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Sustainable Consumption and Production: a Handbook for Policymakers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This Handbook is an output of UNEP’s work towards the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). This global edition is based on a pilot edition for Asia and the ...
Sourcebook of Opportunities for Enhancing Cooperation among the Biodiversity Related Conventions at National and Regional Levels
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The Sourcebook focuses on what can be achieved through cooperation among those implementing the Biodiversity-related Conventions at national and regional levels. It provides practical examples, checklists, lessons learnt ...
The Value of Everything
(, 2015)
Discussions regarding the global financial system often happen without a complete and robust understanding of the total value, impact and relevance of all stocks and flows. Indeed, even the “Value of Everything” is not ...
Policy Coherence of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Natural Resource Perspective
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim, by 2030, to end human deprivation worldwide. They represent a coherent, collective vision of a better future for all and provide a framework by which progress towards this ...
New Rules for New Horizons: Report of the High Level Symposium on Reshaping Finance for Sustainability
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Finance is the means by which we channel accumulated wealth into productive new activities to generate more real wealth and wellbeing.
The Regional State of the Coast Report: Western Indian Ocean
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2015)
The Regional State of Coast Report for the western Indian Ocean (WIO) is the first comprehensive regional synthesis to provide insights into the enormous economic potential around the WIO, the consequential demand for ...
Product Sustainability Information: State of Play and Way Forward
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production threaten global development and environmental wellbeing. Ensuring sustainable consumption and production should take a life cycle approach, and central to this is the ...
Fiscal incentives for agricultural commodity production: Options to forge compatibility with REDD+: UN-REDD Policy Brief 7
(2015)
Fiscal policies and incentives are often key underlying drivers of forest change that influence land use behavior in sectors that encroach on forests, although the understanding of their impacts on forests is often lacking. ...
Financial Reform, Institutional Investors and Sustainable Development : A Review of Current Policy Initiatives and Proposals for Further Progress
(UNEP, 2015)
This paper provides perspectives and proposals on the relationship between institutional investors and sustainable development. It builds on a Discussion Paper prepared for a workshop hosted by the inquiry and CalPERS in ...
Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal
(2015)
The Practical Sourcebook aims to enhance the capacity of governments and other relevant stakeholders to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner.