Browsing Manuals, Guides and Toolkits by Topic "Finance and Economic Transformations"
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Accelerating to Energy-efficient Products by Product Registration Systems - Guidance Note 1: What is a Product Registration System and Why Use One?
(2019)This guidance note is the first of a series of guidance notes prepared by UN Environment’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative. The series intends to assist policymakers in developing and emerging economies who have or ... -
Accelerating to Energy-efficient Products by product Registration Systems - Guidance Note 2: Planning to Build – Foundational Considerations
(2019)This guidance note is the second of a series of guidance notes prepared by United for Efficiency (U4E) and aims to detail a range of important items that need to be considered in general before embarking on the development ... -
Advancing the Transition to an Inclusive Green Economy - A Policy Review Manual
(2020)This manual provides policymakers with a methodology for conducting a review of a country’s Inclusive Green Economy Policy framework, to take the pulse of the concept and related policies 10 years after the work on UNEP’s ... -
Beat Plastic Pollution Practical Guide - World Environment Day 2023
(2023-05)Plastic pollution is preventable. Taking action across all sectors of society can halt and reverse it. This guide provides some tips on how we can all be part of the global movement to #BeatPlasticPollution. -
Become a #SolveDifferent Champion: A Guide for Member States
(2019)This toolkit for Member States contains practical guidance and information for use in the lead-up to and during the Assembly. -
Building an Environmental Management Information System (EMIS): Handbook with Toolkit
(2001)EMIS stands for Environmental Management Information System. Such a system consists of formalised steps to capture information, as well as fixed procedures to retrieve this information. Generally speaking, the EMIS covers ... -
Cambodia Spatial Planning National Resource Document
(2013-03)Cambodia’s national resource report on spatial planning in coastal areas, with a focus on preventing/reducing the impacts of emergency issues, including natural disasters, climate change and sea-level-rise, considers issues ... -
Code of Conduct to Prevent Harassment, including Sexual Harassment, at UN Systems Events
(2022-11)The organizations of the United Nations system are committed to enabling events at which everyone can participate in an inclusive, respectful and safe environment. UN system events are guided by the highest ethical and ... -
Computer Analysis for Environmental Biologists
(1987)It is appropriate that a training course in computer based quantitative methods for environmental biologists be held at this time and it is especially appropriate that it be held in Singapore. For developing countries, ... -
Dredging and Marine Aggregate Extraction
(2022-05)Dredging and marine aggregate extraction are inherently harmful to the marine environment and are not considered as part of the sustainable blue economy. However, dredging – specifically capital and maintenance dredging – ... -
Eco-Entrepreneurship Guide
(2017)This guide covers empowering BDAs & NSAs to advocate for sustainable consumption and production practices and support Eco-Entrepreneurs in their development and transition towards green inclusive businesses -
Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounting: Step-by-Step Guide to the Compiler
(2024-02)This guide was prepared to assist countries to use the Compiler for economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) to compile data that can be used to monitor progress in attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ... -
Energy Efficiency and Functional Performance Requirements Based on International Standards - Model Regulation Guidelines
(2022)Based on data from the United Nations Environment Programme ( United for Efficiency (U 4 E) 2022 country savings assessments, energy consumption is expected to increase by 41 by 2040 Consequently, dramatically increased ... -
Enhancing the Uptake and Impact of Corporate Sustainability Reporting: A Handbook and Toolkit for Policymakers and Relevant Stakeholders
(2019)Corporate sustainability reporting constitutes an essential lever for the transformation of companies’ practices and for ensuring their contribution to sustainable development. It represents a potential mechanism for ... -
Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure: A Practical Guide for Financial Institutions
(2018)Financial institutions wishing to understand and assess their exposure to natural capital risks have faced a lack of comprehensive and systematic information on how businesses depend on the environment and the consequences ... -
Form A – Project Application: Special Programme Sixth Round of Applications – 2022
(2022-04)Read the Application Guidelines carefully before filling in the Application Form. Do not modify the form’s original format. Modified forms will not be accepted -
Gender and Environment: Support Kit for UN Environment Staff
(2017)The purpose of this support kit is to help UN Environment staff understand the relevance of gender in their specific field and provide entry points for integration of gender in project cycle activities and communications. ... -
Gender Integration in Renewable Energy Policy: A Guideline for Renewable Energy Policy and Decision Makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020-11)The purpose of this guide is to introduce and improve the integration of gender issues in renewable energy policies, plans and strategies by providing practical ways to step up commitments in renewable energy policy in an ... -
The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations
(2000)The purpose of The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations is to assist organisations in this accounting and reporting process. The guidelines ... -
Goodlife Goals [Pack of Actions]
(2018)The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint for a better future. And together we can reach them. By following the Good Life Goals we can all help make tomorrow better than today. Let’s do this!