Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by SDGs "SDG 14 - Life Below Water"
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2nd COBSEA webinar on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 3 December 2020 - Summary
(2020)On 3 December 2020, the COBSEA Secretariat hosted the second webinar in a series of webinars on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The webinar series provide a platform for dialogue on how COBSEA can be leveraged ... -
30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022
(2023-01)Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures. By doing so, it enables individuals, organisations ... -
Action Plan for the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2021)This document describes the Action Plan that Latin America and the Caribbean wishes to undertake for the next ten years to promote, improve, accelerate and scale-up ecosystem restoration in the region. It is a regional-level ... -
Actors of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) Declaration
(2021)This Declaration represents the set of values, principles and rules that Actors of the UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration are expected to comply with. This Declaration is however legally separate from any United Nations ... -
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to carry out a scoping study and gap analysis that examines existing ocean governance mechanism; and to provide recommendations that may provide elements of a concise African Strategy on ocean ... -
Annex 2. Indicative Activities and Sub-activities - [Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]
(2020)The activities and sub-activities presented in the table below are indicative because it is not known which partners will contribute to their implementation. Commitments to undertake specific activities will take place ... -
Annex 3. Initiatives, Institutions, Education Programmes, Policies and Conventions Highlighted by Stakeholders in Feedback received on the Online Draft Strategy as Particularly Relevant for the Decade - [Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]
(2020)The information presented in this annex is not an exhaustive list. It only draws on information provided in the online feedback. Additional information will be added to this ‘living document’ through the course of the ... -
Applying Marine and Coastal Area-Based Management Approaches to Achieve Multiple Sustainable Development Goal Targets - Summary for Policy Makers. UN Regional Seas Reports and Studies No.206
(2018)This document summarises the key findings of a Technical Report exploring the potential contributions of marine and coastal area-based management approaches to Sustainable Development Goals. The document also presents a ... -
Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways to Inclusive Green Recovery Spending - Summary for Policymakers
(2021)This report presents early data outputs from the Observatory to understand COVID-19 fiscal spending priorities in 2020 and which environmentally and economically desirable policies are facing underinvestment. It explores ... -
Articulating Social and Environmental Policy for post-COVID-19 Recovery: Opportunities to Respond and Build Back Better while Leaving No One Behind in Latin America and the Caribbean - Policy Brief
(2020)Environmental considerations can be integrated in the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This document presents feasible examples and policy tools that integrate and complement social protection goals with ... -
Asia Waste Management Outlook: Summary for Decision-Makers
(2017)The Asia Waste Management Outlook (AWMO), which is regional in nature, is developed to complement the Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO). This regional outlook provides an overview of the current status, the current ... -
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate - Key Messages
(2021)1. Countries need to deliver on their existing commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land and make similar commitments for marine and coastal areas. 2. Unfortunately, we are still going in the wrong direction. ... -
Briefing Note on the Task Force on Monitoring for The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
(2021)The Task Force on Monitoring (Monitoring TF) brings together 277 technical experts from 100 organizations tasked with collaboratively developing a monitoring framework for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration ... -
Business Plan of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area - March 2020
(2020)This Business Plan describes the main objectives and activities of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership. It serves as a planning and ... -
The Changing Aral Sea - Foresight Brief No. 003 October 2017
(2017)The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest inland lake. Its hydrological balance is strongly determined by inflows from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers which are fed by glacial melt waters from the southwestern ... -
Chemicals in Plastics - A Summary and Key Findings
(2023-05)“Chemicals in Plastics: A Summary and Key Findings” has been prepared on the basis of the “Chemicals in Plastics: A Technical Report” .developed by UNEP in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the ... -
China and UN-REDD Programme, What They Can Do Together to Mve the REDD+ Agenda forward?: Ecosystem Management Policy Brief 10
(2012)The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) is an opportunity to support and advance the REDD+ mechanism negotiated ... -
Closing Data Gaps is Essential to Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development - SDG Policy Brief No. 008 October 2019
(2019-10)The Sustainable Development Goals Policy Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change. The evidence provided builds on the scientific data and information hosted on Environment Live and is complemented by stories ...