The UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were amongst the first international agreements to frame the notion of “universality”. Since then the term has been used in various fora and processes, for example in...
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have together developed the latest edition of "Trade and Green Economy: A Handbook". The Handbook provides...
Publication Date: December 2014 On December 4, 2014, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released his Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Agenda entitled “The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and...
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 Little of the world's hundreds of trillions of dollars has to date been harnessed for the transition to a green and inclusive economy. Aligning the financial system with the health of the real economy...
Publication Date: 2014 This edition of the World Investment Report provides valuable analysis that can inform global discussions on how to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and shape a long-range vision...
Publication Date: June 2014 This report reveals how South-South trade can be a catalyst in the production and trade of many environmental goods and services. It highlights the need for targeted investments, enabling policies, and...
Publication Date: 2014 Sustainable development, integrating the social, economic and environmental aspects of development,is critical for the future of the planet – and nowhere is this more apparent than in Small Island Developing...
Publication Date: 2014 This third briefing note on priorities for the post-2015 development agenda provides recommendations on effective environmental management in order to improve human health. It discusses the health impacts -...