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This policy brief, Impact of Soil Loss in Malawi: Microeconomic effects of soil and nutrient loss, addresses the suitability and financial viability of various interventions to mitigate the impacts of both soil and nutrient loss within Malawi.

This policy brief, Impact of Soil Loss in Malawi: Macroeconomic effect on GDP, sectoral adjustments and poverty, combines findings from a recent independent report based on microeconometric and computable general equilibrium analysis. The study aims to assess both direct and indirect economic impacts of soil loss at the aggregate level, providing effects on the GDP, poverty, terms of trade and sectoral production.

If the Paris Agreement is to be implemented successfully, it is necessary that all actors step up their actions, including non-state actors such as businesses, cities, regions, and investors. While transparency is crucial, it is still largely missing from the drive to report on current actions and scale them up. The Climate Initiatives Platform (CIP) is a vital transparency tool for international cooperative climate initiatives (ICIs). Nearly 250 initiatives, driven mainly by non-state actors, are currently displayed by the CIP. More than 50 data points for each ICI are provided. In addition, CIP has become the exclusive data provider for ICIs to the UNFCCC Global Climate Action portal, NAZCA, and CIP data are used for several climate assessments, including UN Environment’s Emissions Gap Report.

This review takes stock of progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the management of its environment since 2010. It covers issues of importance to the country related to legal and policy frameworks, greening the economy, air protection, forestry, water and waste management, biodiversity and protected areas and protection of the Adriatic Sea.

This paper reviews debates and practice around the conventional and alternative measures of economic well-being. Evaluating the major contending measures – the Genuine Progress Indicator, Human Development Index, Happiness/life evaluation index, Happy Planet Index, the OECD’s Better Life Initiative dashboard – the paper argues that the GPI is the only indicator that incorporates care for human beings and care for the environment in a single framework and is therefore best suited to guide policy in responding to the major challenges of our time – rising inequality, climate change, environmental destruction.