Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by SDGs "SDG 2 - No Hunger"
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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 ... -
Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions - Summary
(2018)This report identifies 25 clean air measures that can positively impact human health, crop yields, climate change and socio-economic development, as well as contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. ... -
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 ... -
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ... -
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems - Summary for Policymakers
(2019)This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) is structured in four parts: A) People, land and climate in a warming world; B) Adaptation and mitigation response options; C) Enabling response options; and D) Action in the near-term. -
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 ... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Key Messages
(2020)Governments around the world have invested about $12 trillion to counteract the economic effects of COVID-19. This investment could contribute to progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global climate ... -
COVID-19: Implications for Trade and Environment
Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction during the COVID 19 outbreak and the prospects for a quick recovery of trade depend on the duration of the epidemic and effectiveness of policy responses. -
Desarrollo sostenible en la práctica: La aplicación de un enfoque integrado en América Latina y el Caribe - Nota de Política
The note identifies points of entry and concrete methodologies that have ensured effective bridging of several SDGs and thereby advance faster and more practically on applying an integrated approach that maximizes the ... -
Desert Locusts’ Upsurges: A Harbinger of Emerging Climate Change Induced Crises? - Foresight Brief No. 022 January 2021
(2021)The economic importance of locusts is evident from their impacts on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, economic development and on the environment. This foresight brief discusses some of these issues and highlights ... -
Enhancing NDCS for Food Systems: Recommendations for Decision-Makers - Summary
This paper seeks to provide guidance and recommendations for policymakers to increase ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement using the climate change mitigation and adaptation ... -
Executive summary - What’s cooking? An assessment of the potential impacts of selected novel alternatives to conventional animal products
(2023-12)This is the summary of the Frontiers 2023 special issue report which focuses on the potential environmental, health, social and animal welfare implications of the uptake of novel meat and dairy alternatives, in particular ... -
Food and Ecological Security: Identifying Synergy and Trade-offs - UNEP Policy Series Issue No. 4 June 2011
(2011)Food security is at the top of the global agenda. Almost half a century of growth in food production notwithstanding, 1 in 7 people today receive insufficient protein and energy from their diets. With the world’s population ... -
Food Loss and Waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ Nexus - Foresight Brief No. 020 November 2020
(2020)Food loss and waste, occurring on different stages of food production, distribution and consumption cycles, is now a truly global phenomenon. It results in humanity losing about one-third of total food produce and ca. ¼ ... -
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change - Report Summary
(2020)This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ... -
Global Biodiversity Loss: Safeguarding Biodiversity from an Unprecedented Range of Threats - SDG Policy Brief No. 003
(2018-05)Biodiversity loss is caused by a range of different pressures, from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, pollution or desertification to invasive alien species and climate change. Impacts of biodiversity loss are ... -
Healthy Food for All: How do We Make Healthy Diets Accessible and Affordable for All?: A Framework for Action - Perspectives Issue No. 39
(2020)Unhealthy diets exact a high health cost, cause environmental destruction, increase the risk of pandemic outbreaks and lead to massive greenhouse gas emissions and global food insecurity. That is why a shift towards more ... -
Islam and Food Systems - Position Paper May 2021
(2021)Food plays cultural and spiritual roles for Muslims. The Qur’an makes special references to pure and lawful food and to the principles of balance, justice and health. However, our current extractive approach to food and ... -
Joint Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO) and UNEP Statement Tripartite and UNEP support OHHLEP’s definition of “One Health
(2021)One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider ... -
Key Findings - What’s cooking? An assessment of the potential impacts of selected novel alternatives to conventional animal products
(2023-12)This report focuses on the potential environmental, health, social and animal welfare implications of the uptake of novel meat and dairy alternatives, in particular novel plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated ...