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Deep-sea Sponge Grounds: Reservoirs of Biodiversity
(UNEP, 2010)
This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved. Beginning with a summary of research approaches, sponge biology and ...
Financing the Transition: How Climate Change Could Impact the Financial System - Thought Piece for the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
(2017)
This paper presents a fictional Fast Track scenario, suggesting the key features of how a rapid transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy could play out in the financial system in terms of impacts on assets as well as ...
Food Systems and Natural Resources
(2016)
The IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart ...
Food Systems and Natural Resources: Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)
The IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart ...
Resource efficiency: Potential and economic implications: Summary for Policy-Makers
(2016)
The assessment demonstrates that because many areas of resource use are rela vely ine cient, the poten al for resource e ciency is tremendous. This is supported by the results of the modelling undertaken for this study, ...
Uganda Wetlands Atlas - Volume II
(Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, 2016)
Wetlands underpin the livelihoods of people and their integrity is fundamental to national development. The Uganda Wetlands Atlas, Volume II presents a comprehensive overview of the state and pressures on the wetlands in ...
Greening the Financial System: Enhancing Competitiveness Through Economic Development
(2017)
This briefing summarises the discussions held during a roundtable for market and policy leaders in Washington, D.C. on 20 April 2017. The goal of the event was to explore pathways to scale and speed up green finance and ...
Scaling Citizen Action on Climate: ANT Financial’s Efforts Towards a Digital Finance Solution
(2017)
This report shows that almost half of Ant Financial Services Group’s 450 million users signed up to Ant Forest, an app that gamifies carbon footprint tracking – cutting greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrating the massive ...
The International Resource Panel: 10 Key Messages on Climate Change
(2015)
This note draws on the findings of the United Nations’ expert panel on natural resources – the International Resource Panel (IRP) – to highlight some key policy-relevant messages on how sustainable management of natural ...
Greening the Financial System: Exploring the Ways Forward - A Briefing
(2017)
This briefing summarises the discussions held during the “Greening the Financial System: Exploring the Ways Forward” event in Washington, D.C. on 12 October 2017. The goal of this convening, the fourth in the series, was ...