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The Green Energy Development Technical Guidelines are developed to assist member countries in developing strategic green energy development plans and implementation road maps at every stage of the GGGI value chain. They serve as reference for government officials of GGGI member countries, GGGI staffs and consultants, development partners, and relevant...

The Green Business Booklet (GBB) has been developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support the creation of green businesses and the greening of existing businesses. The manual is designed to be used in conjunction with the ILO’s flagship Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme.

The Guidance Note - Agricultural Commodities: Ensuring Smallholder Benefits, Environmental Sustainability and Durable Growth takes stock of UNDP’s work in the agricultural commodities sector and provides case study examples that illustrate the variety of initiatives, programmes and projects that UNDP supports around the world.

The LEDS Global Partnership Resource Guide for NDC Finance presents a curated selection of resources on a range of topics around finance for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and low emission development strategies (LEDS). It is designed to help NDC and LEDS practitioners find high quality resources that meet their specific needs, avoiding time consuming web searching.

Indicators and Information Systems for Biodiversity and Development - Guidance from the Pan European Region aims to help government staff responsible for biodiversity and sustainable development to have effective indicators and information systems for their work.

It presents lessons from the projects “Strengthening Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) synergies and indicators...

The booklet Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Question-based Guidance for Assessing Effectiveness sets out guidance for assessing the effectiveness of an ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation. It describes a process, based around asking a detailed set of questions, that can be used by project managers and researchers to shape project design.

Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development: Guidance from African Experience 2012-17 draws on lessons from the African Leadership Group (ALG) for Biodiversity Mainstreaming, covering progress in eight African countries since 2012.

The UN Environment Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) Guide to Banking and Sustainability – Edition 2 is a functional overview of what a sustainable bank looks like and is designed for all employees from senior management to new employees as well as other stakeholders such as banking associations, regulators, and supervisors.

The Handbook for ASEAN Government Officials on Climate Change and SDGs aims to promote a better understanding of the Paris Agreement and the follow-up process for ASEAN Member States. It serves as a resource on climate change for ASEAN government officials and other government officials involved in climate policies.

The paper Strategic Basin Allocation Planning summarises the findings of a collaborative effort between WWF, the General Institute of Water Resources & Hydropower Planning (GIWP), Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China and a number of leading international experts. This paper focuses on basin water allocation planning and is one in a series of three covering (i) strategic basin allocation planning (ii) strategic basin planning, and (iii) strategic flood risk management.