Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Topic "Nature Action and biodiversity"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Building a Sustainable Financial System to Serve India's Development Needs: Executive Briefing
(2014)Global investment needs for sustainable development in developing countries-for power, transport, telecoms, water and sanitation, food security and agriculture, climate change, eco-systems, education and health - have been ... -
Coral Reef Restoration to Improve Ecosystem Services - Policy Brief
(2021)Coral reef restoration is becoming a popular tool to assist the recovery of damaged coral reefs. Over the last twenty years, several methods have been developed and applied with varying levels of success. A recent report ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
For People and Planet: The United Nations Environment Programme strategy for tackling climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste from 2022—2025
(2021)In its decision 4/1, the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) requested the Executive Director of UNEP to submit for consideration and approval by the Environment Assembly ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)The brief examines how climate change has multiple, and often interacting, impacts on the mountain gorilla – be it on its physiology, on the ecosystems on which it depends, or on the behaviour of humans living in its ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bhutan: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one of three in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the snow leopard, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the royal Bengal tiger, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Human Rights and Biodiversity: Key Messages
(2021)This document highlights the key human rights obligations and responsibilities with respect to biodiversity-related agreements, policies, strategies and actions. -
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 ... -
Key Messages - Making Peace With Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies
(2021)• Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution add up to three self-inflicted planetary crises that are closely interconnected and put the well-being of current and future generations at unacceptable risk. • Ambitious ... -
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - Partners’ Brief: What You Can Do Now, What You Could Consider Next and What We Can Achieve Together
(2020)The public-facing launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is now confirmed to occur with World Environment Day, on June 5, 2021. This is excellent news: World Environment Day typically reaches 100s of millions ... -
Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies - Technical Summary for Policy Makers
(2021)The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for the assessment of plastic contamination, from macro- to microplastics, in freshwater environments. It provides the most current procedures for monitoring and analysing ... -
Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Challenges - Foresight Brief No. 023 March 2021
(2021-03)Climate change was recently added to the wide range of agelong social challenges stemming from urbanisation. These challenges are becoming increasingly urgent to address. This is because cities are developing at the fastest ...