Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human ...

The implementation strategy reflects several important features of: - the Social Protection Floor Initiative Manual and strategic framework for joint UN country ...

Finland introduced a carbon tax (or CO2 tax) based on the carbon content of fossil fuels in January 1990 as an instrument for climate change mitigation. Source: UNCSD Secretariat (2010) Questionnaire ...

In September 2015, the Member States of the United Nations committed themselves to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (herein the 2030 Agenda) containing 17 Goals and 169 Targets, most of ...

The partnership aims at strengthening the capacity of island nations to management of the marine and coastal resources for growth and development with due respect to the environment. The European ...

Biodiversity—the diversity of life on Earth—is defined as the variability among living organisms from all sources, including diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Biodiversity ...

Advancing Sustainable Energy for Europe: i) to deliver sustainable green infrastructure to cities; ii) ensure efficient use of resources and of renewable resources by the public users, allow access to ...

1. An assessment of the situation regarding the principle of “ensuring that no one is left behind” at the global level: Scientific evidence of a warming trend of the climate system is compelling - an ...

The Sustainable Real Estate partnership aims to achieve a boost in energy efficiency and reduction of CO2 emissions in 1000 properties throughout Switzerland via a five-year program to systematically ...

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United Nations Conference on Environment and ...

The environmental and social implications of fashion production and disposal, make it of high relevance to integrate the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into this industry, to make it ...

The outcome document for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 includes a chapter on green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. Whilst not ...