Browse all knowledge products

Search found 517 items

Browse by:

Type

Sector

Theme

Region

Country

Key Terms

January 2018

Mapping of Global Plastics Value Chain and Plastics Losses to the Environment: With a Particular Focus on Marine Environment

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report provides a comprehensive global mapping of plastic losses to the environment throughout the plastic value chain using 2015 as the reference year.
April 2019

Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in Dominican Republic

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
The Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in Dominican Republic assesses the environmental hotspots (areas of significant negative environmental impact) associated with the tourism sector in the Dominican Republic.
April 2019

Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in Saint Lucia

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
The "Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in Saint Lucia" assesses the environmental hotspots (areas of significant negative environmental impact) associated with the tourism sector in Saint Lucia.
January 2016

The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics

Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics provides, for the first time, a vision of a global economy in which plastics never become waste, and outlines concrete steps towards achieving the systemic shift needed.

Global Tourism Plastics Initiative

One Planet Network
The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative aims to support the tourism sector to encourage a more sustainable approach to plastics use and waste, for tangible, crucial steps towards sustainable tourism.
23 January 2020
Partner Event

Closing the Loop – Towards a Circular Plastic Economy

On 23 January 2020, GreenBuzz Zurich is holding the thematic event, "Closing the Loop – Towards a Circular Plastic Economy" in Zurich, Switzerland.
September 2014

RE-Value Policies: Policy Instruments to Support RE Industrial Value Chain Development

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), International Energy Agency’s Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)

Renewable energy deployment remains an important issue. Generation of electricity and heat from renewable energy (RE) sources reduces the emission of greenhouse gases, provides energy access in remote areas, and diversifies fossil-fuel reliant energy supply, increasing energy security.

December 2019

Addressing Marine Plastics: A systemic approach – Recommendations for action

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report identifies gaps to address marine plastics at each value chain stage and recommends actions to achieve a circular economy for plastics at the global level.
April 2020

Addressing Marine Plastics: A roadmap to a circular economy

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environment Facility (GEF)
This publication identifies actions to reduce plastics leakage, with guidance on the stakeholders involved and the timescales. It aims to improve the circularity of the plastics value chain, along with minimising leakage, especially into marine environments.
October 2018

Proposals to Strengthen Japan's Domestic Measures and Regional Cooperation on Stable and Environmentally Sound Plastic Scrap Recycling: Response to China's ban on imports of plastic scrap

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
The policy brief Proposals to Strengthen Japan's Domestic Measures and Regional Cooperation on Stable and Environmentally Sound Plastic Scrap Recycling: Response to China's ban on imports of plastic scrap recommends policymakers in Asia to develop a uniform, standardized, and transparent trade standards for plastic scrap in the region through international cooperation, and to establish environmentally sound long-term material recycling routes.

Pages