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This analytical document analyzes the various dimensions, sources and impacts of illicit financial flows, including climate finance, from the continent and the strategies that could be deployed to halt and redirect them towards Africa’s development.

This guidance document presents a guide to help African member states to better mainstream the Blue Economy into their national development plans, strategies, policies and laws. The Blue Economy approach is premised in the sustainable use, management and conservation of aquatic and marine ecosystems and associated resources.

This guidance document shows that structural transformation is a priority for Africa’s economy and greening industrialization is the strategy to achieve it in practice. The document also provides policy options to follow. 

This analytical document provides an analysis of the social, economic and environmental sustainability of African countries. The document also examines the challenges and opportunities in the exploitation of its land, water, energy and mineral resources in order to achieve sustainable development. 

This analytical document investigates the progress towards sustainable development in Africa by using an indicator set covering the economic, social and environmental pillars. The document also explores the contribution of five sectors: biodiversity, forests, biotechnology, tourism and mountains to Africa’s growth and poverty reduction.

This analytical document is a tool for monitoring and assessing progress on sustainable development as well as for engagement on topical issues relevant to the region’s development aspirations. 

This guidance document presents Africa’s sustainable development priorities and goals, prepared under the framework of the Africa post-2015 consultations and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”) follow-up processes. 

This brief provides a synthesis of the findings and recommends of an upcoming report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The document also shows the development and implementation of an inclusive green economy strategy or framework for water resource management in the Basin under the Lake Victoria Basin Commission.

This brief provides a synthesis of the report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) entitled “Inclusive green economy and structural transformation in Africa” and highlights its key messages. The ECA report explores the linkages and contributions of inclusive green economy policies and strategies to the structural transformation of African countries, as well as the transmission mechanisms that could ensure the sustainability of the transformation. 

This guidance document shows the views of industrialists regarding the issue of the green economy. The document also provides a review of their understanding on associated challenges and opportunities as well as the progress made in integrating environmental and social challenges into their strategies and activities. The document also highlights the constraints and expectations of enterprises where public policy reforms are concerned.

This guidance report shows that the success of the global response to AIDS can lead not only the encroaching virus itself but also the effects of climate change such as food and water shortages, growth in poverty and an increase in natural disasters. 

This guidance document provides step by step instructions on the four basic steps to design a greenhouse has reporting program: determining program objectives; creating an enabling environment for program design and implementation; determining program structure and requirements; and conducting program review.

This activity report provides an overview of the approach taken in the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture pilot projects (2011-2014) to support the implementation of climate-smart agriculture in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania. The objective of these pilot projects was to show that smallholder farmers can improve their livelihoods and increase their productivity and contribute to climate change mitigation at the same time. 

This report includes key activities and achievements from the 2011-2013 Implementation Phase of the UN CC:Learn partnership. 

This activity report highlights the 20-year history that technology development and transfer has played in the global fight against climate change and it shows how this role has been taken forward under the UNFCCC. This includes work on technology through the consultative process, technology transfer framework, technology needs assessments, and the Technology Mechanism. It also describes the role of climate technology financing.

This brief summarises mitigation and transparency issues following the last United Nations Framework Conventions for Climate Change May session, SB44.

This guidance document illustrates the steps to set up a Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD), which is an event that features a video-conference dialogue between schools in different parts of the world about how youth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most important. 

This analytical document presents information and practical case studies of what cities can do to respond to one of today’s challenges in 12 messages.

This guidance document focuses on the need to enhance understanding of the region’s key urban stakeholders on climate change, discusses how it affects efforts to realize sustainable urban development, and explores what actions can be taken to synergize continued commitments to poverty reduction alongside urban climate resilience.

This analytical document analyzes the key challenges facing the urban poor, given the risks associated with climate change and disasters, particularly with regard to the delivery of basic services, and identifies strategies and financing opportunities for addressing these risks.