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This fact sheet outlines the work of the Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF), a partnership between the Africa Commission, the Youth Employment Network and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in Kenya. Through training and business plan competition YEF promotes green entrepreneurship among young women and men in the country.

This technical document sets out the different methodologies available to assess the employment potential that green policies can offer and, in so doing, aims to help to focus policy decision-making in order to make it as efficient and productive as possible.

This activity report presents the various initiatives that have been conducted in 2011-2012 within the Maurice Ile Durable (MID) framework. The first part of the report presents the steps that Mauritius has taken toward sustainability through the MID vision. It goes on to highlight the contribution that the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Green Jobs Agenda can make to this process. Four studies have been conducted in Mauritius in 2011 to explore the opportunities for green jobs in the country. The second part of the report presents the findings and recommendations from these studies. The third part contains the joint Action Plan by the Mauritian partners, developed as a follow up to the findings of the studies. The Plan aims to ensure that employment is part and parcel of the MID strategy. The report concludes with a review of the key recommendations and an outline of the steps necessary to integrate the action plan into the MID process as well as in the employment policies of the country.

This manual aims to be a practical guide with useful information for entrepreneurs, who are willing to start a green business. Firstly, it offers a short explanation of available green technologies and green services that make business sense. Secondly, it outlines the types of skills and expertise needed to start a business in the identified green technologies and services, also identifying the specific professions/occupations required. Finally, it provides an internet link for further practical research and information. Consequently, this guide is divided into sectors in which Green Business can be created, including renewable energy, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, waste management and recycling, construction, nature and eco-tourism, efficiency technologies for energy, material, and water.

This training kit is designed to give teachers confidence, through a series of six-day programmes, to help young people understand the causes and consequences of climate change. It aims to bring climate change education outside the science classroom into all subject areas liable to be affected by climate change. These include ethics, social studies, economics and political science, among many others. The materials are organized into four parts: 1) course framework and overview, 2) teachers’ education course daily materials, 3) regional resource packs, and 4) daily classroom materials for teachers.

This analytical report provides a snapshot of recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4° Celsius warming within this century. It is a rigorous attempt to outline a range of risks, focusing on developing countries and especially the poor. A 4°C world would be one of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, with serious impacts on ecosystems and associated services. But with action, a 4°C world can be avoided and we can likely hold warming below 2°C.

This analytical report presents global research priorities that were identified through a consultation process with experts and policymakers, and are intended to serve as guidance to researchers, donor groups and other stakeholders. The report consists of 33 topics presented in three sections: 1) Information to Support Policymaker Decisions, 2) Systems and Regions, and 3) Emerging Topics. Each of the 33 topics includes a description of why the research is needed, followed by several paragraphs describing specific activities that respond to that need. A short bulleted list thereafter highlights representative examples of critical activities from the broader set of proposed activities for each research topic.

This technical document aims to support adaptation planning to protect health from the negative effects of climate change in European Member States. It is based on a review of the science, and provides step-by-step guidance on estimating: (a) the costs associated with damage to health due to climate change; (b) the costs for adaptation in various sectors to protect health from such damage; and (c) the efficiency of adaptation measures: the cost of adaptation versus the expected returns, or averted health costs. The tool is expected to be applied in Member States mainly by ministries responsible for climate-change adaptation. It consists of a document describing the methods step-by-step and a manual with an Excel spreadsheet, which is a visual aid for calculating costs.

This activity report provides an overview of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s extensive work supporting the development of national renewable energy regimes based around feed-in tariffs. In these activities UNDP-GEF assists developing countries to assess key barriers and risks to technology diffusion, and then to identify a mix of derisking instruments and incentives to remove these barriers and to drive investment.

This activity report details a project on the recycling of municiapl waste and biogas production conducted in Lalitpur, Nepal by a group called Women Environment Protection Committee (WEPCO). The document reports the strenghts and weaknesses of the project as well as the impact it has had on the community.

This activity report details a project on the recycling of municiapl waste and biogas production conducted in Lalitpur, Nepal by a group called Women Environment Protection Committee (WEPCO). The document reports the strenghts and weaknesses of the project as well as the impact it has had on the community.

This manual steers readers through constructing an adaptable and flexible multi-level, multi-sector, multi-stakeholder governance framework which is an essential tool for governments, practitioners, and concerned citizens to successfully develop and negotiate green, low-emission and climate-resilient development strategies.

This manual aims to describe in a practical manner the six-step process that proved effective in order to assist non-climate experts in UN Country Teams to mainstream climate change in UN and government development planning, as well as build national capacity to do so. The guide proposes a set of best practices and identifies crucial issues to consider. Also available in portuguese.

This analytical report focuses on the links between gender and climate change adaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women’s engagement in decision-making. 

This manual aims to provide national policy makers advisors and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector with an introduction to the main mitigation planning approaches and the key elements that may need to be considered in the planning process. It describes two of the main approaches to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in developing countries: Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). National mitigation planning processes have policy, technical and institutional dimensions that need to be addressed in an integrated and iterative manner. For each of these dimensions four key elements are outlined. Examples from mitigation planning processes in developing countries are provided to illustrate the range of options for addressing these key elements in country-specific ways. Special considerations for including smallholder farmers in the planning process are highlighted.

This manual aims to provide national policy makers advisors and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector with an introduction to the main mitigation planning approaches and the key elements that may need to be considered in the planning process. It describes two of the main approaches to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in developing countries: Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). National mitigation planning processes have policy, technical and institutional dimensions that need to be addressed in an integrated and iterative manner. For each of these dimensions four key elements are outlined. Examples from mitigation planning processes in developing countries are provided to illustrate the range of options for addressing these key elements in country-specific ways. Special considerations for including smallholder farmers in the planning process are highlighted.

This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1993.

This booklet is a concise, up-to-date compilation of the vision, strategy and activities on energy, of 10 organisations in Asia and the Pacific. It aims to raise awareness and coordination, as well as inspire ideas for improving and initiating partnerships between countries, the United Nations and all development partners. The information gathered in this booklet can help all stakeholders in understaning the available resources and inspire ideas for improving and initiating partnerships between countries, the United Nations, and all development partners, including civil society organisations and businesses.

This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1994.

This manul is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identification, formulation and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. In order to effectively mainstream gender within their health adaptation to climate change programmes, managers learn to conduct a gender analysis of health vulnerability and adverse health impacts of climate change, and to design gender-responsive adaptation programmes and actions, thanks to the practical and programmatic  recommendations.