40 datasets found

This publication examines the idea that Least Developed Countries (LDCs) possess the economic conditions, the natural and cultural assets, and the policy setting to embrace, if...

The following report, produced by Worldwatch Institute (September 2008), has compiled evidence of green jobs available currently and how a 'green' economy could create and...

Rare earth elements (REE) include the 17 elements on the periodic table of chemical elements. Industrial demand for these elements is small in terms of volume but they are...

The report shows that new opportunities offered by a green economy will help LDCs meet their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the internationally agreed poverty reduction...

This publication gives a snapshot of the significant contribution that UNEP with its partners have made around the world in protecting our limited fresh water resources for the...

Continued integration of pro-poor environmental sustainability issues into development processes is at the core of the work of the joint United Nations Development Programme...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the development of an integrated, science-­‐based set of indicators to monitor progress towards SCP patterns which supports the...

The EMG's Issue Management Group on Green Economy was tasked to prepare a report to assess how the United Nations system could coherently support countries in transitioning to a...

Two key parallel streams of work have been on policy (e.g. what constitutes investment grade policy) and identifying and tracking international flows of funds and investments...

Newsletter of the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia.

This report shows how South-South Cooperation is playing a key role to identify solutions to sustainable development challenges, as well as delivering new ideas and resources to...

The Newsletter of UNEP's Regional Office for Africa

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policy and practice.The Partnership supports nations and regions in...

This issue focuses on combating sand, dust storms, green economy and UNEPs activities in West Asia..

UNEP magazine for youth.

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policy and practice.The Partnership supports nations and regions in...

Ending poverty can be achieved if sustainable economic growth, social protection, and environmental health and stewardship are considered together. Tracking progress through new...

The medium-term strategy (MTS) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) sets out an analysis of the significant environmental challenges that the world will face in...

The UNEP medium-term strategy for the period 2014–2017 plots the direction that UNEP will take in pursuit of that goal. It lays out the vision, strategic objectives and the...

The Green Growth Index measures a country’s performance in meeting sustainability targets including the SDGs, the Paris Agreement and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, in four...