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Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed nearly 10 billion People by 2050 - Synthesis Report
(2018)
The report focuses on technical opportunities and policies for cost-effective scenarios for meeting food, land use, and greenhouse gas
emissions goals in 2050 in ways that can also help to alleviate poverty and do not ...
Resource Experts Urge Re-Think to Build Better Cities
(2018)
2.4 billion people likely to move to urban areas globally before 2050. At least 200 new cities will be built in Asia in the next 30 years. Urban demand for resources could rise by 125 per cent without intervention
Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling - [Factsheet]
(2018)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s United for Efficiency and District Energy in Cities initiatives are accelerating the global transition to energy-efficient and climate-friendly cooling. Getting the right ...
The Weight of Cities: Resource Requirements of Future Urbanization - Factsheet
(2018)
We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shift future urbanization on to a more environmentally sustainable and socially just path. The Weight of Cities suggests a new approach to focus on low-carbon, resource-efficient, ...
Resource Efficiency for Sustainable Development: Key Messages for the Group of 20
(2018)
The International Resource Panel is honoured to provide scientific insight to the Resource Efficiency Dialogue of the Group of 20. This short document summarizes some of the work done by the IRP in this field, particularly ...
GEO Matters - April 2018
(2018-04)
Monthly Global Environment Outlook Newsletter
Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Roadmap: A Journey Towards a Sustainable Finance System - Executive Summary
(2018)
Sustainable finance as a new paradigm considers environmental, social and governance issues that traditionally have not been included in financial and economic parameters. The new inter- national consensus is that making ...
Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Roadmap: A Journey Towards a Sustainable Finance System
(2018)
The aim of the Roadmap is to set a vision and lay the groundwork to establish a comprehensive and far-reaching sustainable finance strategy contributing to the Agenda 2030 and towards the objectives of the Paris Agreement. ...
Protected Planet Report 2018: Tracking Progress Towards Global Targets for Protected Areas
(2018)
Based on the world’s most up to date records in the World Database on Protected Areas, managed jointly by UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, the report confirms that almost 15% of the earth’s land surface and inland waters, and just above ...
Nature-based Solutions for Water 2018: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2018)
More than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than double that number lack access to safe sanitation. With a rapidly growing global population, demand for water is expected to increase by nearly ...