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Powering Equality: Women's Entrepreneurship Transforming Asia's Energy Sector
(2020)
“Powering Equality: Women’s entrepreneurship transforming Asia’s energy sector” is an initiative by the joint UN Environment Programme-UN Women project- EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies. It captures the ...
An Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment - September 2020
(2020)
This report responds to Resolution 4/8 by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and aims to inform the international community about the current situation of specific issues of concern, based on a review of evidence ...
Green Economy Policy Review of the Ecological Compensation Policies of Hainan Province in China
(2020)
The ecological compensation policies of China state that public funding from government should be used to protect areas or objects of critical ecological value. Under the policies, individuals or areas are compensated for ...
South African Municipal Waste Management Systems: Challenges and Solutions
(2020)
South Africa is estimated to generate domestically a total of 12.7 million tonnes of waste per annum. In the country, municipalities are facing increasing pressures and challenges to provide waste management services due ...
Status of Research, Legal and Policy Efforts on Marine Plastics in ASEAN +3: A Gap Analysis at the Interface of Science, Law and Policy
(2020)
The scope of this study is pollution from marine plastic in Southeast Asia and East Asia, with a focus on the 13 member states of ASEAN+3: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, ...
Beyond ‘Business as Usual’: Biodiversity Targets and Finance; Managing Biodiversity Risks Across Business Sectors
(2020)
This report aims to enable a better understanding of the business sectors1 and financial mechanisms at risk from the loss of biodiversity and lay the groundwork for biodiversity-related target-setting by the finance sector. ...
Mejorando el uso y el impacto de los informes de sostenibilidad empresarial: Compendio y manual para los responsables de la formuàlación de políticas y las partes interesadas pertinentes
(2020)
Los gobiernos nacionales y las partes interesadas disponen de una serie de medidas esenciales que pueden aplicar para mejorar
la calidad de los informes de sostenibilidad y para fomentar que un mayor número de empresas ...
National Actions on Marine Microplastics in the NOWPAP Region
(2020)
The objective of NOWPAP is to protect the regional marine environment under international cooperation between the four member states. NOWPAP initiated marine litter (ML) activities following the decision at the Tenth NOWPAP ...
Assessing Low-Carbon Livestock Technologies in Costa Rica: Business Case Analysis of Low-Carbon Livestock Production - Summary
(2020)
This summary presents the results of an analysis undertaken to model and assess the viability of sustainable practices for the livestock sector outlined in Costa Rica’s Low Carbon Livestock Strategy and NAMA.
Opportunities and Challenges for Community-Based Seagrass Conservation
(2020)
Seagrass meadows are important marine ecosystems, providing a range of services including carbon sequestration, nursery habitats for fish and coastal protection. They are suffering rapid global decline in the face of ...