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    • Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions through Nature-Based Solutions and Resource Efficiency - UNEP Factsheet 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2020)
      COVID-19 presents challenges to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Recovery from the pandemic requires rethinking the way in which we generate wealth, and shifting ...
    • Frequently Asked Questions - Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission 

      United Nations Environment Programme; International Livestock Research Institute (2020)
      Factsheet addressing the following questions: What are zoonotic diseases? What is driving the spread of zoonotic diseases? What are the impacts of zoonotic diseases? Africa has an opportunity to lead pandemic prevention ...
    • Global Environmental Governance - UNEP Factsheet 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2020)
      It is important that both the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) we support remain active and engaged, and that global environmental governance continues to ...
    • Nature for Climate Action [Factsheet] 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2021)
      Conserving and restoring natural spaces, both on land and in the water, is essential for limiting carbon emissions and adapting to an already changing climate. Conserving and restoring nature would provide one-third of the ...
    • Zoonotic Diseases - UNEP Factsheet 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2020)
      Unless we act to protect habitat and biodiversity loss, says United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, Inger Andersen, pandemics could become a new normal in this century. In response, UNEP is seeking ...
    • Zoonotic Diseases [Frequently Asked Questions] 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2020)
      This factsheet answers the following questions: What are zoonotic diseases? What are some examples of zoonotic diseases? Why are zoonotic diseases happening now? What causes zoonotic diseases? What is the connection between ...