Browsing Publications and Documents by Author "World Bank"
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Biological Diversity and the Urban Environment - Ecosystem Conservation Group Issue Paper
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (United Nations Environment Programme, 2001)At its eighteenth session, held on 9 July 1998 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAQ), in Rome, the Ecosystem Conservation Group (ECG) decided that the issue of biological ... -
The Cost of the Gender gap in Agricultural Productivity in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women); World Bank (2015)The report provides a unique quantification of the costs in terms of lost growth opportunities and an estimate of what societies, economies, and communities would gain if the gender gap in agriculture is addressed. The ... -
Country/Region-Specific Emmission Factors in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
United Nations Environment Programme; World Bank; United Nations Development Programme (1997)The objective of this study is to identify and collect new emission factors which have not yet been taken into account in the IPCC Guidelines. The aim of the study is to make these emission factors more readily available, ... -
Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed nearly 10 billion People by 2050 - Synthesis Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2018)The report focuses on technical opportunities and policies for cost-effective scenarios for meeting food, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions goals in 2050 in ways that can also help to alleviate poverty and do not ... -
Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Sustainably Feed than a Billion People by 2050 – World Resources Report 2013-14: Interim Findings
World Resources Institute; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme; World Bank (2014)This report presents the interim findings of the World Resources Report 2013–2014: Creating a Sustainable Food Future. The report analyzes the challenge and identifies the most promising technical options from a comprehensive ... -
Economic Assessment of Forestry Project Impacts - FAO Forestry Paper 106
United Nations Environment Programme; World Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1992)By the end of the 80s the shift in emphasis in forestry development towards social and environmental concerns had added complexity to forestry sector and project work. but it had not diminished the importance of a solid ... -
Engaging with Religion and Faith-Based Actors on Agenda 2030/The SDGs - 2018 Annual Report of The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Engaging Faith-Based Actors for Sustainable Development
United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Engaging Faith-Based Actors for Sustainable Development (2018)This report provides an overview of the engagement with faith-based actors and faith-related activities by the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Engaging Faith-Based Actors for Sustainable Development ... -
Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; United Nations Environment Programme; World Bank (2018)This report lays out the agenda for integrating climate considerations into all aspects of our societies and setting up the right incentives to better align financial flows by focussing on key transformational action areas: ... -
Low-GWP Alternative for Small Rigid PU Foam Enterprises
United Nations Environment Programme; World Bank (2014)To improve technical capacity in relation to adoption of cyclopentane technology of a large number of small foam producers, the project was, therefore, designed to assist a system house for which small foam enterprises ... -
The Montreal Protocol: Partnerships Changing the World
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Industrial Development Organization; United Nations Development Programme; World Bank (2005)The countries of the world can succeed in overcoming grave international problems if their efforts are based on on partnerships, capacity building, flexible implementation mechanisms, and adequate funding.The example of ... -
Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor - A Contribution to the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank; United Kingdom, Department for International Development; United Nations Environment Programme (2002)The objective of this paper is to contribute to a global dialog on how to integrate adaptation to climate variability and climate change into poverty reduction. The paper was prepared jointly by the African Development ... -
Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System
United Nations Environment Programme (2017)The objective of this Roadmap is to propose an integrated approach that can be used by all financial sector stakeholders—both public and private—to accelerate the transformation toward a sustainable financial system. This ... -
Roadmap for a Sustainable Financial System - Executive Summary
United Nations Environment Programme (2017)The objective of this Roadmap is to propose an integrated approach that can be used by all financial sector stakeholders—both public and private—to accelerate the transformation toward a sustainable financial system. This ... -
The United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Development - Annual Report 2019
United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Development; United Nations Interagency Task Force on Engaging Faith-Based Actors for Sustainable Development (2019)This report provides an overview of the engagement with faith-based actors and faith- related activities by the UN system members of the United Nations Inter-agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (short: ... -
A Water Toolbox or Best Practice Guide of Actions: A Contribution from the UN-Water Conference on 'Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20"
United Nations Environment Programme; UN-Water (2011)This water toolbox is an output from the UN-Water conference on ‘Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20’. The objective is to provide proposals based on the analysis of existing practice, reflecting ... -
World Resources 2008: Roots Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme (2008)Three-Quarters of the World’s Forest Citizens- those living on less than $2 per day- are dependent on the environment for a significant part of their daily livelihoods. Climate change, therefore, adds a real urgency to the ... -
World Resources Report 2010-2011 - Decision Making in a Changing Climate: Adaptation Challenges and Choices
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme; World Bank; World Resources Institute (2011)Climate change will affect many sectors, including agriculture, electricity production, transportation, forest and land use, and water management. Climate change is not just an environmental problem; its impacts affect all ...