Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Subject "Africa"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 Findings - Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation
(2020)This document presents the key findings of the report "Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation". -
Nile River Basin: Adaptation to Climate Change Induced Water Stress in the Nile Basin - Summary for Decision Makers
(2015)Water is one of several current and future critical issues facing Africa and the Nile Basin in particular. Water supplies from rivers, lakes and rainfall are characterized by their unequal natural geographical distribution, ... -
Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learned 2005–2018 - Summary
(2019)This Summary report reviews the Initiative’s successes and failures, and its responses to these. In so doing, it documents how robust and integrated evidence—along with changes in policy, budgeting, investment and monitoring ... -
Putting Ecosystem Management in the Vision of Africa’s Development: Towards a sustainable Green Economy - UNEP Policy Series Policy Brief 7 2011
(2011)This issues paper aims to: i. demonstrate the foundational significance of ecosystems in maintaining Africa’s societies, and ii. draw the attention of Africa’s policy-makers to the challenges and opportunities in ecosystem ... -
Youth Strategy for Africa 2019-2022: Environmental Sustainability for Socioeconomic Empowerment
(2019)The objective of this strategy is to foster structured, sustainable, and meaningful youth engagement through socioeconomic models that espouse economic development while creating, maintaining or regenerating natural, social, ...
