Release Date: June, 2011 The fifth edition of the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5), launched on the eve of the Rio+20 Summit, assessed 90 of the most-important environmental goals and objectives and found that significant...
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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...
Nearly 20 leading global banks and investors, totalling $6.6 trillion in assets, launched on 30 January 2017 the Principles for Positive Impact Finance - a first of its kind set of criteria for investments to be considered...
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...
Livelihoods, poverty reduction efforts and economic growth in Africa are highly dependent on the quality and availability of natural resources, and are thus extremely vulnerable to degradation of those resources and to climate...
This paper highlights the impact that pressures on the limited resource base may have on comprehensively fulfilling the aspirational and ambitious SDGs. It brings forth the need for an understanding of the nexus between components...
Publication Date: September 2012 This Rapid Response Report looks at the illegal logging trade, which makes up 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia. It...
Release Date: 30 January 2012 The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability presented its report to the Secretary-General on 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa. The 22-member Panel, established by the Secretary-General in August 2010...
Publication Date: 2012 This booklet presents 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. Contents Theme: Capacity Building Strengthening capacity for conflict prevention and the...
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...