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Inventory of technical and institutional resources for promoting methyl bromide alternatives
(UNEP, 2001)
This publication presents an international directory of organizational resources for promoting methyl bromide alternatives. It identifies a wide range of potential project partners for government officials who are designing ...
Our Planet: agriculture and economic development
(UNEP, 2007)
This is the United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine. By one measure at least, agriculture ranks as one of the extraordinary success stories of the past decades. Roughly one quarter of the Earth’s terrestrial ...
Passaporte Verde: Ecoeficiência em Empreendimentos Turísticos: Orientações Práticas
(2014)
Com objetivo de estimular práticas de consumo e produção sustentável no turismo, a campanha Passaporte Verde é uma iniciativa global do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente. A campanha é referência internacional ...
Financing Sustainable Development: Moving from Momentum to Transformation in a Time of Turmoil
(2016)
Unlocking finance for sustainable development is a challenge of our times that we must address head on. This report highlights real options to do just that. It shows us how we can work beyond today’s turmoil, or even how ...
Understanding Synergies and Mainstreaming among the Biodiversity Related Conventions : A Special Contributory Volume by Key Biodiversity Convention Secretariats and Scientific Bodies
(2016-09)
This multi-author volume is an attempt by the United Nations Environment to engage with the Heads of various biodiversity related conventions and Chairs of Scienti c Bodies of the conventions to understand the opportunities ...
Financing the Future: Report of the Italian National Dialogue on Sustainable Finance
(2017)
This report a) sets out the global and national landscape in terms of the challenge of financing sustainable development, with a focus on the environmental dimension; b) explores two of the key priorities that cut across ...
A Review of International Financial Standards as they Relate to Sustainable Development
(2017)
This report seeks to investigate the financial standards and further to consider to what extent they currently relate to sustainable development, how they can support and solidify the various G20 policy commitments and the ...
Green Finance for Developing Countries: Needs, Concerns and Innovations
(2016-07)
This briefing outlines key concerns and needs of developing countries in relation to green finance, particularly focusing on developing countries that are not members of the G20. It also highlights emerging innovations, ...
Greening the Banking System: Taking Stock of G20 Green Banking Market Practice. Inquiry Working Paper 16/12
(2016-09)
This paper takes stock of G20 experience with green banking, focusing on market practice. It assesses the evolving green banking agenda, focusing on mainstreaming and mobilization, drivers of progress, and key barriers. ...
Government Subsidies to the Global Financial System: A Preliminary Exploration. Inquiry Working Paper 16/11
(2016-07)
The primary goal of the present study is to understand the character and to estimate the total value of subsidies, both direct and implicit, from governments to the private sector institutions that make up the global ...