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The challenge of achieving economic growth and development in the face of the limited carrying capacity of the environment has become increasingly apparent in recent years. In...

The objective of the document is to help the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to design or...

This study, which serves as a companion to the main report, looks at how digital finance is already enabling citizens to participate more directly in the infrastructure...

This report is produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of its Green Economy Initiative. The purpose of this report is to present an overview of the...

This Briefing is intended for forward­looking financial institutions to operationalise BES in the financial sector. It builds on earlier work by UNEP FI’s Bloom and Bust report3...

Not all that is very useful commands high value (water, for example) and not everything that has a high value is very useful (such as a diamond). This example expresses not one...

This discussion paper highlights areas of ocean and coastal management for which a better understanding of the economic value of marine ecosystem services could: • substantially...

The aim of this feasibility study is to combine the efforts on the measurement of environmental footprint indicators within the Green Economy Progress (GEP) Measurement...

Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are increasingly being promoted internationally, regionally and nationally as potential solutions to environmental challenges such as...

The green growth concept has been promoted in the Republic of Moldova as a model of social and economic development for economic growth, improved human well-being and social...

The main objectives of this document is to lay out the framework for an Action Plan for sustainable consumption and production in Egypt. The Action Plan builds on recent studies...

Beijing Capital International Airport has shown strong commitment towards ensuring that its growth in air, cargo and passenger traffic is balanced with improved performance in...

The ecological compensation policies of China state that public funding from government should be used to protect areas or objects of critical ecological value. Under the...

Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves “value for money on a whole life...

This report is about the contribution that organic agriculture can make in the EECCA region in the context of the green economy. It is mainly based on three national case...

Bizon 1 is a small company born out of an agricultural research institute struggling for finance after the fall of the Soviet Union. While this posed a challenge for research,...

Deddens Agro is a Ukrainian-German company that has quickly responded to the increasing consumer demand for organic produce. The company started in 2008 with conventional...

EthnoProduct is a Ukranian-Swiss organically certified agricultural company, with field to consumer-ready food products, including organic cereals, dairy and meat products. The...

Ion Cuhal once dreamed of setting up a successful and very profitable company. As a young entrepreneur, “I particularly wanted my company to act in harmony with the environment,...

In 2008, Oleksandr Yushchenko visited the Biofach trade fair and felt inspired after meeting dozens of organic producers in person. Upon his return home in Ukraine, he decided...