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Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Challenges - Foresight Brief No. 023 March 2021
Climate change was recently added to the wide range of agelong social challenges stemming from urbanisation. These challenges are becoming increasingly urgent to address. This... -
Scaling up Green Bond Markets for Sustainable Development: An Executive...
This Briefing offers a range of options for building green bond markets which ultimately will help policymakers, regulators and public financial institutions meet their... -
EbA in Different Ecosystems: Placing Measures in Context - Briefing Note 3
This briefing note provides an overview of EbA measures commonly implemented in particular ecosystems (mountains, drylands, wetlands, coasts, and urban systems), reflecting... -
Designing the Article 6.4 Mechanism: Lessons Learned from the CDM
Key messages and recommendations - The operational rules of Article 6.4 under the Paris Agreement would influence the supply of carbon credits on the market; however, the demand... -
Gender and Waste Nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal - Policy Brief
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High-end Climate Change and Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #3
Key Messages: i) Global warming of 4°C relative to pre-industrial would lead to severe impacts worldwide, with frequent extreme human heat stress conditions in the Tropics,... -
The Risk of Cascading Climate Change Shocks and Stressors - Science for...
Key messages – i) Cascading impacts of climate change amplify human vulnerabilities and risks, and further challenge the success of our sustainable development trajectories. ii)... -
Early Warning Systems for Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #4
Key messages- i) Strengthening Early Warning Systems for Adaptation (EWSA) helps countries prepare for extreme weather events, now and in the future, and improves pathways... -
Transboundary Climate Risk and Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #2
Key Messages: i) Adaptation science should support the policy community to adopt a transboundary lens to better manage the systemic nature of climate risk. ii) Adaptation is not... -
Addendum to the Emissions Gap Report 2021: A Preliminary Assessment of the...
This note provides a preliminary assessment of the implications of the new or updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs), other 2030 mitigation pledges and net-zero... -
Adaptation Decision-Support Tools and Platforms - Science for Adaptation...
Key messages: • Decision support for adaptation should be useful (relevant, comprehensive and reliable) and usable (accessible, authoritative, attractive and engaging). •... -
Making Infrastructure Resource Efficient - Policy Brief October 2019
This policy brief, Making Infrastructure Resource Efficient, identifies a critical need to decouple economic growth from the extraction and use of natural resources.... -
How to Articulate Integrated Responses to the Health, Economic and Climate...
Cómo articular respuestas integradas a las crisis sanitaria, económica y climática en América Latina y el Caribe: La Recuperación pos-COVID-19 -
Enhancing NDCS for Food Systems: Recommendations for Decision-Makers - Summary
This paper seeks to provide guidance and recommendations for policymakers to increase ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement using the... -
Sustainable Public Procurement: Green Room Air Conditioners on Government...
Government e-Marketplace (GeM), launched in 2016, is an online platform for public procurement in India with the objective to create an open and transparent procurement platform... -
Navigating the Adaptation Challenge - Briefing Note 2
This Briefing Note introduces how resilience thinking, which considers interactions within a coupled socialecological system, can help to navigate the adaptation challenge and... -
Developing the Economic Case for EbA - Briefing Note 5
This briefing note highlights the range of information that should be incorporated in making an economic case for EbA, and the relevance of compiling it for all adaptation... -
Selecting Complementary Adaptation Measures - Briefing Note 4
To respond to climate change hazards and impacts, an overall adaptation strategy should be devised drawing on the full range of possible adaptation solutions. This briefing note... -
Making EbA an Effective Part of Balanced Adaptation Strategies: Introducing...
This briefing note serves as an introduction to the series, with a focus on creating conceptual clarity on EbA and its relation to other related approaches, as well as how EbA... -
Integrating EbA into National Planning - Briefing Note 6
To effectively address the negative impacts of climate change now and in the future, climate change adaptation strategies need to be integrated into wider national policies and...