This report provides an evidence-informed characterization of the natural assets in temporary rivers.
This report reviews 42 case studies of businesses who have publicly shared their experiences of natural capital assessment.
This report broadens the ways for defining and measuring poverty. It introduces a multi-dimensional poverty measure that is anchored on household consumption and the international poverty line of $1.90 per person per day, but broadens the measure by including information on access to education and basic infrastructure. In addition, in a sample of six countries, the multidimensional approach was extended to include two more dimensions—on health and nutrition and on security from crime and natural disaster.
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and other approaches. It then provides an inventory of biodiversity-relevant impact evaluation studies, across both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The report concludes with lessons learned, policy insights, and suggestions for further work.
The Eastern Caribbean Green Economy Barometer 2018 provides a snapshot of the transition to an inclusive green economy. This report focuses on the varied greening experiences of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) members, the conception of GE that is beginning to emerge there, and the successes and failures of OECS members to implement GE-informed policies.
The study China's National Emissions Trading Scheme: Integrating cap, coverage and allocation explains the approach implemented in China's national Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to integrate its cap, coverage, and allocation. The combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches is designed in a way that it addresses China's economic, technical and bargaining costs issues. Furthermore, it also discusses the challenges of the implementation of this combined approach and puts forward the relevant policy suggestions.