This think piece shows the marine plastic litter trends relevant to 2050, summarizes the current plastic policy landscape, and explores policy upstream and downstream interventions to achieve the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, and provides concrete actions to ensure that projected plastic leakage can be reduced by 80 percent with existing solutions.
This report looks at the potential effects of the pending carbon border adjustment mechanism on emissions, trade, income and employment in the European Union and its main trading partners.
This paper highlights the enormous potential that lies in mobilizing financial sector tax systems in the service of "greening" finance and the economy. Through three case studies on the greening of financial sector taxes, it shows that adapting existing tax incentives to green financial sector taxes can make a critical contribution to achieving climate and broader sustainability goals.
In this paper, UNCTAD explains that blockchain technology can be used in many applications that could contribute to sustainable development.
This paper discusses the rural economic impact of federal investment in the new climate economy, including measures to advance clean energy systems, remediate abandoned fossil fuel production sites, restore trees to the landscape and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.