in the 2021 Environment Assembly. This will include discussions on the ... -
Climate Change Challenges for Africa: Evidence from Selected EU-funded Research Projects
(UNEP, 2012-04)Africa, while currently responsible for a negligible amount of total global greenhouse gas emissions, is under significant threat from climate change. Changes in precipitation levels, likely increase in temperature extremes ... -
Constitution of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
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Enhancing countries’ capacities for measuring progress on the transition towards a circular economy (2024-2026)
(2024-03)This project aims to build capacity to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in the context of sustainable development at different levels. Enhancing institutional technical capacities to regularly produce ... -
Enhancing the Role of Environment Protection Agencies in Africa: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(2022-07)One of the core mandates of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to enhance the connection between science and policy in environmental matters through the consolidation and dissemination of credible science ... -
Executive Summary - 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero‑emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2022-11)Decarbonizing the buildings sector by 2050 is critical to delivering these emission cuts – and to addressing the wider triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. ... -
Executive Summary - Walking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action
(2022-06)This report is a first attempt at gathering, analyzing and presenting data to demonstrate the everyday reality for the one billion people in Africa who walk and cycle every day. It baselines conditions in all 54 African ... -
Information Note on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on Genetic Resources - Prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Resumed eighteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal
(2022-09)In recent years, DNA sequencing technologies have become faster, cheaper and more accurate. Digital sequence information, or DSI, on genetic resources is used in a range of activities commercial and non-commercial such as ... -
Information Note on the Development of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - prepared by the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Resumed eighteenth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal)
(2022-09)This note provides an update on the negotiations towards the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The Conference of the Parties, at its fourteenth meeting, adopted the preparatory process for the ... -
Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa - Summary for Decision Makers
(2022-11)The Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa is the result of a scientifically underpinned process aimed at catalyzing and supporting transformative development in ... -
Key Messages by the Twelve Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa that was Held in Abidjan 30 August to 02 September 2024
(2024-09)Key Messages by the twelve Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa that was held in Abidjan 30 August to 02 September 2024. -
Measuring Progress: Environment and the SDGs - Executive Summary
(2021)This Measuring Progress report serves two purposes. It explores the potential and limitations of using a statistical correlation analysis between indicator pairs (“state of the environment” and “drivers of change” indicators; ... -
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)Ministerial statement and key policy messages
