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Environment
and Poverty Times - n°6
 Can
resource efficiency trigger the transformation to a green economy?
In a context of multiple global crises, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, in
cooperation with UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
(DTIE), gathered inputs from all over the world to gather elements
of response for this question. The 6th issue of the Environment
and Poverty Times - an easy-to-read and illustrated 'newspaper'
- was launched on September 9th, 2009 in Manila at the International
Conference on Green Industry in Asia.
The Environment and Poverty Times highlights the links between
poverty alleviation and environmental concerns. This issue focuses
on resource efficiency as a catalyst for greening the global economy
while simultaneously contributing to poverty alleviation efforts
in developing countries....... 
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Environment
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SCP & Poverty
Alleviation
Towards sustainable
production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels
 This
report is the result of extensive literature examination and a
thorough review process, involving a number of experts, to provide
a robust assessment of key problems of production and use of biomass
for energy purposes and options for more efficient and sustainable
production and use of biomass....
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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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Buildings & Construction
SCP
Indicators for Developing Countries - A Guidance Framework
 This
document has been developed to provide guidance to policymakers
in developing countries on the development of indicators that
measure progress towards more sustainable patterns of consumption
and production (SCP), a critical means for achieving sustainable
development. The document proposes a structured framework....
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SCP & Poverty
Reduction
Building
Nepal's Private Sector Capacity for Sustainable Tourism Operations:
A collection of Best Practices and Resulting Business Benefits
 The
MAST-Nepal project was developed to build capacity within the
Nepal tourism industry on the concepts of sustainable tourism,
assist project companies in developing action plans to increase
product sustainability, and link these products to the European
sustainable tourism market. By strengthening sustainable tourism
in Nepal the project aims to...
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SCP Tourism
Tourism
and Mountains: A practical guide to managing the social and environmental
impacts of Mountain Tours
 Travel
to mountain ecosystems is increasing at a rapid pace, as growing
numbers of tourists are attracted to the clean air, unique landscapes
and wildlife, scenic beauty, culture, history, and recreational
opportunities that mountain destinations offer...
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SCP Tourism
Planning
for Change: Guidelines for National Programmes on Sustainable
Consumption and Production
 'Planning
for Change' provides guidelines on how to plan, develop, implement
and monitor national programmes on promoting sustainable consumption
and production. The manual includes a very accessible written
overview of concepts, tools and policies, and presents an easy-to-use
10 step programme...
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SCP National Action Plan |
Marrakech Process
UNEP/UNESCO
youthXchange Training Kit on Sustainable Consumption: Towards
Sustainable Lifestyles (New Edition)
 YouthXchange
is a train the trainer tool that aims to promote sustainable consumption
patterns among young consumers worldwide. The kit provides statistics,
case studies, games, examples of real companies going more sustainable,
and direction on how explain sustainable lifestyles to a young
audience....
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YouthXchange
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UNESCO
Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks,
Tools and Practices
 With
its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism
is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive
economic sector, similar to agriculture, insurance, energy, and
transportation. At the same time, tourism is a contributor to
Greenhouse Gas emissions, including emissions from transport,
activities...
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SCP Tourism
Asia-Pacific
Roundtable on SCP: ‘Sustainable Consumption and Climate Change:
Engaging the Market
The Conference themes will cover: 1) policy and corporate
social responsibility, 2) renewable energy / alternative fuel,
3) water and sanitation, 4) sustainable building and construction,
5) sustainable consumption / production / solid waste management,
6) financing, and 7) sustainable transportation and mobility.
Cebu, Philippines 19-20 September 2008
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Marrakech Process
National workshop on eco-labelling
The workshop is the first national event in the framework of the
‘Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label opportunities’
project.
Jaipur, India, 23-24 June 2008 ...
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Eco-labelling
4th African
Regional Meeting on SCP
The 4th Regional Expert Meeting in Johannesburg
is expected to review the lessons from the follow-up implementations
related to the African 10-YFP and identify the key steps that
needs to be taken in order to strengthen SCP activities in the
region.
Johannesburg, 4-6 June 2008...
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Marrakech Process
Final
launching event of the Marketing Assistance for Sustainable Tourism
in Nepal project
The objectives of the meeting are to: review
the project implementation and impacts, present case studies,
lessons learned and recommendations focusing on the promotion
of more sustainable tourism practices in Nepal.
Kathmandu, Nepal 2-3 June 2008...
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SCP Tourism
National
workshop on eco-labelling – South Africa
The workshop is the first national event
in the framework of the ‘Enabling developing countries to
seize eco-label opportunities’ project.
CapeTown, 28-29 May 2008...
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Eco-labelling
The Amsterdam
Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency
This biennial global conference is the
global reporting event where business delegates and sustainability
reporting experts from all over the world convene to discuss latest
trends in reporting.
Amsterdam, 7 - 9 May 2008...
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Global Reporting Initiative
OECD-UNEP
Conference on Resource Efficiency
The Conference provides an opportunity
for senior representatives from governments, businesses, international
organisations and civil society to discuss resource efficiency
issues and influence international debates.
Paris, 23 - 25 April 2008...
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OECD
Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks,
tools and practice
The direct and indirect impacts of climate
change are particularly acute in developing countries and small
island states, and limited attention has been paid to the impacts
in these destinations, on their communities' livelihoods and their
national economies.
Oxford, 8 - 11 April 2008...
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SCP Tourism
Energizing Cleaner Production: a Guide for Trainers
 Energizing
Cleaner Production: Guide for Trainers, contains a Management
Course for company managers, which outlines an approach to improve
energy efficiency, more effective national policies, mechanisms
to finance projects, and the Clean Development Mechanism of the
Kyoto Protocol...
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SCP Clearner Production
Life Cycle Management: A Business Guide to Sustainability
 The
journey towars sustainability requires that companies must find
innovatives ways to make profits and at the same time extend the
traditional boundaries of business to include the environmental
and social dimensions, a process known as "the Triple Bottom
Line", which introduces the process of "Life Cycle &
Resource Management"...
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Life Cycle Initiative
After the Tsunami - Sustainable building guidelines for South-East
Asia
This report provides hands-on advice for
safe and sustainable construction of buildings in disaster affected
areas...
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UNEP SBCI |
SCP Buildings and Construction.
Applying Cleaner Production to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(MEAs) Training Package
 The
ACME project "Applying Cleaner Production to Multilateral
Environmental Agreements (MEAs)" aims at impoving the implementation
of MEAs via the use of the preventive environmental strategy,
Cleaner Production...
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SCP Clearner Production
Sustainability Communications - A Toolkit for Marketing and Advertising
Courses
 This
CD-ROM (available in English
and French)
proposes resources for the educators training tomorrow's marketing
and communication professionals as well as for marketing and advertising
trainers in the corporate field. It is not a "turnkey"
teaching syllabus but a flexible, interactive tool which provides
a synthesis of theoretical and methodological knowledge illustrated
by numerous specific case studies...
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SCP Communications
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