Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Author "Africa Office"
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African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) - Briefing Note to the AMCEN on ACEA Progress and the World Circular Economy Forum 2022 (WCEF2022)
African Circular Economy Alliance (2022-09)In 2020, the Secretariat of the ACEA was set up after the African Development Bank agreed to serve as its host. With funding from the World Economic Forum and the Danish Development Agency, Dalberg, an international ... -
Africa’s Engagement in the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly of UN Environment Programme: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Eighth Special Session, Ministerial meeting
United Nations Environment Programme; African Union; African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (2020)This note aims to stimulate discussions during the eighth special session of the African Ministerial Conference, on how Africa can better engage in the 2021 Environment Assembly. This will include discussions on the ... -
The Circular Economy Transition in South Africa: Untapped Opportunities in the Waste Sector - Switch Africa Green Programme Policy Brief 3/2020
United Nations Environment ProgrammeThe South African waste economy shows that the potential contribution of waste to gross domestic product (GDP) is significant if the materials currently being lost to landfills can be recovered and used. Emphasis on ... -
Constitution of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
United Nations Environment Programme; African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (1997-11)Constitution -
Enhancing the Role of Environment Protection Agencies in Africa: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
United Nations Environment Programme; African Ministerial Conference on the EnvironmentOne of the core mandates of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to enhance the connection between science and policy in environmental matters through the consolidation and dissemination of credible science ... -
Green Manufacturing Strategy in Uganda - Switch Africa Green
United Nations Environment ProgrammeThe Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, with support from SWITCH Africa Green, has developed a green manufacturing strategy in collaboration with the Uganda Cleaner Production Centre. The strategy will create an ... -
Information Note on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on Genetic Resources - Prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Resumed eighteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal
Convention on Biological DiversityIn recent years, DNA sequencing technologies have become faster, cheaper and more accurate. Digital sequence information, or DSI, on genetic resources is used in a range of activities commercial and non-commercial such as ... -
Information Note on the Development of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - prepared by the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Resumed eighteenth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal)
Convention on Biological DiversityThis note provides an update on the negotiations towards the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The Conference of the Parties, at its fourteenth meeting, adopted the preparatory process for the ... -
Ministerial Statement and Key Policy Messages of the Ninth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
United Nations Environment Programme; African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (2022-02-17)Ministerial statement and key policy messages -
Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learned 2005–2018 - Summary
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme (2019)This Summary report reviews the Initiative’s successes and failures, and its responses to these. In so doing, it documents how robust and integrated evidence—along with changes in policy, budgeting, investment and monitoring ... -
Rules of Procedure of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
United Nations Environment Programme; African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (1997-01)Rules of procedure -
Scaling Innovation at the Energy-Agriculture Nexus in East Africa: Sectoral Business Condition Brief Energy-Agriculture Nexus
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Office for Project Services (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 ... -
Stratégie Africaine sur les Changements Climatiques
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Sustainability in Regulatory and Institutional Frameworks for Public Procurement in Uganda to Advance Market Access for Green Products - Switch Africa Green Programme Policy Brief 2/2020
United Nations Environment ProgrammePublic procurement can be a powerful tool in the promotion of socioeconomic and environmental objectives. As a significant consumer of goods, works and services, governments contribute significantly to the world’s Gross ... -
Sustainability of Biogas and Solid Biomass Value Chains in Ethiopia: Results and Recommendations from Implementation of the Global Bioenergy Partnership Indicators - Summary
United Nations Environment Programme; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2019)The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) project provides technical assistance to government officials and experts in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the sustainability of their bioenergy sectors and to build their capacity ... -
Sustainability of Sugarcane, Bagasse, Briquettes and Charcoal Value Chains in Kenya: Results and Recommendations from Implementation of the Global Bioenergy Partnership Indicators - Summary
United Nations Environment Programme; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2019)The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) project provides technical assistance to government officials and experts in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the sustainability of their bioenergy sectors and to build their capacity ... -
Transforming South Africa’s Agricultural Sector by Integrating Climate-smart Agriculture in Support of the Green Economy - Switch Africa Green Programme Policy Brief 4/2020
United Nations Environment ProgrammeClimate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims to ... -
Youth Strategy for Africa 2019-2022: Environmental Sustainability for Socioeconomic Empowerment
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)The objective of this strategy is to foster structured, sustainable, and meaningful youth engagement through socioeconomic models that espouse economic development while creating, maintaining or regenerating natural, social, ...