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A healthy environment and equitable access to ecosystem goods and services are crucial for sustainable development, but they are increasingly threatened. To improve lives around the globe for the long term, we must change our relationship with the environment: growth and sustainability can go hand in hand if this imperative is met at all levels. An inclusive green economy offers a possible pathway.

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EU Green Week 2016

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 13 May 2016

30 May

From 30 May 2016 to 3 June 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by European Commission

/This page will be updated./ EU Green Week 2016, this year's theme is "Investing for a Greener Future", more information can be found here: http://bit.ly/1K7Gv35

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 13 May 2016

green-growth-in-practice-062014-full_0_0.pdf 7.77 MB

Green growth is a relatively young field of public policy practice. The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative was set up to accelerate learning and to inform design of green growth programs, by undertaking an analysis of early experiences. For this report, GGBP engaged 75 authors in...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REPORT: Plan 4C: A competitive and climate compatible Cartagena

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2016

executive-summary-plan4c1_0.pdf 6.66 MB

A new report, Plan 4C: A Competitive and Climate Compatible Cartagena outlines the strategies in place for the World Heritage City of Cartagena, Colombia to become an icon of climate compatible development, where the risk of climate change is converted into an opportunity for development. The...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
REPORT: Plan 4C: A competitive and climate compatible Cartagena

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2016

executive-summary-plan4c1.pdf 6.66 MB

A new report, Plan 4C: A Competitive and Climate Compatible Cartagena outlines the strategies in place for the World Heritage City of Cartagena, Colombia to become an icon of climate compatible development, where the risk of climate change is converted into an opportunity for development. The...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2016

green-growth-in-practice-062014-full_0_0.pdf 7.77 MB

Green growth is a relatively young field of public policy practice. The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative was set up to accelerate learning and to inform design of green growth programs, by undertaking an analysis of early experiences. For this report, GGBP engaged 75 authors in...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2016

green-growth-in-practice-062014-full_0.pdf 7.77 MB

Green growth is a relatively young field of public policy practice. The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative was set up to accelerate learning and to inform design of green growth programs, by undertaking an analysis of early experiences. For this report, GGBP engaged 75 authors in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Cost of Adapting to Climate Change Could Hit $500 Billion per year by 2050

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 10 May 2016

UNEP's Adaptation Finance Gap Report: Failure to cut emissions will dramatically increase the annual costs of adaptation, which could be up to five times higher by 2050 than previously thought. The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could rise to between $280 and $500...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The Adaptation Gap Report 2016

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 10 May 2016

agr2016.pdf 4.51 MB

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report series focuses on Finance, Technology and Knowledge gaps in climate change adaptation. The latest report builds on a 2014 assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which laid out the concept of ‘adaptation gaps’ and outlined three such gaps:...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Wildlife Conservation for Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 10 May 2016

Africa’s wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, encroached on by a human population set to double by 2050. The latest European Commission report on conserving the continent’s biodiversity is entitled ‘Larger than Elephants’, reflecting that the species and landscapes at risk go far beyond...

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Financing for Green Infrastructure Investment

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 10 May 2016

An event co-organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the United Nations Environment Programme Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System (UNEP Inquiry) and the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee. Following last year's adoption of the momentous 2030...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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