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Luxembourg Report on Sustainable Governance Indicators
(2014)
For more than three decades, Luxembourg’s GDP growth rate as well as rate of job creation was ranked among the top performers in the European Union. Yet both have since decreased considerably and during the review period, ...
Fighting Environmental Crime in Spain: A Country Report
(European Union, 2015)
In recent decades, as a consequence of the rising awareness of the damage caused by economic development to the environment, the Spanish legislator has resorted to using criminal law to protect the environment, first, ...
UN-REDD National Programme Document: Papua New Guinea
(2010)
Papua New Guinea has taken a global lead in seeking to combat climate change, particularly by proposing measures to realise the carbon abatement opportunity offered by preserving and sustainably managing tropical forests, ...
UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase II Programme: Operationalising REDD+ in Viet Nam
(2013)
Viet Nam is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse effects of climate change, facing potential extensive economic damage and loss of life. The country therefore has much to gain by joining the ...
UN-REDD National Programme Document: Philippines
(2011)
This initial national programme is a one year undertaking which aims to develop the Philippines REDD readiness by putting in a place the enabling environment.
UN-REDD National Programme Document: Zambia
(2010)
The NJP is the first step toward preparation. Its goal is to prepare Zambian stakeholders and institutions for effective future nationwide implementation of REDD+, and it has the following objectives: i) build institutional ...
Technology, Finance and Statistics for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
(2015)
As this report points out, mostly the news is good. In 2001, it may have seemed a daunting task to halve the 1990 poverty rate − the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day. In fact Asia and the Pacific has ...
Guidebook On National Legislation For Adaptation To Climate Change
(2011)
This Guidebook, which is based on the outcome of a UNEP pilot project that was carried out in three South East Asian countries in 2009-2010 - Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam - is intended to serve as a tool to help decision-makers ...
Design of a Sustainable Financial System: Swiss Team Input into the UNEP Inquiry
(Swiss Team for the UNEP Inquiry, 2015)
The UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System identifies financing as one of the greatest challenges in advancing sustainable development. Switzerland is strongly committed to environmental issues. In ...
UNEP Regional Office for North America Newsletter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
UNEP Regional Office for North America December 2015 Newsletter