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From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)
As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ...
Environmental Courts & Tribunals - A Guide for Policy Makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
With over 1,200 environmental courts and tribunals now operating worldwide at the national and state/provincial level, this guide shares concise, practical advice and best practices to make them more effective, updating ...
Definitions and Concepts: Background Note. Inquiry Working Paper 16/13
(2016-09)
This paper provides an initial mapping of existing practice in G20 and other countries and, where relevant internationally, highlights areas of convergence and difference, as well as distinctions between green, climate, ...
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 ...
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. ...
Climate Change and Human Rights
(2015-12)
This UNEP report sheds light on the human rights obligations of both governments and private actors in responding to climate change, including those relating to rights to information, public participation in decision-making ...
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment: Linkages between human rights and the environment
(2015-06)
Linkages between human rights and the environment
Our Planet - October 2016: Urban solutions: Making cities strong, smart, sustainable
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016-10)
In this issue of Our Planet, government leaders, environmental policy makers, and experts in settlements and urban health examine the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly urbanizing world.