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Knowledge Gaps and Policy Needs to Tackle Loss and Damage - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #8
(2024-11)This Policy Brief contributes to the goal of operationalizing loss and damage solutions and guiding global policies on the issues by identifying potential areas where science can readily support loss and damage solutions. ... -
A Policymakers’ guide to Life Cycle Assessment - Policy Brief
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)This policy brief focuses on the application of generic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to inform problem and policy framing. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines a life cycle as “consecutive ... -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) end-to-end: The Environmental Impact of the Full AI Lifecycle Needs to be Comprehensively Assessed - Issue Note
(2024-09)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United ... -
Driving policy change towards sustainable urban food systems: Upscaling Urban and Peri-urban agriculture in Brazil
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)TEEB AgriFood Brazil aims to inform decision-making processes by assessing and developing pathways for scaling up sustainable agriculture within and around cities. To bridge this gap, it is crucial to identify and analyze ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector in Thailand
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)The TEEB AgriFood analysis focusses on five key rice management practices that promote sustainability were selected to represent the essential compliance requirements of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard (SRP ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector: India
(2024-07)As India looks towards 2030 and beyond, its food system confronts a myriad of challenges, including heightened pressure on natural resources, the impact of climate change, land fragmentation, increasing urbanization, ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector in China
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-05)The concept of TEEB aligns with China's pursuit of effective Green-to-Gold transformations. Among the national innovation bases practicing 'Green is Gold,' Tengchong City in Yunnan Province was chosen as the focal area for ... -
Sustainable production and consumption: Design for disassembly as a circular economy tool - Foresight Brief 031
(2023-10)Circular economy is intended to ensure that resources are kept in the economy and at the highest possible economic value for as long as possible. It therefore enables a more efficient use of embedded materials after their ... -
Advancing Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #7
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-10)Evaluating the effectiveness of adaptation policies and actions is important to advance the scale and scope of climate risk reduction. The goal of this WASP Sciencefor-Adaptation Policy Brief (SAPB) is to enhance the ... -
Integrating Displaced Populations into National Climate Change Policy and Planning - Policy Brief
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-08)The Policy Brief highlights the importance of integrating human mobility, including displacement, in the policies and plans of ministries, departments and agencies responsible for climate, environment and development, ... -
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente PNUMA - El Maíz y la Milpa: Opciones Para Contribuir a Una Transformación de los Sistemas Alimentarios en México - Nota de política
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-08)El cultivo de maíz en México es de alta importancia para la seguridad alimentaria, desarrollo rural y patrimonio biocultural del país. Los sistemas de producción agroecológicos de pequeña escala tienen raíces antiguas que ...
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