This report, Modelling Land use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry in Climate Change: A Review of Major Approaches, will guide a following critical discussion on relevant methodological aspects related to the global modelling of land use and its changes. An additional focus is placed on the representation of forest-carbon sequestration within climate mitigation, which represents one of the most demanding issues from a modelling perspective.
The working paper Industrial Waster Assessment in the Republic of Mauritius: Opportunities for Industrial Symbiosis aims to stimulate industrial symbiosis through the establishment of recycling activities and a circular economy.
World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs presents an assessment the employment impacts of the transition to a green economy. The reported estimates suggest that the net effect on job numbers will be positive, with a net increase of approximately 18 million jobs across the world as a result of the adoption of sustainable practices.
The paper The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative examines how the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the European bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) encourage the use of sustainable procurement by their borrowers, and how China’s policy banks approach this issue.
The paper The Role of Investors in Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Under the Belt and Road Initiative examines how the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the European bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) encourage the use of sustainable procurement by their borrowers, and how China’s policy banks approach this issue.