Policy Brief

Market mechanisms – the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI) and Art. 17 emission trading – have been a central feature of the Kyoto Protocol. The shape of the new climate change agreement to adopted at this year's UN climate change conference in Paris is...

Whether in the context of the post-2015 development agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the UNFCCC climate conference taking place in Paris at the end of this year, the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services remains essential for human...

Key Points

  • Frustration and anger are growing at the lack of progress and consensus in climate negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). If governments are going to take on meaningful commitments to reduce their...

El desarrollo sostenible de las montañas debería ser una prioridad mundial debido a la cantidad de servicios que las montañas proporcionan, siendo entre ellos los más notables, el agua potable para la irrigación y la producción de energía para la mitad de la humanidad.

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We are pleased to announce the issue of a Policy Brief titled "The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation" which is available at

http://www.unep.org/...

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