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Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction - Beyond foundations: Mainstreaming sustainable solutions to cut emissions from the buildings sector
The Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction (Buildings-GSR), a report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), provides an annual ... -
Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 - Beyond an age of waste: Turning Rubbish into a Resource
The Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 is a collective effort of UNEP and the International Solid Waste Association. It was published in response to Resolution 2/7 from the second session (UNEP/EA.2/RES.7) of the United ... -
Green economic recovery: Mobilizing investments towards a low-emission, climate-resilient economy in Latin America and the Caribbean (Coming Soon)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)The project "Green Economic Recovery: Mobilizing investments towards a low-emission and climate-resilient economy in Latin America and the Caribbean" aimed to support selected LAC countries (Argentina, Costa Rica, ... -
Greening the Blue Report 2023: The UN System’s Environmental Footprint and Efforts to Reduce it
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-12)This digital PDF component of the Report provides the UN system-wide 2022 results on the five environmental impacts areas: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste, air pollution, water and biodiversity; on the overarching ... -
Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-06)The report uses a hybrid, interdisciplinary approach based on a range of methods and varied data sources, with a view to producing a significant and globally relevant assessment of the relationship between resource management ... -
Inclusive Wealth Africa 2024: Moving beyond GDP
IWR Africa 2023 presents three key messages: • The renewable natural capital of African countries is in historic decline and there is no room for its mismanagement. A significant proportion of the African population relies ... -
Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests
Into the Blue: Securing a Sustainable Future for Kelp Forests global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing ... -
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities: Perspectives and experiences from Latin America
(United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme, 2023-12)Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean not only face inadequate land planning, housing deficits, and inefficient and unevenly distributed infrastructure; they also lack landscape or watershed planning that integrates ... -
Navigating New Horizons: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-07)To help navigate current and future uncertainty and disruptive change, while effectively delivering on its mandate, UNEP has been implementing an institutionalized approach to strategic foresight and horizon scanning with ... -
New Financial Mechanisms for Clean Energy Investments in Latin America
(2023-05)UNEP’s Finance Unit and Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean have commissioned this work to map out regional needs for clean energy investments in Latin America and demonstrate that through an innovative ... -
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened a multidisciplinary expert panel to undertake a rapid review of the state of scientific research on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) -
Planning action on nature: Using spatial planning approaches to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - Conceptual guidelines
The aim of this report is to demonstrate how spatial planning approaches can be used to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework specifically focusing on the marine realm. Practical ... -
Pricing Forest Carbon
(2023-12)Pricing forest carbon and putting in place the means and channels to pay for it are necessary conditions to achieve the 2030 mitigation goals. Yet, after more than 15 years of discussion, payments for emissions reductions ... -
Raising ambition, accelerating action: Towards enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for forests
Pledges to reduce deforestation and pledges to financially support this transition from developed countries, are insufficient to halt deforestation by 2030. This report finds that commitments within the Nationally Determined ... -
Rapid Environmental Assessment of Kakhovka Dam Breach Ukraine, 2023
(2023-10)This report contains a preliminary analysis of the environmental impacts of the Kakhovka dam breach, which occurred in the early hours of 6 June 2023. It explores the environmental impacts of the breach through highlighting ... -
Regional E-Waste Monitor for the Western Balkans
The Regional E-waste Monitor for the Western Balkans report was implemented through a joint partnership between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the ... -
Regional Ocean Governance: A Review of Existing Formalised Cooperation between Regional Seas Organisations and other Intergovernmental Organisations
The last 20-30 years have seen widespread and repeated calls for enhancing cooperation and coordination in the realm of regional ocean governance. This report provides an overview of existing formalised cooperation between ... -
Regional Seas Biodiversity: Harmonized Reporting Between Regional Seas Programmes National Reporting and the Convention on Biological Diversity National Reporting (NBSAP)
(2023-06)The overall objective of this report is to review national planning reporting mechanisms under the Regional Seas Conventions and Actions Plans (RSCAPs), select relevant case studies, and analyse possible harmonization ... -
Responsible Banking: Towards Real-world Impact - The second biennial progress report on implementation of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking
The Principles for Responsible Banking (the Principles) serve as a leading global framework for responsible banking, guiding member banks to align their strategies and practices with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on ... -
Restoring mountain ecosystems: Challenges, case studies and recommendations for implementing the UN Decade Principles for Mountain Ecosystem Restoration
(United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2023-12)This publication, jointly developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at FAO and UNEP, analyses several mountain ecosystem restoration projects and recommends how the UN Decade’s Ten Principles for Ecosystem Restoration ...