Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by SDGs "SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions"
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1. Introduction - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)This introductory chapter reviews how the implementation gap in environmental law came to be, defines environmental rule of law, discusses its benefits, considers how it can be achieved and how it evolved, and reviews the ... -
2. Institutions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)This chapter reviews the critical role that institutions play in environmental rule of law and the key opportunities for building more effective environmental institutions. In particular, the chapter highlights the need ... -
2021 Annual Report to the Committee of Permanent Representatives on Private Sector Engagement
(2021)The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) would like to update the Committee of Permanent Representatives on its engagement with the private sector, since the last Report on 13 November 2020. This Report includes active and newly ... -
3. Civic Engagement - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
Environmental rule of law requires a whole-of-society approach. While substantial emphasis is naturally placed on strengthening governmental institutions at the national, regional, and local levels, civil society also plays ... -
4. Rights - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)After decades of rapid development of environment-related rights, government, companies, courts, and citizens in many places are still grappling with transforming these words on paper into meaningful and lasting environmental ... -
6. Future Directions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019, 2019)This chapter highlights four key opportunities for improving environmental rule of law: capitalizing on linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals; engaging diverse actors; conducting a regular assessment of the ... -
Action Plan Booklet - UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
This action plan is a living document by the UN Decade partner network to collectively work towards the goals and vision of this UN Decade. Moving from strategy to action, this plan allows all existing and new partners to ... -
Advancing Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability: Rio+20 and the World Congress of Chief Justices, Attorneys General and Auditors General
(2012-11)Key contributions to the Congress. Speeches, articles, the Rio+20 Declaration on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability and other documents that encase the critical importance behind the World Congress’ ... -
Afghanistan's Environmental Recovery: A Post-conflict Plan for People and their Natural Resources
(2006)As Afghanistan moves forward, the Government has placed security, good governance, and self-sustainability at the top of its reconstruction agenda. To achieve these goals, investment in rebuilding human capital and ... -
Afghanistan: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment
(UNEP, 2003)UNEP’s post-conflict environmental assessment illuminates Afghanistan’s current levels of degradation, and sets forth a path that the country can take towards sustainable development. It warns us of a future without water, ... -
Afghanistan: Post-Conflict environmental assessment
(UNEP, 2003)This report presents facts on the state of the environment, specific findings concerning the urban environment and the natural resources if Afghanistan and recommendations on how to improve environmental conditions and policies. -
After the Tsunami: Coastal Ecosystem Restoration: Lessons learnt
(2007)This report explains what is known about coastal ecosystems in the Indonesian province of Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam (NAD or Aceh), their status before the tsunami of 2004, and how they fared after it. It reviews the ecosystem ... -
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development in the United States of America . Inquiry Working Paper 16/100
(2016-01)This working paper identifies the implications of time for investment in sustainability for both the public and the private sectors. It also explores the issue of the interplay between public benefits and investment decisions ... -
Antigua and Barbuda: National Bureau of Statistics Act
(2013)An act to provide for the establishment of a National Bureau of Statistics in Antigua and Barbuda with the functions of developing an integrated statistical system, establishing standards for statistical purposes, collecting, ... -
The Application of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policies in Brazil, China and South Korea: A Synthesis Report
(1997)The motivation behind the growing interest in economic instruments in Brazil, China and South Korea, as in other developing countries, has been to some extent similar to that of OECD countries but with the added urgency ... -
Assessment of Information Exchange Mechanisms Used in Cases of Illegal Shipments of Waste
(2020)Work package 4 of the WasteForce project is aiming at supporting international operational networking between the EU and the Asia-Pacific region through information-sharing activities and dedicated training materials. The ... -
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 110
(1990)Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the damage ... -
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility: A STAP Advisory Document
(Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), 2015)Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local and regional air pollutant. It is also a ... -
Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living
(1991)The aim of this document is to help improve the condition of the world's people, by defining two requirements. One is to secure a widespread and deeply-held commitment to a new ethic, the ethic for sustainable living, and ...