A “sustainable lifestyle” is a cluster of habits and patterns of behaviour embedded in society and facilitated by institutions, norms and infrastructures that frame individual choice, in order to minimize the use of natural resources and generation of wastes, while supporting fairness and prosperity for all. This guidance will help policymakers, individuals and other stakeholders understand what a holistic approach to lifestyle means and how different contexts require different lifestyle solutions. It does not set out to define what "the" sustainable lifestyle looks like. Instead, it can help guide a range of initiatives that enable lifestyle choices that contribute to sustainability
This document presents a framework for both public and private sectors to support planning, designing, and financing of infrastructure that is economically, financially, socially, environmentally, and institutionally sustainable. This document is intended to generate discussion amongst key stakeholders and serve as a basis for research and experimentation within the IDB and with clients; it should be considered as a working document.
This Guidance is a key product of the Think.Eat.Save campaign and the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, as well as the SAVE FOOD Initiative. It provides clear and comprehensive steps for governments, businesses and other organisations to develop strategies, programmes and activities to prevent and reduce food and drink waste, and to achieve the associated financial savings and reductions in environmental impacts.
This guide is designed to address the urgent need for further extending the scope and ambition of building sector actions in NDCs, the opportunities for aligning with commitments made by non-party actors, and the renewed support for successively increasing ambition and implementing actions of NDCs. It provides a simple process for incorporating or updating ambitious and effective building sector actions in Nationally Determined Contributions.
The Resource Guide for Green Economy Learning Institutions aims to raise the visibility to green economy learning opportunities, enable collaboration and kick-start a global green economy learning network. It identifies knowledge-sharers, thought-leaders, and pioneers of green economy learning.
This training manual is intended to introduce the concept of indicators and illustrate the use of methodologies for selecting and applying indicators. It seeks to contribute to the capacity of countries choosing indicators for inclusive green economy, relevant to their country contexts, particularly in light of the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals.
This guide is for companies and organisations seeking to understand carbon offsets and how to use them in voluntary GHG reduction strategies. It may also be useful for individuals interested in using carbon offsets to compensate for their personal emissions. It explains how to use carbon offsets responsibly to accelerate action on climate change.
This guidance aims to transform the banking industry to enable it to play a leading role in achieving society’s goals. It has a vision of integrating a responsible banking industry that is an integral part of the society of the 21st century because it serves and contributes to an inclusive society that uses its natural resources sustainably.
Integrated Environmental Assessments (IEA) are powerful tools to help inform the development of evidence-based environmental policy and decision making, bring relevant scientific findings to a broad audience, and raise awareness of changing environmental conditions as well as identify emerging environmental issues. These guidelines are advisory and provide approaches for conducting a large gamut of integrated environmental assessments for different objectives. They are intended to be practical in application and sensitive to different levels of available resources and objectives and further complement environmental management monitoring and evaluation programmes.
Policy makers, miners, and civil society can use this guide to learn about technologies and approaches for reducing and eliminating mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).