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Environment, Climate Change and Security - Foresight Brief No. 012 March 2019
Climate change is happening, and it is a threat to human security. The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of... -
Environmental Variables in Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: A Practical...
This is a companion to the report entitled "Variables Ambientales en la medición de la pobreza multidimensional: Guía Práctica y Ejemplos de América Latina y el Caribe" -
Faith for Earth - Foresight Brief No. 008 - May 2018
To several religions, nature is sacred, has intrinsic value, and therefore demands reverent care (Taylor 2010). Utilizing the agility of these beliefs in addressing climate... -
Comparison of Green Development Policy, ‘Vision 2050’ and UN Sustainable...
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Smoke-haze: A Transboundary Air Pollution Issue in Southeast Asia -...
The importance of this issue lies in the fact that smoke haze pollution has been occurring for several decades in Southeast Asia and with each passing year the pollution gets... -
Economics of Mercury Control - Summary Document
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Poverty-Environment Action's Integrated Approach - Poverty-Environment...
This policy brief highlights key lessons from Poverty-Environment Initiative/Poverty-Environment Action experience, notably on: * The constraints imposed by fragmented and... -
Emerging Sponge Cities - Foresight Brief No. 005 - January 2018
As global populations converge steadily into cities (UN, 2017), fast growing cities are suffering with intensi ed hydroclimatic hazards. In China, more cities are facing... -
Key Messages - Making Peace With Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle...
• 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... -
The Role of Sustainable Food Consumption and Production for a Healthy Planet...
Key messages on Sustainable Food Systems for Stockholm+50 -
Emissions Gap Report 2022: Key Messages - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The...
As climate impacts intensify, the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies finds that the world is still... -
State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Bangladesh - Brief for Policy Makers
This summary is based on the assessment report for Bangladesh and presents the essential findings and recommendations for policy actors to promote gender equality in climate... -
Plastics, Human Rights, and Business Responsibilities - An Issue Brief
A human rights-based approach informed by international human rights law to prevent and manage plastic pollution at each stage of the plastics lifecycle can build the capacity... -
Freshwater Strategy 2017-2021
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Enhancing Communication and Outreach in the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership:...
The 2014 evaluation survey undertaken among Partners of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership revealed a need to strengthen the communication for the Partnership, both internal... -
Marine Plastics Litter and Microplastics - Foresight Brief No. 002 - September 2017
The global production of plastics has increased from 1.5 million tons in 1950s to about 300 million tons currently, at an average rate of 4 per cent per annum and is expected to... -
The Changing Aral Sea - Foresight Brief No. 003 October 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... -
Lake Urmia: Signs of Recovery - Foresight Brief No. 004 - November 2017
Lake Urmia, located in a mountainous region between the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran is one of the country’s most important ecosystems. Recent... -
Executive Summary - An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions...
Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to tackle climate change in the short-term, as it remains in the atmosphere for far fewer years than carbon dioxide. It is for this... -
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands - Evidence...
A major focus of this assessment is on how better peatland management can be deployed as a nature-based solution to halt biodiversity loss, support climate change adaptation,...