Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by SDGs "SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions"
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1. Introduction - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)This introductory chapter reviews how the implementation gap in environmental law came to be, defines environmental rule of law, discusses its benefits, considers how it can be achieved and how it evolved, and reviews the ... -
The 1992 UNFCCC and the 2015 Paris Agreement: Understanding the Progression of the Climate Change Regime
(2018)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance -
1st Africa Environment Partnership Platform
(2018)Concept and agenda of the Africa Environment Partnership Platform -
2. Institutions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)This chapter reviews the critical role that institutions play in environmental rule of law and the key opportunities for building more effective environmental institutions. In particular, the chapter highlights the need ... -
2015 highlights from Achim Steiner: UNEP Executive Director - UNEP 2015 Annual Report
(UNEP, 2016)The year 2015 will be remembered as a turning point for the environmental agenda. The international community set pivotal tracks for sustainability by adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement ... -
2015 Situation Report on International Migration: Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region
(2015)While international migration is one of the main factors driving economic and social change in the Arab region, the continuing displacement of populations occurring in several countries of the region remains one of the ... -
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Aligning Financial System Architecture and Innovation with Sustainable Development
(2018)Finance is a keystone to the successful implementation of the Agenda 2030 but significant barriers exist to securing adequate public and private financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. A broader strategy ... -
3. Civic Engagement - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)Environmental rule of law requires a whole-of-society approach. While substantial emphasis is naturally placed on strengthening governmental institutions at the national, regional, and local levels, civil society also plays ... -
3era reunión sustantiva del Grupo de Trabajo creado por la resolución AG 72/722 Nairobi, 20 al 22 de mayo de 2019 - Intervención de la República Argentina
(2019-05-20)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/towards-global-pact-environment -
4. Rights - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)After decades of rapid development of environment-related rights, government, companies, courts, and citizens in many places are still grappling with transforming these words on paper into meaningful and lasting environmental ... -
5. Justice - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019)This chapter reviews “justice” broadly and discusses disputes over resources, the impact of resource use and pollution on communities and the environment, and government enforcement of environmental laws. Often, the terms ... -
6. Future Directions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
(2019, 2019)This chapter highlights four key opportunities for improving environmental rule of law: capitalizing on linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals; engaging diverse actors; conducting a regular assessment of the ... -
72/277. Towards a Global Pact for the Environment - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 May 2018 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.51 and A/72/L.51/Add.1)]
(2018-05-14)The General Assembly, among other decisions, requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session in 2018 a technical and evidence-based report that identifies and assesses possible ... -
A brief encounter with ontology in the context of environmental monitoring
Large-scale monitoring endeavours generate a suite of informatics challenges ranging from data acquisition and handling to analysis and synthesis. In this complex space, there is a need to ensure meaningful communication ... -
Access and Benefit Sharing - ABS Simply Explained
(2019-02-20)A short video on Access and Benefit Sharing -
Act #ForNature: A Global Online Forum to Support Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - Save the date! Oslo, Norway June 7-10 2020
(2020)The Act#ForNature forum is the first global consultation in support of the 5th Session of the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment – the UN Environment Assembly – which will be held at the United ... -
Action for Environmental Sustainability and Prosperity in Africa: Embracing Policy Delivery and Implementation Through the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Note by the Secretariat
(2019-10-23)This note is calls for action for environmental sustainability and prosperity in Africa. -
Action on the Environment: The role of the United Nations
(1989)This pamphlet is meant to explain briefly how the UN system operates as regards the environment, and to put those opera-tions into perspective in terms of the rapidly changing percep-tions of what 'environmental action' ...