This paper is a first attempt to improve the understanding of the sustainable finance ecosystem, its partnerships, actors and emerging network characteristics related to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The recommendations in this report address action required by public and private players at each stage of the food supply chain, including food redistribution. The recommendations also include a set of horizontal or ‘cross-cutting’ recommendations, which are common across various stages of the food value chain, often involve multiple actors and are needed to achieve the global food loss and waste targets.
This report details: (1) The importance of understanding and addressing coastal transport infrastructure climate change vulnerabilities in SIDS; (2) Key findings from a set of two case studies—one in Jamaica and one in Saint Lucia; and (3) A climate risk and vulnerability assessment framework for Caribbean coastal transport infrastructure.
This report presents examples of legal, regulatory, and policy approaches as well as of reports, studies, and guidance to support climate risk, vulnerability and impact assessment, and the development of effective adaptation response measures. It also provides a brief overview of climate change impacts on coastal transportation and of recent trends and projections regarding some key climate drivers of relevance to coastal zones, as well as of approaches to risk-assessment and adaptation.
This document includes a list of chemicals of concern to human health and the environment. The list is based on systematic evidence reviews from authoritative sources, which identify chemical and material hazards of concern that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, endocrine disrupting and reproductive hazards (health hazards) and bio- accumulative and persistent to the environment and/or listed in International Environmental instruments (Conventions).