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April 2018

Early Views of ASEAN's 'Frontrunner Cities' on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Local Data Management

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
This policy report shed light on how the average government official perceives SDG-11 with the other goals, as well as misconceptions in interpretation by officials who are not highly familiar with the SDGs.
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.
7 February 2017
Research

Four Challenges to Powering Local Economies

Sarah Best
A rush of innovation in off-grid energy markets linked to falling solar prices and mobile-enabled payment schemes has led to an upsurge in clean and affordable energy access for households in poor or remote communities. But how can this growth in household energy use be matched by 'productive uses' of energy (PUE) – powering local farms and enterprises and helping to build the economy?
March 2018

Characterization and Management of Organic Waste in North America

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
The white paper Characterization and Management of Organic Waste in North America identifies challenges, opportunities and solutions related to increasing organic waste diversion and processing capacity in North America, with a focus on how to address challenges and opportunities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and identifies potential areas for regional cooperation.

Natural Capital Data Project

Organisation: 
Natural Capital Coalition (NCC), UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
The Natural Capital Coalition, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and partners are working with businesses to address ‘data barriers’ to effective natural capital assessment and decision making in the private sector.
September 2018

What a Waste 2.0 : A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050

World Bank Group
This report, What a Waste 2.0: A global snapshot of solid waste management to 2050 , aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels, estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector.
September 2018

What is Driving Changes in Local GHG Emissions?: Results from contribution analysis

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
What is Driving Changes in Local GHG Emissions?: Results from contribution analysis presents results from applying a new technique called Contribution Analysis to three sets of local community greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory data in the US.
29 May 2018
Partner Event

Water Management: Innovative Ways to Assess Precipitation Spatial Distribution

On 29 May 2018 (12:30 PM CEST), the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) is holding a webinar on 'Water Management: Innovative Ways to Assess Precipitation Spatial Distribution'.
December 2014

The Role of Cities in International Mitigation and Local Adaptation

International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG)

Cities are large emitters of greenhouse gasses, but are also extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.

August 2016

Integrating Ecosystems in Risk Assessments: Lessons from Applying InVEST Models in Data-deficient Countries

This chapter of the Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research book series demonstrates applications of the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) tool in data-deficient countries where UN Environment is currently implementing ecosystem-based field interventions to reduce disaster risk.

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