Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Topic "Finance and Economic Transformations"
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2019 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emissions, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2019)The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and ... -
2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero‑emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2022-11)Decarbonizing the buildings sector by 2050 is critical to delivering these emission cuts – and to addressing the wider triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. ... -
Adapt to Survive: Business Transformation in a Time of Uncertainty - GEO for Business Brief No. 1
(2021)For nearly 50 years, UNEP has been working to improve the environment for current and future generations. As part of this work, UNEP periodically asks the expert community to assess the current state of the environment, ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow - Climate Adaptation Failure Puts World at Risk
(2022-11)Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity, The international community must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a transformation of energy, industry, transport, food systems, financial systems ... -
Benefits of Forest Ecosystems in Zambia and the Role of REDD+ in a Green Economy Transformation
(2015)The aim of this study was to undertake a rapid assessment of the value and role of forests in the Zambian economy based on available information in order to inform policy de- cisions on forest management and the implementation ... -
The Clean Energy Voyage 2: Closer to the Destination
(2015)From dirty to clean, from finite to renewable and from costly to profitable: the stakes are high, but people are inspired and clean energy is an idea whose time has come. As the world prepares to reach a historic agreement ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2020
(2020-11)As in previous years, this report assesses the gap between estimated future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if countries implement their climate mitigation pledges and the global emission levels from least-cost ... -
Executive Summary — Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk
(2022-11)The report finds that global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation are increasing incrementally. However, they are not keeping pace with increasing climate risks. Yes, over 80 per cent of countries ... -
Executive Summary — Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(2022-10)This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies. Since the twenty-sixth United Nations Climate ... -
Global Environment Outlook: For Life on Earth
(Oxford University Press, 1997)This volume-GE0-1- is the first product of the GEO Project. It provides a snapshot of a process in the making and aims to move the process along by documenting its progress. The principal focus of GE0-1 is a review of ... -
Greening the Blue Report 2018: The UN System's Environment Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It
(2018)The UN System is committed to improving resource efficiency, achieving climate neutrality by 2020 and internalising the Sustainable Development Goals. -
Guidance on Organizational Life Cycle Assessment
(2015)This report, Guidance on Organizational Life Cycle Assessment, is a milestone in measuring and improving environmental impacts and efficient use of resources at the organization level. It goes beyond assessing individual ... -
Is Natural Gas a Good Investment for Latin America and the Caribbean? From Economic to Employment and Climate Impacts of the Power Sector
(2022-10)This report reveals that an expansion of renewable energy in the power sector in Latin America and the Caribbean instead of continuing a fossil fuel path, including natural gas, would be by far the best choice. The region ... -
Junior Professional Officer (Associate Programme Management Officer) [Job Vacancy Announcement] - United Nations Environment Programme
(2023-11)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable ... -
Measuring the Performance of Green Economic Development in the Republic of Moldova: National Report based on the OECD set of Green Growth Indicators
(2017)The green growth concept has been promoted in the Republic of Moldova as a model of social and economic development for economic growth, improved human well-being and social equity. Its goal is to achieve a low-carbon, ... -
Net Zero Carbon Scenarios for the Energy Sector in West Asia
(2022-11)Achieving the net-zero emissions target as a global pathway entails a complete decarbonization of the energy sector by the middle of the century, implying that fossil fuels will play a limited role in future. West Asian ... -
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future
(2020)This report addresses the opportunities for material efficiency in homes and cars of the G7, with results also shown for China and India. We chose to focus the assessment on specific, widely used products because only a ... -
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future - Implications for Business Leaders in Housing and Mobility
(2020)This document highlights and contextualizes findings from the International Resource Panel report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future. It provides a starting point ... -
A Review of Air Pollution Control in Beijing: 1998-2013
(2016)This report, which was produced by a team of experts comprising international and national experts, focuses on three major areas: (i) Energy structure optimization and coal-related emission control; (ii) Vehicle emission ...
