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Green development
Organisation :
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

This report examines challenges, opportunities and progress in advancing a green economy across SPECA states focusing on key issues like water use, emissions and sectoral reforms.

Climate action
Organisation :
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC)

The guide supports governments in creating actionable roadmaps to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector and align with ambitious climate goals.

Green Competitveness
Organisation :
World Bank Group (WBG)

Sustainability trends are transforming Ethiopia's economic competitiveness, impacting key value chains and its overall economic outlook.

Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with PCBs, PCTs, PCNs or PBBs including HBB
Organisation :
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This document provides updated technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of wastes containing or contaminated with PCBs, PCTs, PCNs and PBBs, including HBB, following decisions from the Basel and Stockholm conventions.

Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices relevant to Article 5 and Annex C
Organisation :
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This document guides Parties under the Stockholm Convention in promoting and implementing best available techniques and best environmental practices to minimize releases of harmful chemicals listed in Annex C.

UNECE- Brochure
Organisation :
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

This brochure highlights how the UNECE supports member countries in combating climate change through a robust framework of norms, standards, conventions and policy assistance.

Inclusive Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation
Organisation :
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

By emphasizing the need for tailored approaches that consider gender and social inclusion, this booklet showcases how NbS can effectively reduce the differentiated impacts of climate and biodiversity crises. 

Overall orientation and guidance for achieving the 2020 goal of sound management of chemicals
Organisation :
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat

This document provides direction and identifies approaches for stakeholders to achieve the 2020 goal of sound chemicals management, including national-level elements to support the implementation of the overarching policy strategy.

Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices for the production and use of pentachlorophenol listed with specific exemptions under the Stockholm Convention
Organisation :
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This guidance document has been developed to assist Parties in preventing or reducing the release of pentachlorophenol (PCP) under specific exemptions in the Stockholm Convention by emphasizing best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) to minimize exposure and environmental impact.

Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices relevant to the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Organisation :
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This guidance provides Parties with best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) to manage and reduce releases of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) under the Stockholm Convention, focusing on waste management, recycling and responsible disposal of PBDE-containing articles.