Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies: Recent submissions
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Global Cooling Pledge for COP28
(2023-12)National government participants pledge to the Global Cooling during COP28. -
Summary for Decision-makers - State of Finance for Nature: The Big Nature Turnaround - Repurposing $7 trillion to combat nature loss
(2023-12)Almost $7 trillion is invested annually in practices detrimental to nature from both public and private sector sources globally. For the first time, the 2023 edition of the State of Finance for Nature report estimates the ... -
Understanding Blended Finance in the Lens of Integrated Financing: Blended Financing Overview
(2023-11)As the world grapples with the triple planetary crises, a substantial gap of $700 billion per year has been identified by the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM GBF). Bridging this gap requires additional ... -
Regional Dimensions and Priorities on the Global Goal on Adaptation
(2023-11)The Glasgow-Sharm El-Sheikh Work Programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation, initiated at COP26, set forth a series of workshops and negotiations to establish an operational framework for the GGA by COP28. UNEP’s ... -
Key Messages - An Eye on Methane
(2023-12)Anthropogenic methane emissions drive roughly 30% of the global warming that we experience today. We must reduce methane emissions by about a third to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement within reach. As underscored by ... -
Executive Summary - An Eye on Methane: The road to radical transparency - International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
(2023-12)A methane data revolution is just around the corner, making it possible to move beyond generic emission factors that attempt to estimate the release of methane pollution, and to replace them with more accurate empirical ... -
Nature-based Infrastructure (Executive Summary): How natural infrastructure solutions can address sustainable development challenges and the triple planetary crisis
(2023-11)The purpose of this report is to assess the contribution that NbI can make to addressing global sustainable development challenges, with a view to increasing awareness and uptake. It provides a framework for thinking about ... -
Global Faith Leaders Summit - Interfaith Statement for COP28
(2023-11)In the spirit of unity, shared responsibility, and Human Fraternity, and at this pivotal moment of the global climate crisis that demands transformative action to keep 1.5 degrees within reach and serve affected and ... -
Key Messages - Emissions Gap Report 2023
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Governance: Legal Tools for Inclusive and Sustainable Transformation - Legal Brief 12
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2023-10)This Legal Brief reviews the concept of sustainability and systems thinking in legislative efforts, as well as relevant guiding principles. It then reviews a number of legal tools and mechanisms, namely impact assessments, ... -
The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook - Executive Summary
(2023)The Playbook is written for those communicating directly with individual consumer audiences about the fashion sector. This incorporates a wide range of roles and practitioners, from those in marketing, branding, advertising, ... -
Environmental Rule of Law and Human Rights in Asia Pacific: Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)
(2023-07)This Summary for Decision makers is based on the UNEP Working Paper Environmental Rule of Law and Human Rights in Asia Pacific: Supporting the Protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders. It provides an overview of ... -
Setting up Equipment Logbooks & Databases
(2023-07)This technical brief reflects the Polish experience of setting up and managing logbooks for refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pump (RACHP) and other types of equipment. It also provides examples of similar equipment ... -
Submission by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - In response to the call from Parties and observers regarding views on the subsequent workshops, including on general considerations, the topics for discussion under the themes identified in the compilation and synthesis of submissions, areas of work, expected outcomes, examples, case studies, and modalities, for each workshop to be conducted in 2023
(2023-03)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the views on the workshops of the series of Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh Work Programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation to be held ... -
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 ... -
Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain - A Global Roadmap Textile Value Chain - Executive Summary
(2023-05)The textile sector plays a key role in driving industrialization, trade, development and social value. It rapidly develops regional and global value chains by connecting producers, retailers and consumers from across the ... -
Chemicals in Plastics - A Summary and Key Findings
(2023-05)“Chemicals in Plastics: A Summary and Key Findings” has been prepared on the basis of the “Chemicals in Plastics: A Technical Report” .developed by UNEP in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the ...
