Natural capital refers to the stocks of the Earth’s natural assets and resources, such as soil, water, air and biodiversity. These stocks provide humans with a flow of goods and benefits – known as ‘ecosystem services’ – which positively impact well-being. Indeed, for business operations to successfully function long-term, and...
As the world moves on from the climate agreement negotiated in Paris, attention is turning from the identification of emissions reduction trajectories—in the form of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)—to crucial questions about how these emissions reductions are to be delivered and reported within the future international accounting framework. The experience...
This Trainer’s Manual aims to support trainers in conducting effective training programmes on climate change adaptation (CCA) for Indian SMEs. The methodology and tools presented in this manual build on the practice oriented approach to CCA developed for the Climate Expert website (www.climate-expert.in). The key feature of the...
The Guidelines for Value Chain Selection: Integrating economic, environmental, social and institutional criteria offer a holistic and structured approach to value chain selection. They combine four different dimensions of value chains/sustainable development: economic, environmental, social and institutional. Since the four dimensions are interconnected, overlooking any one of them during value...
The Green Economy Roadmap is a guide aimed to assists business, policy makers and society in the development and implementation of policies and actions towards a green economy. The Roadmap represents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary effort to clarify and frame the concept of “green economy” and promote a more common...
The International Guidebook of Environmental Finance Tools provides guidance on developing and implementing the most commonly used, widely applicable, and potentially high-impact environmental finance tools. It aims to define and analyse the primary tools that are already in use and that can be applied globally to advance sustainable development. The...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been producing a series of manuals, guidebooks and toolkits that draw upon the experience and information generated by UNDP’s support for climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and National Communications to the UNFCCC in some 140 countries over the past decade. They are...
The note provides methodological and organizational guidance to countries interested in taking a strategic approach to climate change learning and skills development. In particular, it lays out the process of developing a National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development -...