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Frequently
Asked Questions on the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption
and Production
 This
new publication describes the vibrant and complex Marrakech Process.
It defines the concept of SCP and provides brief answers and overviews
of each of the activities of the Marrakech Process (international
and regional meetings, Task Forces, Forums with business and civil
society, etc), and highlights the outcomes and progress achieved.
It also explains SCP contributions to poverty alleviation and
climate change mitigation.
Through a series of examples and collection of best practices,
these FAQ highlight the global efforts to build capacity, implement
SCP programmes and design enabling policy frameworks on SCP....
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Marrakech Process
Towards
Triple Impact - Toolbox for Analysing Sustainable Ventures in
Developing Countries
 Sustainable
ventures can make a significant contribution to poverty alleviation
and environmental sustainability. These business initiatives and
activities improve human well-being and the environment on a profitable
basis (people, planet, profit), contributing to decoupling economic
growth and improvements in well-being from natural resource use....
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SCP & Poverty
Alleviation
Unchaining
Value: Innovative approaches to sustainable supply
 Unchaining
Value aims to spur the pursuit
of greater environmental and social sustainability within corporate
global supply chains.
This report seeks to begin a process
of uncovering the barriers and challenges to driving sustainability
improvements through global supply chains, as well as spotting
the opportunities for achieving greater impact
through partnerships and capacity-building...
Unchaining Value
The
Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism, and the Building
and Construction Sector
 Buildings
are responsible for more than one third of total energy use and
associated greenhouse gas emissions globally, both in developed
and developing countries. The potential for drastic reductions
of the energy consumption in buildings is significant. However,
research presented in this report indicates that the Clean Development
Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol has so far hardly at all been
able to promote emission reduction projects in buildings.
The report analyses the underlying causes to this situation,
and proposes changes to CDM which would allow CDM to support emission
reduction projects in buildings and other similar sectors....
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