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Adapt to Survive: Business Transformation in a Time of Uncertainty - GEO for Business Brief No. 1
(2020)The them of this GEO for Business brief is: Adapt to survive: what transformational change means for business: An overarching introductory brief which covers the call from GEO for transformational change – what will ... -
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to carry out a scoping study and gap analysis that examines existing ocean governance mechanism; and to provide recommendations that may provide elements of a concise African Strategy on ocean ... -
Annex 2. Indicative Activities and Sub-activities - [Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]
(2020)The activities and sub-activities presented in the table below are indicative because it is not known which partners will contribute to their implementation. Commitments to undertake specific activities will take place ... -
Annex 3. Initiatives, Institutions, Education Programmes, Policies and Conventions Highlighted by Stakeholders in Feedback received on the Online Draft Strategy as Particularly Relevant for the Decade - [Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]
(2020)The information presented in this annex is not an exhaustive list. It only draws on information provided in the online feedback. Additional information will be added to this ‘living document’ through the course of the ... -
Blockchain Technology and Environmental Sustainability - Foresight Brief No. 19 October 2020
(2020)This Foresight Brief explores how blockchain technology could contribute to enhancing environmental sustainability management. The brief builds upon environmental use cases to review the technology’s key features, including ... -
Blue Carbon – Nationally Determined Contributions Inventory. Appendix to: Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems Opportunities for Nationally Determined Contributions
(2016)This appendix provides an inventory of the existing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and ratified National Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ... -
Building Back Better: The Role of Green Fiscal Policies - Policy Brief
(2020)The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the many fragilities of our economies, and deepened existing inequalities, while highlighting the need for resilience, innovation, and cooperation in our societies. The immediate priority ... -
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ... -
Challenges for the Growth of the Electric Vehicle Market - Foresight Brief No. 017 June 2020
(2020)Electric vehicles (EV) can play an important part in the decarbonisation of the traffic sector. This helps in climate mitigation and positively impacts the air quality of cities, due to reduced emissions such as CO2, NOx, ... -
The Changing Aral Sea - Foresight Brief No. 003 October 2017
(2017)The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest inland lake. Its hydrological balance is strongly determined by inflows from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers which are fed by glacial melt waters from the southwestern ... -
Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Opportunities for Nationally Determined Contributions - Policy Brief
(2016)This policy brief examines the existing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) and ratified National Determined Contributions (NDCs) with regard to the inclusion of specific efforts addressing blue carbon ... -
COVID-19: Implications for Trade and Environment
(2020)Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction during the COVID 19 outbreak and the prospects for a quick recovery of trade depend on the duration of the epidemic and effectiveness of policy responses. -
Emerging Sponge Cities - Foresight Brief No. 005 - January 2018
(2018)As global populations converge steadily into cities (UN, 2017), fast growing cities are suffering with intensi ed hydroclimatic hazards. In China, more cities are facing challenges associated with urban sustainability and ... -
Environment, Climate Change and Security - Foresight Brief NO. 012 March 2019
(2019-03)Climate change is happening, and it is a threat to human security. The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions, and an increase in the ... -
[Executive Summary - Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration]
(2020)This strategy is the result of a global, open and inclusive consultation process in 2019 and 2020. It will be adapted periodically and will guide the implementation of the UN Decade by all stakeholders in a spirit of ... -
Faith for Earth - Foresight Brief No. 008 - May 2018
(2018)To several religions, nature is sacred, has intrinsic value, and therefore demands reverent care (Taylor 2010). Utilizing the agility of these beliefs in addressing climate change, energy conservation, sustainable use of ... -
The Future of Electric Vehicles and Material Resources: A Foresight Brief
(2020)The main goals of this foresight brief are to: • highlight major opportunities and challenges in the mainstreaming of EVs, • examine the sustainability case of EVs by focusing on material resources, and • offer policy ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)Mountains are an important refuge for biodiversity, providing shelter to many endangered animal and plant species through high altitude and relatively inaccessible landscapes. In Africa, the biodiverse Albertine Rift is a ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bhutan: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one of three in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the snow leopard, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ...