Browsing Manuals, Guides and Toolkits by Topic "Finance and Economic Transformations"
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Cambodia Spatial Planning National Resource Document
(2013-03)Cambodia’s national resource report on spatial planning in coastal areas, with a focus on preventing/reducing the impacts of emergency issues, including natural disasters, climate change and sea-level-rise, considers issues ... -
Dredging and Marine Aggregate Extraction
(2022-05)Dredging and marine aggregate extraction are inherently harmful to the marine environment and are not considered as part of the sustainable blue economy. However, dredging – specifically capital and maintenance dredging – ... -
Eco-Entrepreneurship Guide
(2017)This guide covers empowering BDAs & NSAs to advocate for sustainable consumption and production practices and support Eco-Entrepreneurs in their development and transition towards green inclusive businesses -
Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounting: Step-by-Step Guide to the Compiler
(2024-02)This guide was prepared to assist countries to use the Compiler for economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) to compile data that can be used to monitor progress in attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ... -
Empowering Regional Action: How ECA Network Countries Used Legislative & Policy Options / RAC Sector Action Tables as an Effective Tool to Foster Dialogue and Share Insights to Support Kigali Amendment Implementation
(2024-12)The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol requires parties to reduce hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) consumption. To support the countries’ efforts, UNEP OzonAction has developed tools to assist countries in implementing ... -
Enhancing the Uptake and Impact of Corporate Sustainability Reporting: A Handbook and Toolkit for Policymakers and Relevant Stakeholders
(2019)Corporate sustainability reporting constitutes an essential lever for the transformation of companies’ practices and for ensuring their contribution to sustainable development. It represents a potential mechanism for ... -
Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure: A Practical Guide for Financial Institutions
(2018)Financial institutions wishing to understand and assess their exposure to natural capital risks have faced a lack of comprehensive and systematic information on how businesses depend on the environment and the consequences ... -
The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund Application Guidelines: First Round of Applications - Call for Applications Opens: 1 October 2024 - Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
(2024-09)This application guideline aims to support applicants in preparing their application for the Global Framework on Chemicals Fund. It is designed to provide information on all sections of the application document as well as ... -
Goodlife Goals [Pack of Actions]
(2018)The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint for a better future. And together we can reach them. By following the Good Life Goals we can all help make tomorrow better than today. Let’s do this! -
Goodlife Goals: The Manual
(2018)The Good Life Goals are a set of personal actions that people around the world can take to help support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are lifestyle asks for individuals that are carefully aligned with the ... -
Guidance on the scope of the Global Framework on Chemicals Fund for the first round of applications (2024)
(2024-09)In 2023, the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management requested the Executive Director of UNEP to establish a time-limited voluntary trust fund, the Global Framework on Chemicals Fund, that will provide ... -
Guide for Reducing Major Uses and Releases of Mercury
(2006)This document is intended to assist countries to identify sources of mercury exposure and to assess main methods of reducing mercury exposures and risks to their people. -
Guidelines for Marketing Community Based Tourism Products
(2017)This document/manual provides guidance on the critical issues to be considered when developing best practices and critical success factors for Community Based Tourism (CBT) activities managed by local communities in regional ... -
Important and Desirable Environmental Actions (IDEAs) for Selection and Establishment of Resilient and Efficient UN Offices: Benchmarks for Evaluation and Comparative Analysis
(2021-09)IDEAs guidance aims to define an efficient and resilient office building or space in the UN context. It targets the earliest possible stages of office establishment from setting UN requirements as part of preliminary brief ... -
International Day of Zero Waste 30 March 2025: How to engage
(2025-03)The International Day of Zero Waste will be observed on 30 March 2025 with a call for action to reduce waste and promote circularity in the fashion and textiles sector. The aim is to promote sustainable production and ... -
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Fair Trade – Toolkit
(2016)Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and ... -
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies—Approaches and Instruments Guidelines for National Cleaner Production Centres and Programmes
(2002)The training kit for the development of Cleaner Production policies is designed to assist UNIDO’s cleaner production programmes, in particular the National Cleaner Production Centre programme, in crucial aspects of Cleaner ... -
Model Quality and Performance Guidelines for Off-Grid Refrigerating Appliances - Supporting Information Annex
(2023-11)Refrigerating appliances are among the most desirable but expensive appliances that small enterprises and households aspire to own once electricity becomes available and incomes rise beyond subsistence. While research ... -
Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Ceiling Fans - Supporting Information Annex
(2023-11)Ceiling fans are a low-cost cooling option which enhance greater indoor comfort with a power consumption typically less than 90 watts compared to room AC systems which typically have a consumption of around 1500 watts. ... -
Module 1: Biodiversity and the Financial System
(2024-07)
