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In this video, Vince Beiser discusses the global sand crisis and its implications on the environment and crime.

Tech_Insider

This video discusses rising sand usage, and its implications.

The_Economist

This video discusses a range of issues associated with the supply of sand.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report explores policies and frameworks promoting resource efficiency and circular economy.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This briefing note provides practical information on the planning and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches in the agriculture sector as part of national adaptation planning processes.
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
This report looks at three countries in southeast Europe that have been sometimes seen as reluctant to embrace the transition towards the European Green Deal: Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. The analysis considers the status of their wholesale and retail markets; interconnectivity and market coupling; the independence of national regulatory authorities, and the obstacles to the adopting the energy acquis.
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United Nations (UN)
This brief proposes policy recommendations to ensure that forest-based solutions be considered for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and building back better.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme Fourth session. Nairobi, 11–15 March 2019
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Carbon Tracker Initiative
The report lays out specific financial strategies that utilities and policy-makers can use to engineer a faster phase-out of coal in various regions of the world.
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This series of factsheet (in Portuguese) from UNEP provides guidelines on how to deal with COVID-19 related wastes and provides alternative information needed to assess the problem.