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Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report: Benefits of cooling efficiency and the Kigali Amendment
(2020)
Almost one-third of the world’s population faces dangerous temperatures for more than 20 days a year, while heatwaves cause 12,000 deaths annually. Staying cool is a health and productivity issue. We need to provide equitable ...
Right to a Healthy Environment: Good Practices - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
(2020)
The present report highlights good practices in the recognition and implementation of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The term “good practice” is defined broadly, to include laws, ...
State of Environment and Outlook Report for the occupied Palestinian Territory 2020
(2020)
This report provides an overview of the current state of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territory. Building on earlier work by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the report includes analysis of ...
Integrated Water Resources Management: Good Practices in Sudan - Adapt for Environment and Climate Resilience in Sudan (ADAPT!)
(2020)
This document is designed to collate information around Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) good practices and Sudanese case studies. It will form a baseline that can be used to inform project design and advocate ...
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change
(2020)
This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ...
Estado de la Movilidad Eléctrica: América Latina y el Caribe 2019
(2020)
Esta es la tercera edición del informe regional sobre movilidad eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe, para el año 2019, desarrollado por la plataforma MOVE de la Oficina Regional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para ...
Consumer Information Tools and Climate Change: Facilitating low-carbon choices in Tourism, Buildings and Food Systems - Guidance for Policy Makers and Business Leaders
(2020)
This report details how the use of consumer information tools can support greenhouse gas emission reductions in three industry sectors: tourism, buildings and food. Consumer information covers a range of tools and systems ...
Managing Environmental, Social and Governance Risks in Non-Life Insurance Business
(2020)
The four Principles for Sustainable Insurance, including a list of possible actions, provide a
common aspiration and global framework for the insurance industry to manage ESG issues,
and to strengthen its contribution ...
Trainer's Manual: Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Rural Resilience in Tanzania
(2020)
This report has been prepared for Vice President Office of Tanzania as part of work on EbA
Trainings of Trainers under the project “Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Rural Resilience
in Tanzania”
Enhancing NDCS for Food Systems: Recommendations for Decision-Makers
(2020)
This paper seeks to provide guidance and recommendations for policy-makers to increase ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement using the climate change mitigation and adaptation ...