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April 2020

Mapping Public Water Management: Proof of Concept

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This technical note tests a novel data collection approach that relies on crowdsourcing data from multinational enterprises with operations across many geographies. This is eventually intended to allow effective response to water crises, providing empirical, comparable, global information on the state of public water management.
June 2020

ACCC: Local Government Renewables Action Tracker: Summary of Methods and Data

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This technical note outlines the scope of the Tracker, the approach used to identify eligible actions, the methodology behind its presentation, and the system in place for monitoring and updating the resource.
23 June 2020
Online

CMCC Webinar: The C3S Demo Case Soil Erosion- Projecting rainfall erosivity and soil loss under climate change through Copernicus data

Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
On 23 June 2020 at 12:30 (CEST), the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is hosting a webinar on "The C3S Demo Case Soil Erosion: Projecting Rainfall Erosivity And Soil Loss Under Climate Change Through Copernicus Data".
23 April 2020
Call for Papers

ADBI Call for Papers: Bridging Investment Gaps Through Fintech

The ADBI is calling for papers on the topic of 'Bridging Investment Gaps Through Fintech'. The application deadline is 30 June 2020.
18 November 2020

IIED Webinar - Reforming climate finance to support locally led adaptation: Principles for moving to business unusual

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), World Resources Institute (WRI)
On 18 November 2020 at 15:00 (CET), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and World Resources Institute (WRI) are hosting a webinar on ' Reforming climate finance to support locally led adaptation: Principles for moving to business unusual'.
22 May 2020
Other News

Four Asian Cities Adopt Circular Approach to Close Plastic Loop

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has announced a four-city pilot of a project to make plastic waste management more “circular” and reduce plastic pollution of the marine environment. ESCAP's ‘Closing the Loop’ project is supported by the Government of Japan. It will help to build the capacity of ASEAN cities to plan for and manage their plastic waste using circular economy principles. The pilot cities are: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Surabaya, Indonesia; Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand and Da Nang, Viet Nam.
6 March 2018 to 8 March 2018

Centre d’Information des Nations Unies (UNIC) Dakar, Senegal (Senegal)

Face-to-face

Mobilizing Big Data for Sustainable Development (French Version)

UN System Staff College
Le cours est offert en vue de renforcer les compétences du personnel des Nations unies et des partenaires clés dans la selection, la création, l'utilisation et l'interprétation de données et de statistiques, en mettant l'accent sur l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques. Il s'appuie sur les méthodes traditionnelles d'analyse de données ainsi que sur les applications plus récentes liées, par exemple, à la technique mobile, au crowdsourcing et aux grandes données.
8 August 2020

The green path to COVID recovery looks promising, but it will take a global village to get there

Dr. Elizabeth Losos
The creation of a virtual sustainable infrastructure community of learners aims to provide the tools and knowledge needed to ensure that economic, social and environmental considerations are taken when developing construction projects in the coronavirus recovery phase.
23 April 2019
Research

The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment

David Jensen, Jillian Campbell
Big data sets and new technologies can be brought together to create new knowledge products that can provide environmental insight in near real-time. Now is the time to reimagine and supercharge environmental governance and public-private partnerships by using big data, frontier technologies and data analytics to target our action and investments.
October 2013

Communications and Green Economic Growth

Dual Citizen LLC

The focus of this white paper is communications and the notion that better, more coordinated information exchange is a key strategy for furthering green investment and green growth.

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