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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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UNEP Post 2015 Note #8 : Integration and universality key to the post-2015 sustainable development agenda

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 17 December 2014

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UNEP Note #8 Briefing note produced by UNEP as part of a series on the post 2015 agenda.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Full Economic Potential of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Remains Untapped, Finds New UNEP Report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 11 December 2014

Estimated Worth of Climate Benefits from Central African Mangroves up to US$66 billion. And New Satellite Technology Could Help Monitor Mangrove Restoration. UNEP estimates the economic cost of the destruction of carbon-rich mangroves, which are being cleared 3 – 5 times faster than terrestrial...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Latin America?

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 10 December 2014

ipcc_ar5_whats_in_it_for_latin_america.pdf 3.49 MB

What’s in it for Latin America? presents key findings from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Latin America. It extracts Latin America-specific data, trends and analysis directly from AR5, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences, and highlights key...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Puerto Esperanza: Comunidad Indígena Ashéninka de Perú construye alianzas comerciales y hace uso sostenible de sus bosques

Violeta Costilla updated the Information | 10 December 2014

“La madera no se está talando como hacen los demás madereros. Acá es una comunidad certificada que está haciendo un plan de manejo (…) la comunidad ha hecho un trato con la empresa, ha seleccionado su propia madera y con lo restante se está pagando el servicio de la empresa” Carlos Vasquez...

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Group: Unión Europea en el Perú
Full Economic Potential of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Remains Untapped, Finds New UNEP Report

Alexa Froger posted Information | 10 December 2014

Estimated Worth of Climate Benefits from Central African Mangroves up to US$66 billion. And New Satellite Technology Could Help Monitor Mangrove Restoration. UNEP estimates the economic cost of the destruction of carbon-rich mangroves, which are being cleared 3 – 5 times faster than terrestrial...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Puerto Esperanza: Comunidad Indígena Ashéninka de Perú construye alianzas comerciales y hace uso sostenible de sus bosques

Violeta Costilla posted Information | 10 December 2014

“La madera no se está talando como hacen los demás madereros. Acá es una comunidad certificada que está haciendo un plan de manejo (…) la comunidad ha hecho un trato con la empresa, ha seleccionado su propia madera y con lo restante se está pagando el servicio de la empresa” Carlos Vasquez...

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Group: Unión Europea en el Perú
Adaptation Gap Report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 8 December 2014

adaptation_gap_report.pdf 4.69 MB

Publication Date: December 2014 The report has been produced in response to requests by parties for an assessment on adaptation, complementary to the annual Emissions Gap report that UNEP has produced since 2010. This first Adaptation Gap report provides an equally sobering assessment of the gap...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Threats to the Congo Basin

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 5 December 2014

A major report on the Congo Basin has found the world’s “second lung” is struggling to maintain its rich biodiversity amid deforestation, poaching and the worsening effects of climate change.

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Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to accelerate geothermal power: Lessons from Kenya

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) posted Information | 4 December 2014

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is pleased to share a new Inside Story, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to accelerate geothermal power: Lessons from Kenya , which looks at the Government of Kenya’s ambitions to significantly expand its power supply from...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to accelerate geothermal power: Lessons from Kenya

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 4 December 2014

kenya_geothermal_nama_cdkn.pdf 1.62 MB

The Government of Kenya has ambitions to significantly expand its power supply from geothermal sources to underpin low-carbon, climateresilient development, as encapsulated in its National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). Although progress has been made, greater private sector involvement is...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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