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Developing Sustainable Policy and Processing Capacity for End of Life Vehicles in Mongolia

Organisation: 
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Country: 
Mongolia

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is working together with a number of UN organizations, notably UNEP and UNDP, on an initiative called Partnership for Green Economy, PAGE.

January 2018

Driving Deforestation: The Impact of Expanding Palm Oil Demand through Biofuel Policy

Rainforest Foundation Norway, Cerulogy
The report Driving Deforestation: The Impact of Expanding Palm Oil Demand through Biofuel Policy looks at the current demand and potential 2030 demand for palm oil from biofuel policies in key countries and in the aviation industry. It presents low, medium and high scenarios for the role of 2030 biofuel production in increasing demand for palm oil.
April 2020

The Loss of Nature and the Rise of Pandemics

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, this report considers the links between human destruction of nature and the development of pandemics.
March 2020

Auditing the SDGs: Progress to 2030

The Auditing the SDGs: Progress to 2030 report explores how Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) examine the challenges presented by the SDGs in government decision-making and why their ability to hold governments to account on this ambitious agenda matters.

David Paterson

Research and Development Technical Consultant
Leyton
March 2009

A Global Green New Deal: Policy Brief

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)

This report, (March 2009) prepared by UNEP proposes recommendations, objectives and suggestions for implementing a GGND as a response to the multiple crises the world is now facing.

October 2012

Trade in a "Green Growth" Development Strategy: Global Scale Issues and Challenges

Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), World Bank Group

This paper surveys the state of knowledge about the trade-related environmental consequences of a country's development strategy along three channels: (i) direct trade-environment linkages (overexploitation of natural resources and trade-related transport costs); (ii) 'virtual trade' in emissions

June 2020

Building Back Better: A sustainable, resilient recovery after COVID-19

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report examines ways governments can use stimulus measures to make investments and societal changes that can reduce the likelihood of future shocks and build more resilient and environmentally sustainable societies.
January 2021

Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction

Climate Council
Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction outlines the latest science on how climate change is driving more destructive heatwaves, downpours, cyclones, droughts, fires and other extreme weather events.
May 2018

Toward more inclusive measures of economic well-being: Debates and practices

International Labour Organization (ILO)
This paper reviews debates and practice around the conventional and alternative measures of economic well-being. Evaluating the major contending measures – the Genuine Progress Indicator, Human Development Index, Happiness/life evaluation index, Happy Planet Index, the OECD’s Better Life Initiative dashboard – the paper argues that the GPI is the only indicator that incorporates care for human beings and care for the environment in a single framework and is therefore best suited to guide policy in responding to the major challenges of our time – rising inequality, climate change, environmental destruction.

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