The webinar will provide an opportunity to discuss practical ways to integrate natural capital approaches into development financing. The meeting will also allow the program's partners and experts to present the results of a pilot infrastructure project conducted using natural capital approaches with the support of the African Development Bank and its partners in Tanzania.
This workshop, organized by GFPN and UNESCAP, explored the potential role of green fiscal policies in greening the Covid-19 recovery with the aim of supporting public health efforts, reducing environmental and climate change risks, and strengthening resilience to future crises by embedding inclusive and sustainable socio-economic considerations in national economic planning.
Together with UN ESCAP, we organized a webinar series on the 14th and 15th of September on the - Role of fiscal policies in a green COVID-19 recovery: Experience, Best Practice, And Next Steps In the Asia-Pacific region. SESSION 1: The role of green fiscal policies in the recovery: Findings from the Global Recovery Observatory […]
As a global call-to-action to repurpose agricultural support, join us for the launch of the report A Multi-billion-dollar Opportunity: Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems, co-produced by FAO, UNEP, and UNDP.
Unlocking capital for sustainability is an annual premiere event organised by Eco-Business in partnership with UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that brings together high-level decision makers in finance, business, government and civic society to discuss and commit to actionable initiatives that mobilise the capital markets for sustainable development.
A discussion on trade policy's role in fostering biodiversity-friendly commodity and wildlife supply chains. This answers questions as to how global trade flows interact with biodiversity.
The event will discuss opportunities for integrating adaptation and resilience into pandemic response and recovery measures that also inform National Adaptation Plans and other climate priorities. It will also highlight the perspectives of national and local governments and the challenges of adopting long-term adaptation interventions that immediately respond to the health, social, and fiscal impacts of COVID-19.
The NDC Partnership, EUROCLIMA+ programme of the European Union, GIZ, the Chilean Ministry of Environment, and the UNFCCC are organizing a virtual exchange to promote the acceleration of climate ambition and green recovery. The exchange will include country experiences from different world regions on how the process of revising and updating their Nationally Determined Contributions […]
The aim of the workshop is to provide guidance on the process and methodology to be followed in order to incorporate various environmental elements and cross-cutting issues in the recovery planning process. In addition, the workshop outlines the expertise and resources available of UNEP and UNDP to assist UN Country Teams in conducting recovery planning exercise for Member States.
The 3rd World Bank Tax Conference will bring together leading researchers and policy makers to discuss recent research on new tax instruments, including carbon taxes and other environmental taxes, taxes on the digital economy, and novel sin taxes such as taxes on carbonated drinks.
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