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SCP Policies: Workshop Summary in Israel 2015 - SwitchMed Programme
(2015)This document summarizes a series of workshops on various sustainable consumption and production strategies that were conducted in the past year as part of the SWITCHMed Programme in Israel. -
Screening Information Data Set: SIDS for High Production Volume Chemicals - OECD Initial Assessment Volume 6 Part 1
(2000)The OECD Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) project is a cooperative effort of OECD countries designed to collect information on High Production Volume chemicals. One of the goals of the SIDS project is to locate the ... -
SDG 10 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 10 (SDG 10) - Reduce Income Inequality within and among Countries
(2019)The UN Environment Assembly 4 resolution on the poverty-environment nexus urges Member States to apply integrated, innovative and coherent approaches in developing and implementing policies, laws, plans and budgets for ... -
SDG 11 Issue Brief: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) – making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable highlights the important role cities play in the global political agenda. -
SDG 12 Issue Brief: Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns promotes increased human well-being while decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation. -
SDG 13 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13) - Promote Mechanisms for Raising Capacity for Effective Climate Change-related Planning and Management in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, including Focusing on Women, Youth and Local and Marginalized Communities
(2019)Restoring degraded habitats such as mangrove forests and peatlands reduce risks related to climate change impacts, will act as a vital carbon sink and promote biodiversity recovery. -
SDG 15 Issue Brief: Promoting the Sustainability of Terrestrial Ecosystems and Halting Desertification, Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 15 – Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. -
SDG 16 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) - Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
(2019)SDG 16, with its emphasis on realizing peaceful, inclusive and just societies, provides the foundations for achieving all other SDGs. No resource or tool is more powerful in making progress, economically, environmentally ... -
SDG 4 Issue Brief - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4): Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
(2019)In order to address climate change and mitigate its impact, systemic changes are required in education -
SDG 6 Issue Brief: Ensuring Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all – con rms the importance of water and sanitation in the global political agenda. Building on the ... -
SDG 7 Issue Brief: Ensuring Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
(2018)Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) – ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all – with its targets on universal access, energy efficiency and renewable energy, will open a ... -
SDG 8 Issue Brief: Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) - Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
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SDG ICT Playbook: From Innovation to Impact
(2015)This playbook recommends where investments in information and communications technology (ICT) should be made in order to support achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The playbook demonstrates ... -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Aruba - CEP Technical Report 25
(Caribbean Environment Programme, 1993)The Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Aruba describes the following priorities: (a) to strengthen public awareness initiatives, (b) to encourage greater activism on the part of law enforcement officials in the confiscation ... -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Saint Lucia - CEP Technical Report 26
(1993)The WIDECAST Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for St. Lucia is fully supportive of all efforts aimed at improving the national capability to conserve sea turtle populations. This Action Plan represents a significant advance ... -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan For St. Vincent and the Grenadines - CEP Technical Report 27
(Caribbean Environment Programme, 1993)This comprehensive Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan is designed to provide policy-makers and non-government groups with detailed information requisite to make informed conservation decisions. This Action Plan is one of a ... -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Suriname - CEP Technical Report 24
(1993)The objective of the recovery action plan series is to assist Caribbean governments in the discharge of their obligations under the SPAW Protocol, and to promote a regional capability to implement scientifically sound sea ... -
Sea water desalination in the Mediterranean assessment and guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)The need for desalting seawater is becoming more and more pressing in many parts of the world. During the period from 1950 to 1990 the worldwide consumption of water was tripled, while the population grew by 2.3 billion ... -
Seagrasses of East Asia: Environmental And Management Perspectives - RCU/EAS Technical Report Series No.6
(1995)Seagrasses are the only group of submerged flowering plants in tropical and temperate marine environment. Thriving mostly in shallow-water coastal habitats, they are adapted to live submerged in saline medium, with an ...