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Key Messages - Adaptation Gap Report 2022
- Climate risks are rising as global warming accelerates. Both strong mitigation and adaptation are key to help vulnerable countries and communities cope with impacts of...
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Executive Summary — Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow –...
The report finds that global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation are increasing incrementally. However, they are not keeping pace with increasing... -
Plastic Material Flow and Value Chain Analysis (Thailand)
This report was developed as part of the SEA circular project – Reducing marine litter by addressing the management of the plastic value chain in South-East Asia – implemented... -
Nile River Basin: Adaptation to Climate Change Induced Water Stress in the...
Water is one of several current and future critical issues facing Africa and the Nile Basin in particular. Water supplies from rivers, lakes and rainfall are characterized by... -
Executive Summary — Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate...
This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies.... -
Global Goal on Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #6
Successful adaptation results in increased resilience and adaptive capacity and reduced vulnerability in the context of a changing climate. Article 7.1 of the Paris Agreement... -
Seychelles Country Strategy Paper
The strategy paper assesses the country' development prospects and challenges, as well as the Government's strategic options. It also focuses on the role the Bank Group can play... -
30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special...
Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures.... -
STEP UP! A Joint Commitment by Heads of United Nations Entities to Promote...
UNEP in collaboration with relevant UN entities under the Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human Rights has developed the Joint Commitment by Heads of United Nations... -
Seven Lessons on Using Ecosystem Restoration for Climate Change Adaptation -...
The specific context for this paper is provided by two current initiatives: the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade), which was launched in 2021, and the Global EbA... -
Replication Strategy - GEF/UNEP Project “Integrated Stockholm Convention...
The project’s overall objective is to facilitate the development, transmission, access and use of data contained in National Implementation Plans (Article 7) and National... -
Hacking Economics for People and Planet - Foresight Brief No. 006 - February 2018
As global environmentalism and environmental policy-making has moved into the 21st century, it has not significantly addressed a critical blindspot: the fundamental human system... -
Lagos Non-Motorised Transport Policy: Empowering pedestrians and cyclists...
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on behalf of the Lagos State Government (LSG) has initiated the process of creating a Non-Motorised Transport (NMT)... -
Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) for COVID-19 Recovery in the...
We are pleased to announce that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will initiate the project Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement for COVID-19 Recovery in the... -
UNEP and Indigenous Peoples: A Partnership in Caring for the Environment:...
The objective of this Policy Guidance to UNEP is to better understand and build on the Indigenous Peoples’ rights, knowledge, practices and systems that provide the framework... -
Status Update of Mercury Devices Substitution in the Health sector in Sao...
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Putting Carbon Back Where It Belongs: The Potential of Carbon Sequestration...
Soil’s contribution to climate change, through the oxidation of soil carbon, is important. However, soils – and thus agriculture - can play a major role in mitigating climate... -
We are Losing the "Little Things that Run the World" - Foresight Brief No....
Insects make up about half of all known living organisms. They play key roles in, pollination, nutrient cycling, food chains or birds and other insectivores, and are one of the... -
The Role of Business in Moving from Linear to Circular Economies - GEO for...
The analysis presented in this brief shows there is a need for businesses to act, rather than continuing to assume that old business models will remain profitable. Crucial to... -
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...