This report investigates clean energy policy strategies in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and the European Union (EU) as a whole and finds that none of these pathways would lead to decarbonisation to the extent required to fulfil the European (Union and national) commitments under the Paris Agreement. The report points to a greater need for power system flexibility in order to expand intermittent renewables.
In this paper, Innovative Green-Technology SMEs as an Opportunity to Promote Financial De-Risking, the authors recommend that the G20 target innovative green-technology SMEs as an opportunity to promote financial de-risking while addressing Paris Agreement commitments and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The aim of this report,TEEB Implementation: Supporting Biodiversity and Climate Friendly Land Management in Agricultural Landscapes - Background review for Kenya and Tanzania, is to assess the current knowledge on the values of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Tanzania and Kenya, to understand what can currently be readily assessed with respect to the interactions between climate change, biodiversity and agricultural development to look at major policy initiatives already in place in the environment and development space, and map key stakeholders.
This report, Review Of Existing Ecosystem Accounting Intiatives And Literature In India: Biophysical assessments, economic value of ecosytem services, and overview of available data sources, to provide a stocktake on India's existing ecosystem accounting initiatives and literature and assess the landscape for mainstreaming Natural Capital Accounting in India.
This report identifies the main ‘data barriers’ to effective natural capital assessment and decision making in the private sector and outlines potential response options for each of these barriers. The report was produced in the context of the ‘Data Information Flow’ project, led by the Natural Capital Coalition / UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).