The Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) identify good practices and make recommendations to improve the reviewed country’s environmental policies and programmes.
Environment Ministers of OECD member countries in January 1991, called on the OECD to review environmental performance in member countries. This mandate was confirmed by the OECD Council meeting at...
WAVES as a means to implement the NCA commitment. The overall goal of the Global Partnership for Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is to support partner countries to achieve sustainable development by systematically integrating values for natural capital in their national accounts systems, and, through the national...
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. "REDD+" goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation, and includes...
"The Low Emission Capacity Building Programme (LECBP) was launched in January 2011 as part of a joint collaboration between the European Union and UNDP. Since its inception the LECB Programme has grown both in scope and breadth, proudly including 25 participating countries and enhanced technical support through generous contributions from...
Available evidence and the decisions adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) indicate that a significant gap remains in finance for biodiversity management, for countries to drastically scale up their efforts and achieve the 20 Aichi Targets defined in the CBD’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2020. A preliminary...
The Closed Looped Cycle Production in the Americas Initiative aims to introduce and showcase the viability and applicability of innovative Closed Looped Cycle Production methods in the productive sector of nations in the Americas. The model of 'Closed Looped Cycle Production' does not only seek to rationalize the use of...