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July 2017

Decarbonizing Electricity Generation with Intermittent Sources of Energy

Toulouse School of Economics, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), University of Toulouse, University of Gothenburg, GGKP Annual Conference
The paper Decarbonizing Electricity Generation with Intermittent Sources of Energy examines public policies and technological solutions that aim to decarbonize electricity production by replacing fossil fuel energy by intermittent renewable sources, namelywind and solar power.
January 2017

Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: A global evaluation of sources

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
This report is one of the first of its kind to quantify primary microplastics leakage and to demonstrate that these primary microplastics are globally responsible for a major source of plastics in the oceans.
January 1997

Concepts, Sources and Methods of the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts

risk and disaster management
This publication describes the concepts, data sources, and methods used in the development of the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts (CSERA).
May 2020

Practical Checklist for Crisis Response

the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
This brief provides a checklist of practical steps that organisations can take to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
February 2018

A Review of Domestic Data Sources for Climate Finance Flows in Recipient Countries

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
In an effort to identify the limitations of climate finance reporting and provide key recommendations to improve this within the context of compliance with the Paris Agreement, this research analyzes the status of reporting mechanisms that exist under the UNFCCC.
May 2020

Integrated Responses to Building Climate and Pandemic Resilience in Africa

Global Center on Adaptation, African Adaptation Initiative
This policy brief recommends focusing stimulus investment on resilient infrastructure and food security to overcome the COVID-climate crisis. It proposes a set of policy recommendations that bring multiple benefits, a “triple dividend”, to African countries.
November 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Fisheries and Aquaculture Food Systems: Possible responses

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The purpose of this information paper is to update information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fisheries and aquaculture sector. The paper looks at the measures taken to inform on the ongoing impact on the fisheries and aquaculture food systems, and responses from aquatic food providers and governments to counteract the negative impacts on aquatic food value chains
April 2020

COVID-19 - UNDP’s Integrated Response

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This document details UNDP's COVID-19 response strategy.
January 2013

Climate Finance: Challenges and Responses

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

This policy brief by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) estimates that the cost of tackling climate change in developing countries could reach some hundreds of billions of US dollars annually over the coming decades.

8 April 2020

US Coronavirus Response: 3 Principles for Sustainable Economic Stimulus

Dan Lashof

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States continues to rise and more and more Americans are told to stay home, the true extent of this crisis is becoming more apparent daily.

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