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Effects of Financial System Size and Structure on the Real Economy: What do we know and what do we not know?
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This paper reviews the banking and finance literature and seeks to summarize the current state of knowledge on the relationship between financial system characteristics and real economic outcomes.1 A particular focus is ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015 – Executive Summary
(2015)
The year 2015 has the potential to become a turning point in global efforts to transform the prevailing social and economic development paradigm into a more sustainable one. The global community reached agreement in September ...
Shock Waves - Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty
(2015)
Ending poverty and addressing climate change are the two defining issues of our time. This report brings together these two overarching objectives and explores how they can be more easily achieved if considered together. ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility: A STAP Advisory Document
(Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), 2015)
Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local and regional air pollutant. It is also a ...
UNEP in Africa Newsletter September - October
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
UNEP Regional Office for Africa Newsletter
Aligning Colombia’s Financial System with Sustainable Development: Current Practice and Future Potential to Mobilize Investment for the Green Economy
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
A range of factors is driving increasing focus within the financial system on the linkages with sustainable development. With a new set of Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations (UN) to be agreed upon in ...
Designing a Sustainable Financial System in Bangladesh: Summary Briefing
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Innovations in policies, regulations and norms to shape a greener and more inclusive financial system are emerging in many places, but particularly in developing and emerging economies. Bangladesh has been a leader in this ...
International Trade in Resources: A Biophysical Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The availability and accessibility of natural resources is essential for human well-being. Natural resources are unevenly distributed, and the limits to their availability in many parts of the world are becoming increasingly ...
Early warning as a human right: building resilience to climate-related hazards
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2015)
Early warning systems (EWS) can improve resilience of households to climate related hazards, by providing information for early action. However, to be effective, early warning systems must themselves incorporate aspects ...