This brochure highlights the value and usability of the OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels, an online inventory, which systematically identifies, documents, and estimates the value of support arising from more than 1,000 individual policies that encourage the production or consumption of fossil fuels in order to assist governments in reforming their fossil-fuel subsidy policies.
This programme, Guide to Green Entrepreneurship in Fiji , was designed to help prospective entrepreneurs develop green business ideas and help them develop the skills they need to bring these ideas to fruition and make an impact on green growth in their country, as well as to help Fiji meet its environmental and developmental goals and ensure a clean, prosperous future for the country.
The strategic and well-informed inclusion of the private sector in climate change adaptation planning and activities must be a key part of all countries’ efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change; they will be key partners in the design, financing and implementation of adaptation priorities. This study aims to offer guidance to governments and their partners on how to engage the private sector in the National Adaptation Plan process.
The agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to environmental risk, be it from climate change or the breakdown of ecosystems. This new sector-specific guide provides a framework for the inclusion of natural capital considerations into credit risk assessment for agricultural lending. It aligns natural capital risks and opportunities into business decision-making, enabling financial flows to be directed to the best-managed, most sustainable projects.
This report aims to contribute to a better understanding of the barriers and successes of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) mainstreaming and governance aspects by sharing insights and lessons learned from five partner countries: Philippines, Viet Nam, South Africa, Mexico and Peru. It provides an overview of key EbA concepts, principles, and approaches, and spotlights seven strategic entry points for mainstreaming EbA alongside related case studies.
The aim of this document is to present background information for a more “popular” introductory guide to LCM which will be produced in the coming months and is – together with an accompanied slide show - intended to be used to promote life cycle thinking globally and be basis for various training activities.
This report aims to provide guidance to businesses on how to engage on the pervasive, global issue of plastic pollution. Through this report, WWF aims to demonstrate how time-tested management practices, buoyed by novel collaborations, can help bring major shifts towards a better-functioning plastics system.
This Guidance Note aims to illustrate how the consideration of ESG factors may inform the forecasting of financials, such as revenues, operating costs and capital expenditure, etc. in the context of assessing an infrastructure asset. It selects twelve ESG factors and identifies their potential risks and opportunities for infrastructure assets as they may emerge throughout an asset’s life cycle (development, construction, operation, and decommissioning). It then sets out to quantify these risks and opportunities for the purpose of developing or adjusting the financial forecasts of such assets.
This manual is intended as a training tool for field practitioners working in environmental and forest agencies who must consider the environmental costs and benefits of development projects but who don not necessarily have a background in environmental economics.
This guide aims to support companies from the forest products value chain in applying the Social Capital Protocol by providing additional guidance and case study examples that are sector specific.