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Safeguarding People and Nature in REDD+: Meeting the Safeguards Requirements Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Global
(2024-02)The implementation of activities under the REDD+ mechanism has the potential to deliver social and environmental benefits that go beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but it may also entail potential risks to ... -
Sargassum Influx Update for Policy Makers
(2021)The brief outlines the causes and effects of sargassum influxes, presents a sargassum strategy framework, highlights the complexity in Caribbean transboundary coordination and outlines important sargassum stakeholders. ... -
Sargassum: Brown Tide or Golden Jewel? - Foresight Brief No. 024 May 2021
(2021)Massive episodic inundations of floating sargassum seaweed have been impacting shorelines on both sides of the tropical Atlantic since 2011. These influxes are now widely considered to be part of the ‘new normal’ facing ... -
Saving Lake Faguibine - Foresight Brief No. 001 - August 2017
(2017)The Faguibine system, located in the Tombouktou region in Mali is a series of five interlinked lakes (Télé, Takara, Gouber, Kamango and Faguibine). In the late 19th century the floodplain extended over an area of 1,000 ... -
Scaling Innovation at the Energy-Agriculture Nexus in East Africa: Sectoral Business Condition Brief Energy-Agriculture Nexus
(2016)With rising global demand for food, there is an urgent need to find climate-smart ways to intensify agricultural production. As the population expands, agribusinesses not only need to fight food losses but also produce and ... -
Scaling up Green Bond Markets for Sustainable Development: An Executive Briefing for the Public Sector to Stimulate Private Sector Market Development for Green Bonds
(2015)This Briefing offers a range of options for building green bond markets which ultimately will help policymakers, regulators and public financial institutions meet their infrastructure investment needs, capital market ... -
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 - Executive Summary
(2018)The Assessment documents the advances in scientific understanding of ozone depletion reflecting the thinking of the many international scientific experts who have contributed to its preparation and review. These advances ... -
SDG 10 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 10 (SDG 10) - Reduce Income Inequality within and among Countries
(2019)The UN Environment Assembly 4 resolution on the poverty-environment nexus urges Member States to apply integrated, innovative and coherent approaches in developing and implementing policies, laws, plans and budgets for ... -
SDG 13 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13) - Promote Mechanisms for Raising Capacity for Effective Climate Change-related Planning and Management in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, including Focusing on Women, Youth and Local and Marginalized Communities
Restoring degraded habitats such as mangrove forests and peatlands reduce risks related to climate change impacts, will act as a vital carbon sink and promote biodiversity recovery. -
SDG 16 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) - Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
(2019)SDG 16, with its emphasis on realizing peaceful, inclusive and just societies, provides the foundations for achieving all other SDGs. No resource or tool is more powerful in making progress, economically, environmentally ... -
SDG 4 Issue Brief - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
In order to address climate change and mitigate its impact, systemic changes are required in education -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Jamaica - CEP Technical Report No. 54
(2011)The primary objective of this document is to present a strategy for a national effort to ensure sustained recovery of depleted sea turtle stocks. To reach this objective, the authors of this document, with the assistance ... -
Seagrasses, the Forgotten Ecosystems - Foresight Brief No. 016 May 2020
Seagrass meadows significantly support world fisheries production and global food security, providing valuable nursery habitat for over one fifth of the world’s largest fisheries (Unsworth et al. 2019), as well as shelter ... -
Selecting Complementary Adaptation Measures - Briefing Note 4
To respond to climate change hazards and impacts, an overall adaptation strategy should be devised drawing on the full range of possible adaptation solutions. This briefing note provides an overview of the range of ... -
Servicing Tail for HCFCs: What is it & Why Does it Matter? - OzonAction Policy Brief
(2020)An important Montreal Protocol issue that is currently being discussed and will need to be carefully considered in light of the HCFC phase-out Management Plans (HPMP) second or third stages, which are now being prepared ... -
Setting up Equipment Logbooks & Databases
(2023-07)This technical brief reflects the Polish experience of setting up and managing logbooks for refrigeration, air-conditioning, heat pump (RACHP) and other types of equipment. It also provides examples of similar equipment ... -
Seven Lessons on Using Ecosystem Restoration for Climate Change Adaptation - Policy Brief
(2023-05)In recent years, there has been increased attention to and understanding of the linkages between the climate and biodiversity crises. One sign of this change is the recent focus on nature-based solutions for climate and ... -
Seychelles Country Strategy Paper
(2011)The strategy paper assesses the country' development prospects and challenges, as well as the Government's strategic options. It also focuses on the role the Bank Group can play in providing strategic assistance to Seychelles, ... -
Shades of Green: An Introduction to the Green Economy for Parliamentarians - Issues Brief February 2019
In line with the partnership between UN Environment and the IPU, this issue brief aims to provide parliamentarians with a basic understanding of the green economy and of the policies required to transition toward it. -
The shrinking Arctic Sea Ice - Foresight Brief No. 028 February 2022
(2022-02)The Arctic is a remote and sparsely inhabited area. It is connected to the rest of the world by our climate system, the atmosphere surrounding our Earth and by global ocean currents. Since satellite measurements started ...