This report provides a critical analysis of the state of knowledge regarding the importance, drivers, status, and trends of terrestrial ecosystems. It also provides a critical assessment of the full range of issues facing decision makers, including the importance, status, trends and threats to biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, as well as policy and management response options.
Renewable energy has advanced rapidly in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries since 2014. The project pipeline reached almost 7 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity by 2018, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made record-breaking bids in renewable energy auctions and Saudi Arabia made solar power cost-competitive with conventional energy technologies. Abundant resources, together with strong enabling frameworks, have led to solar PV prices of below USD 0.03 per kilowatt hour and dispatchable concentrated solar power (CSP) of USD 0.07 per kilowatt hour, which is less than some utilities in the region pay for natural gas.
This report examines the question of gender equity throughout the energy sector. Building on a survey of employees, companies, and institutions, it finds that much remains to be done to boost women’s participation and allow their talents to be fully utilised.
This report discusses the range of measure that countries are adopting to address the implementation gap when it comes to environmental regulations and to ensure that rule of law is effective in the environmental sphere.
This report reviews the existing evidence, develops a matrix to inform land-use choices distilling the key information into a briefing document.