Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Topic "Finance and Economic Transformations"
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Análisis del Marco Legal de Comras Públicas en Ecuador: Oportunidades y Barreras para la Incorporacion de Criterios Sostenibles
(2016)Los sistemas de contratación pública se crearon con el objetivo de optimizar los procesos de ejecución de obras, adquisición de bienes y prestación de servicios del sector público, para lograr una adecuada administración ... -
Annex II - Multistakeholder Partnerships
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Annex II: Financing Nature-based Solutions for Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities - In support of the Working Paper for the G20: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions
(2022-02)This report aims at strengthening the case for investment and provides a collection of financing options for different types of urban NbS1. It has been developed as a motivational effort to engage city officials, practitioners, ... -
Annex III: Accounting for Nature in Urban Planning: How Ecosystem Accounts can Help Scale Up Nature‑based Solutions for Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities - In support of the Working Paper for the G20: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions
(2022-02)This annex responds to some of the key barriers identified to scaling up the use of the NbS – particularly the challenges of showing that nature in cities can be an ‘asset’ rather than a ‘cost’. It reviews how the application ... -
Annual Report: Tropical Landscape Public Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals - 2023 Edition
(2024-07)UNEP has actively advocated for blended finance globally. In Indonesia, this commitment is implemented through the Tropical Landscape Grant Facility (TLGF), which helps businesses become bankable and attract investment ... -
The Application of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policies in Brazil, China and South Korea: A Synthesis Report
(1997)The motivation behind the growing interest in economic instruments in Brazil, China and South Korea, as in other developing countries, has been to some extent similar to that of OECD countries but with the added urgency ... -
Banking and Sustainability Time for Convergence: A Policy Briefing on the Links Between Financial Stability and Environmental Sustainability
(2015)In 2014, the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, working with and on behalf of the Banking Environment Initiative – BEI) commissioned a study ... -
Blue Economy Roadmap-Advancing Marine and Coastal Eco-Practices in Egypt - SwitchMed II Project
(2024)The roadmap serves multiple purposes, including aligning with the national blue economy framework, outlining the Ministry of Environment›s priorities in coastal and marine eco-tourism, synergizing with Line Ministries, ... -
Can Desert Encroachment Be Stopped? A Study with Emphasis on Africa - Ecological Bulletins No. 24
(1976)This volume in the series Ecological Bulletins deals with the ecological and social problems of desert encroachment. It puts man and his activities into an ecological con- text and outlines the causes of desert encroachment ... -
Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living
(1991)The aim of this document is to help improve the condition of the world's people, by defining two requirements. One is to secure a widespread and deeply-held commitment to a new ethic, the ethic for sustainable living, and ... -
Central & South Asia: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Central America: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Chapter 6. Transforming food systems - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(2022-10)This chapter presents the needs, current state and options for accelerating a food system transformation. It focuses on GHG emissions and climate change, but also discusses important synergies and trade-offs with the ... -
Chapter 7. Transforming the finance system to enable the achievement of the Paris Agreement - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)A realignment of the financial system is a critical enabler of the sectoral transitions required to address the current climate crises. Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement calls for this and establishes a new objective ... -
The Circularity Gap Report: Latin America and the Caribbean
(2023-10)Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) exports around 40% of the raw materials it extracts from nature. The region supplies over 11% of the world's raw materials, despite housing only 8.3% of the world's population. Raw ... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus on Africa and Sustainable Cities
(2011)Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political ambition remains firmly in place and may be widening. ... -
Climate Change Mitigation in Southern Africa: Tanzania Country Study
(1999)The objectives of this study are to analyse the role of the land use sectors of Tanzania (especially forestry) on mitigation of greenhouse gases. Specific emphasis is placed on the relationship between forestry and energy ... -
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
(Cambridge University Press, 1992)This volume, Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Fisheries, addresses the potential implications for fisheries and societies of the regional impacts of a global warming of the atmosphere. Fisheries case studies were ... -
Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed than a Billion People by 2050 – World Resources Report 2013-14: Interim Findings
(2014)This report presents the interim findings of the World Resources Report 2013–2014: Creating a Sustainable Food Future. The report analyzes the challenge and identifies the most promising technical options from a comprehensive ... -
Domestic Environment and Health of Women and Children
(1999)Given that the health problems associated with the domestic environment mainly affect women and children, gender issues are a strong component of this study. The book provides examples of how social and political backgrounds ...
