Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Topic "Nature Action and biodiversity"
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Action Plan for the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2021)This document describes the Action Plan that Latin America and the Caribbean wishes to undertake for the next ten years to promote, improve, accelerate and scale-up ecosystem restoration in the region. It is a regional-level ... -
Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways to Inclusive Green Recovery Spending - Summary for Policymakers
(2021)This report presents early data outputs from the Observatory to understand COVID-19 fiscal spending priorities in 2020 and which environmentally and economically desirable policies are facing underinvestment. It explores ... -
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate - Key Messages
(2021)1. Countries need to deliver on their existing commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land and make similar commitments for marine and coastal areas. 2. Unfortunately, we are still going in the wrong direction. ... -
Coral Reef Restoration to Improve Ecosystem Services - Policy Brief
(2021)Coral reef restoration is becoming a popular tool to assist the recovery of damaged coral reefs. Over the last twenty years, several methods have been developed and applied with varying levels of success. A recent report ... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Key Messages
(2020)Governments around the world have invested about $12 trillion to counteract the economic effects of COVID-19. This investment could contribute to progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global climate ... -
Desert Locusts’ Upsurges: A Harbinger of Emerging Climate Change Induced Crises? - Foresight Brief No. 022 January 2021
(2021)The economic importance of locusts is evident from their impacts on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, economic development and on the environment. This foresight brief discusses some of these issues and highlights ... -
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
(2021)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 ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)The brief examines how climate change has multiple, and often interacting, impacts on the mountain gorilla – be it on its physiology, on the ecosystems on which it depends, or on the behaviour of humans living in its ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bhutan: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one of three in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the snow leopard, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the royal Bengal tiger, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
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. -
Islam and Food Systems - Position Paper May 2021
(2021)Food plays cultural and spiritual roles for Muslims. The Qur’an makes special references to pure and lawful food and to the principles of balance, justice and health. However, our current extractive approach to food and ... -
Key Messages - Making Peace With Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies
(2021)• Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution add up to three self-inflicted planetary crises that are closely interconnected and put the well-being of current and future generations at unacceptable risk. • Ambitious ... -
Key Messages and Executive Summary - Making Peace with Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies
(2021)This report presents a flexible scientific blueprint for how the climate change, biodiversity and pollution emergencies can be tackled jointly within the framework of the SDGs. The first of its kind, this report gathers ... -
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 ... -
Quarterly Report to the 151st Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Ninth Issue - April to June 2020
(2020)COVID-19 response and impact remained a critical factor during this period. There were opportunities for innovation and there was a greater appreciation of the importance of nature-based solutions and the link between ... -
Quarterly Report to the 154th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives - January – March 2021
(2021)Main highlights: The first virtual UNEA session took place from 22 to 23 February 2021. The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020, was launched on 14 January 2021. The UNEP synthesis report, “Making Peace with Nature: a scientific ... -
Report of the Second Regional Planning of the Caribbean Platform for Nutrient Management
(2016)The GPNM launched a Caribbean Platform for nutrient management in May 2013 in Trinidad and Tobago. The purpose of the regional nutrient platform is to extend the reach of UNEP and the GPNM down to the country level so as ... -
The Role of Environmental and Spiritual Ethics in Global Environmental Governance - Policy Brief
(2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has brought home the reality of pan-global challenges, and the need for paradigmatic shifts to address them. Transitioning to a more sustainable future requires a new environmental governance system ...
