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New Strategic Direction for COBSEA (2008-2012)
The UNEP Regional Seas Programme was launched in 1974 in the wake of the 1972United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm. It aims to address the... -
Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan
This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of climate change governance in Afghanistan in order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for... -
Principles for Responsible Banking - Guidance Document
The Principles for Responsible Banking and their mechanisms for implementation and accountability are captured in three primary documents: The Principles Signature Document, the... -
From Transition to Transformation Sustainable and Inclusive Development in...
The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) provides the pan-European region with the opportunity to assess its progress towards... -
Promoting the Synergies within the Cluster of Biodiversity-Related...
The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies between the biodiversity-related agreements and to develop a set of practical options for... -
African Ocean Governance Strategic Blueprint - Draft pending PoE review
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping study and gap analysis -
Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor - A...
The objective of this paper is to contribute to a global dialog on how to integrate adaptation to climate variability and climate change into poverty reduction. The paper was... -
Environment and Trade Hub: Frequently Asked Questions
Trade is a vital part of the global economy and interlinks with the environment at many levels. Trade liberalization impacts the environment, in negative or positive ways. The... -
Development of Ocean Governance Strategy for Africa: Summary of Scoping...
The role of Africa’s oceans and seas in supporting socio-economic growth and development across different sectors is so significant that cannot be overemphasized. Nonetheless,... -
Regional Seas Strategic Directions (2017-2020) - Regional Seas Studies Series No.201
The Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans adopted the next Regional Seas Strategic Directions (2017-2020) at the 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and... -
Governance of the South West Indian Ocean Seamounts - Science to Policy...
Seamounts are active or extinct volcanoes located on mid-oceanic rifts or intra-plate hot spots. Because of their magmatic origin, seamounts contain mineral resources. A crust... -
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Aligning Financial System...
Finance is a keystone to the successful implementation of the Agenda 2030 but significant barriers exist to securing adequate public and private financing to achieve the... -
Show Me the Money: Linking Environmental, Social and Governance Issues to...
This publication marks the second iteration of work produced by UNEP FI AMWG on the financial materiality of ESG issues. For this round, the AMWG requested ten sell-side... -
Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive...
Goal 16 promotes just, transparent, and accountable governance, together with inclusive frameworks and peaceful societies. -
World Resources 2008: Roots Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor
Three-Quarters of the World’s Forest Citizens- those living on less than $2 per day- are dependent on the environment for a significant part of their daily livelihoods. Climate... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus...
Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political... -
Advancing Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability:...
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... -
Strengthening the Environmental Dimension of the Voluntary National Reviews...
This report presents findings from a project jointly implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).... -
Skálholt III Recommendations
The Faith for Earth Initiative of UNEP has been gaining momentum for some years. At the Faith for Nature: Multi-Faith Action convened in Iceland from 5-8 October 2020, which... -
Faith for Earth Newsletter 20 October 2021 - Strengthening our Environmental Ethic
Compassion towards people and the planet is an ethical virtue, while complacency doing nothing to protect our life support system could be considered as a sin. Business as usual...