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On 23 March 2021 the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) – as part of the UN Development Account project "Enhancing...

Africa is rich in natural resources ranging from arable land, water, oil, natural gas, minerals, forest reserve, wildlife, human and natural resources. The continent holds a...

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the status of sustainability reporting in the mining sector, including a focus on transparency and reporting in the mineral...

This publication aims to provide a complete overview of the global challenges related to marine litter and plastic waste through a combination of condensed descriptions of key...

The report offers recommendations and lays out opportunities to increase investment in naturebased solutions. The report finds that approximately USD 133 billion/year currently...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the many fragilities of our economies, and deepened existing inequalities, while highlighting the need for resilience, innovation, and...

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...

Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in deserts and semi-deserts when strong winds blow over dry soils with little or no vegetation. Dust generated by SDS is often raised high...

This summary presents the results of an analysis undertaken to model and assess the viability of sustainable practices for the livestock sector outlined in Costa Rica´s Low...

The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information offer private and public sector professionals clear guidance on making effective, trustworthy claims to...

This Briefing Note introduces how resilience thinking, which considers interactions within a coupled socialecological system, can help to navigate the adaptation challenge and...

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...

About 60.4 million tons of municipal solid waste was generated in West Asia in 2016, with the informal sector collecting an estimated 7.1 per cent of this and about 16.8 per...

Environmental considerations can be integrated in the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This document presents feasible examples and policy tools that integrate...

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...

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...

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...

This document suggests how the recommendation of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on establishing additional digits in the existing 2017 national HS codes to identify...

This is the executive summary of a report this report which aims to identify new ways to improve the science-policy interface by: • Providing a summary of the characteristics of...

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