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This analytical report explains the critical linkages between population dynamics and sustainable development and outlines a human-rights-based framework to address associated challenges and seize opportunities for policy-makers. A special emphasis is put on the Laxenburg Declaration. The report was prepared in consultation with thirteen international agencies.

This guidance document aims at understanding capacity development obstacles and challenges in the disaster risk reduction context, and especially the linkages with the Sendai Framework Monitor. It reviews action areas for capacity development, driving principles, capacity development planning tools as well as stakeholders and partners.

This guidance document lists some resources that are currently available to assess the risk of sea-level rise. It also provides a deeper understanding of disaster risk reduction governance to manage sea-level rise, on enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and on guiding resilience investment.

This policy document records the cooperation between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to help make weather index insurance available to farmers in Senegal. It shows while insurance is one of the tools that farmers in developed countries use to cope with risk, those in the developing world often lack this and other resources. 

This technical report shows that high trade costs can undermine the potential gains from trade, especially for for small and medium sized enterprises in developing countries which are not able to fully exploit market access opportunities. What emerges from the report is the need for action to streamline priority for
micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). 

This policy document aims at recording the gradual convergence of CITES and the WTO around the principle of sustainable development over the past four decades as well as in the future. 

This analytical document aims at promoting adaptation to climate change in Kathmandu Valley and, a fortiori, in developing countries. It should encourage shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development focusing on urban governance, decentralisation and strengthening local authorities. The valley is analysed through three main pillars: exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to change. 

This guidance document wants to build on aforementioned efforts by systematically linking each step of the City Development Strategy approach to existing practices of streamlining climate change concerns into city planning. It also takes as key source the already existing guide Planning for Climate Change (UNHabitat, 2014) and adds recommendations from the case studies, where appropriate.

This analytical document provides a contextual understanding of the challenges and opportunities of climate change in relation to human settlements in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and contains various references to urbanization, such as land and housing, water and sanitation, energy, and infrastructure. The report also explains how SIDS face numerous constraints in their pursuit of sustainable development due to their ecological fragility and economic vulnerability. 

This analytical document addresses Makassar’s climate change situation from a comprehensive vulnerability perspective that focuses on exposure to climate change hazards, socio-economic sensitivities and the adaptive capacities of the city and its stakeholders. The report puts particular emphasis on the assessment on the role of local ecosystems for climate change adaptation as well as on an institutional
assessment. Based on this analysis the report identifies vulnerable people, places and sectors and provides preliminary climate change adaptation options.

This analytical document reviews country- and sector-level upstream planning and procurement approaches of water, transport, and energy infrastructure projects in Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Peru. For each country and sector, institutional frameworks, policies and legislation are reviewed for sustainable infrastructure planning. The report also identifies the main institutional gaps that need to be addressed in Latin American and Caribbean countries so they can improve their planning and preparation of sustainable infrastructure projects.

This guidance document explores ways to enhance clarity, reduce risks, and realize the opportunities that sustainable infrastructure supports inclusive growth and productivity, enhancing coverage and quality of services embodied in the SDGs, and accelerating the transition to low carbon growth and climate resilient economies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The framework presents four main principles of sustainability covering economic and financial, environmental, social, and institutional dimensions. 

This activity report presents how the Inter-American Development Bank’s support translate into positive actions and impacts in the region, while highlighting some examples of how sustainability is the key transversal ingredient to help countries advance in achieving their development objectives. The analysis takes into account The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Change Agreement as well as the specific location of Latin America and Caribbean region, which is susceptible to natural disasters, including hurricanes, landslides, droughts, and earthquakes. 

The analytical report is aligned with the theme of the 2017 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF): “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”. It focuses on the following six goals of the HLPF: Goal 1 (End Poverty); Goal 2 – (Zero Hunger); Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being); Goal 5 (Gender Equality); Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure); and Goal 14 (Life below water). It observes that Africa’s infrastructure deficits undermine industrial development and underline the stagnation in value addition in manufacturing.

This analytical document seeks to highlight the transportation challenges experienced in cities all over the world, and identifies examples of good practice from specific cities of how to address such challenges. The report also provides recommendations on how national, provincial and local governments and other stakeholders can develop more sustainable urban futures through improved planning and design of urban transport systems.

This analytical document provides a baseline of the first release of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) linked to urban issues in the world. The specific objective of this research is to conduct a comprehensive analysis, tacking into account the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2016. 

This slide presentation proposes an introduction to the linkages between climate change, forest and agriculture. it identifies ways to address climate change and aims at developping a conceptual framework between land use programs and climate change. 

This analytical document summarises work conducted by the Uganda UN-REDD+ National programme during 2017 to guide the development of policy instruments for the Government of Uganda in order to evaluate the contribution of forests to the economy. The work conducted comprised economic modelling and analysis with the purpose of valuing the benefits of forest ecosystem services.

This analytical document illustrates practical examples and the direction of future initiatives related to the SDGs in Shimokawa in a format that, where possible, is in line with the United Nations handbook for the preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNR). It also aims at communicating about Japanese efforts to achieve the SDGs, in areas including environment and energy, health and welfare, advancement of women, and promotion of industry. 

Shimokawa takes part, jointly with Kitakyushu and Toyama cities, of the ‘SDGs Futures cities’, announced by the Japanese governement in June 2018.  

This analytical document evaluates the impact of Developping countries projects and initiatives through renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). The analysis shows that low-carbon forms of development – particularly city-based public private partnerships – generate multiple co-benefits.