A new report, Plan 4C: A Competitive and Climate Compatible Cartagena outlines the strategies in place for the World Heritage City of Cartagena, Colombia to become an icon of climate compatible development, where the risk of...
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Publication Date: 2014 GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island Developing...
Publication Date: June 2014 The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further impetus in 2009 when the then...
Publication Date: 2013 This report highlights how partnerships between countries in the South are contributing to a global paradigm shift. It provides a snapshot of the myriad of projects and activities that are sparking new...
Publication Date: 2013 The outcome document of Rio+20, The Future We Want, considers the green economy approach as an important tool for achieving sustainable development and poverty eradication, while providing an opportunity for...
Publication Date: 2013The Latin America region accounts for about 10% of world consumption of primary materials. As a result, developments in this region do not have a major effect on total global extractive pressures. The reverse...
Publication Date: 2012 Peru’s BioTrade sector offers tremendous potential, with its vast biodiversity, to develop new production lines that will help consolidate its current range of goods and services. Peru has 84 of the world’s...
Publication Date: 2012 The Sustainable Social Housing Initiative (SUSHI) was developed by UNEP to increase the use of sustainable building solutions in social housing programs in developing countries. The project provides...
Publication Date: December 2012 The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and...
Issue date: 2011 The report looks at the linkages that exist among Belize’s natural resource base, its economy and poverty. It focuses on the major natural resources such as Belize’s forests, coastal and marine resources and water...