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This case study is part of a series that aims to inform the forthcoming wave of global infrastructure investment.

This case study illustrates Guiding Principle 5: Resource Efficiency And Circularity and is part of a series of ten case studies which aim to inform the forthcoming wave of global infrastructure investment. Collectively, they specify and demonstrate how environmental, social and economic sustainability must be integrated right across infrastructure policymaking at the systems-level. The individual principles and case studies were developed via ongoing global consultation and inputs from experts and UN Member States, as part of implementation of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/5 on Sustainable Infrastructure.

This case study illustrates Guiding Principle 8: Fiscal Sustainability and Innovative Financing and is part of a series of ten case studies which aim to inform the forthcoming wave of global infrastructure investment. Collectively, they specify and demonstrate how environmental, social and economic sustainability must be integrated right across infrastructure policymaking at the systems-level. The individual principles and case studies were developed via ongoing global consultation and inputs from experts and UN Member States, as part of implementation of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/5 on Sustainable Infrastructure.

This case study illustrates Guiding Principle 10: Evidence-Based Decision-Making and is part of a series of ten case studies which aim to inform the forthcoming wave of global infrastructure investment. Collectively, they specify and demonstrate how environmental, social and economic sustainability must be integrated right across infrastructure policymaking at the systems-level. The individual principles and case studies were developed via ongoing global consultation and inputs from experts and UN Member States, as part of implementation of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/5 on Sustainable Infrastructure.

Zimbabwe’s social infrastructure services have historically been constrained by persistent energy shortages. Healthcare has been among the systems most affected by this massive power deficit. To help address these issues, in 2017, Zimbabwe began implementing the Solar for Health (S4H) Initiative with the United Nations Development Programme to harness the...

Iran occupies a large expanse of predominantly arid or semi-arid land in West Asia. In this geographic context, qanats – traditional water systems for transporting and distributing water from sources in upland areas to dry plains – have historically provided a solution that sustains livelihoods and economic opportunities.

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Chile has established large national parks and other protected areas and has increasingly incorporated different dimensions of sustainability into public policy. The country is home to nine indigenous groups: Aymara, Atacameño, Quechua, Diaguita, Kolla, Rapa Nui, Mapuche, Kawéskar and Yagán, and the regions they inhabit often lie hundreds of kilometres...

This paper presents case studies of how some of the world’s most well-known brands have set their own internal requirements for chemical contents in their products that go beyond what is required for legal compliance.

This case study examines how the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil has adopted public mitigation policies, which include adaptation measures to climate change and ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on local and global warming.

This case study from Boulder, Colorado, demonstrates how data analysis, collection and monitoring can bring about effective climate action.