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In Brief - The State of the World’s Forests 2020: Forests, Biodiversity and People
This edition of SOFO examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage them, to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. It assesses... -
La Dimensión ambiental en la planificación del desarrollo sostenible en...
Esta nota presenta información práctica respecto a las brechas, retos y áreas de oportunidad de Costa Rica para avanzar en una planificación de largo plazo que integre la... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga...
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... -
Harnessing Nature to build Climate Resilience : Scaling up the use of...
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has the potential to significantly enhance the resilience of society to climate change and could be a key part of national and global adaptation... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild...
The Covid-19 pandemic is increasing poverty and threatening food security. Governments around the world have already invested more than $12 trillion to counteract the economic... -
Strengthening Synergies: How Action to Achieve Post-2020 Global Biodiversity...
The essential contribution of nature to addressing climate change provides an opportunity to strengthen the links between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate... -
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
The purpose of this paper is to carry out a scoping study and gap analysis that examines existing ocean governance mechanism; and to provide recommendations that may provide... -
Global Biodiversity Loss: Safeguarding Biodiversity from an Unprecedented...
Biodiversity loss is caused by a range of different pressures, from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, pollution or desertification to invasive alien species and... -
The Role of Environmental and Spiritual Ethics in Global Environmental...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought home the reality of pan-global challenges, and the need for paradigmatic shifts to address them. Transitioning to a more sustainable future... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild...
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... -
Summary of Informal Bilateral Consultations Between COBSEA Secretariat and...
In February and March 2021, the COBSEA Secretariat convened informal online bilateral consultations with National Focal Points (NFPs) and contact persons of COBSEA countries.... -
Freshwater Strategic Priorities 2022–2025 to Implement UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy
Water and water-related ecosystems play a fundamental role in the health of the environment, providing services to people and communities and combating the impacts of climate... -
Future Proofing Infrastructure to Address the Climate Biodiversity and...
Infrastructure is both impacted by and impacts the environment in various feedback loops. Between 1998 and 2017, climate-related disasters accounted for 91 per cent of all... -
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 -
Annexes - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) [GEO-6's Mission, Theory of...
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Pathways towards Sustainable Development - Global Environment Outlook...
This chapter assesses the scenario literature for possible pathways that would achieve those targets, thereby closing the implementation gap (Table 21 2). The focus is on the... -
Future Developments Without Targeted Policies - Global Environment Outlook...
This chapter examines the international scenario literature to assess to what extent current and long-term trends are in line with achieving these targets, and to understand and... -
Biodiversity Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet,...
This chapter follows the twofold (top down and bottom up) policy effectiveness assessment framework outlined in Chapter 10. Key policies and governance approaches (top down): A... -
Biodiversity - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy...
Biodiversity is in crisis. There is well-established evidence indicating an irrevocable and continuing decline of genetic and species diversity, and degradation of ecosystems at...