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UNEP FI Guide to Banking & Sustainability: Understanding and Implementing Sustainability in your Bank based on the UNEP Statement of Commitment by Financial Institutions on Sustainable Development
(2011)
This guide provides a clause-by-clause explanation of the UNEP Statement of Commitment by Financial Institutions on Sustainable Development, seeking both to shed further light on the meaning of individual clauses, and to ...
Biofuels Vital Graphics: Powering a Green Economy
(2011)
Issues related to biofuels are complex and interconnected: they require solid planning and balancing of objectives and trade-offs. Safeguards are needed and special emphasis should be given to options that help mitigate ...
Ecosystem Approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): A Review of Transboundary Basins
(2011)
This research aimed to provide a detailed review of selected transboundary basins to ascertain the application of ecosystem-based approaches and draw specific lessons for effective integrated water resources management in ...
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change - A Caring for Climate Report
(2011)
This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, ...
Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches - Working Paper
(2011)
The purpose of this paper is to help climate change negotiators, other government officials, international institutions, and civil society experts as they jointly work to build the post-2012 international climate regime. ...
Hypoxia and Nutrient Reduction in the Coastal Zone: Advice for Prevention, Remediation and Research - A STAP advisory document
(2011)
Reported cases of coastal hypoxia or low oxygen areas have doubled in each of the last four decades, threatening global environment benefits in most of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) in which GEF supports programs. GEF ...
Living Planet: Connected Planet - Preventing the End of the World's Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks. A Rapid Response Assessment
(2011)
Animal numbers continue to decline worldwide as a result of habitat loss and fragmenta- tion, overharvesting and poaching, pollution, climate change, and the spread of invasive species. Globally, some models predict that ...
Restoring the Natural Foundation to Sustain a Green Economy: A Century-long Journey for Ecosystem Management
(2011)
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the success of Rio+20 through demonstrating the key role that Ecosystem Management has in underpinning the Green Economy and illustrating the advantages of this approach. In ...
Mainstreaming Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production in Policies and Strategies of Rwanda
(2011)
This report discusses Rwandan policies and strategies and the respective provisions and articles that are particularly relevant to the promotion of RECP. The description under each section highlights the strategic entry ...
Climate Change in the South Caucasus: A Visual Synthesis
(2011)
With this publication, Zoï Environment Network aims to communicate the known facts of climate change in a well illustrated, easily understandable manner, accessible to everyone. For this we could rely on the rich Caucasian ...