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The transition of tourism to net-zero emissions will require significant investment and innovation by the businesses and other stakeholders. UNEP recently launched this initiative to support the urgent transition, which is aimed to address challenges that the private sector faces in financing climate mitigation actions ...

Cities are increasingly transitioning towards the circular economy (CE).  They are moving towards a sharing economy and implementing CE strategies to reduce their use of resources and environmental impact.  The efforts of municipalities concentrate chiefly on the "lower-level" waste and wastewater management and recycl ...

A large part of the construction sector’s emissions come from building products and materials – embodied carbon.  Embodied carbon has become the focus of regulatory bodies, making it a risk factor for developers and investors to price into construction projects.  This report is for developers and investors, who drive t ...

This is a forward-looking climate risk analysis and assessment of the impact of climate risk on commercial property investments through pricing, CapEx or OpEx decisions.  The study sought to understand the extent to which real estate markets price in the risks from extreme weather and climate change and the channels th ...

The Limits to Growth (LtG) published in April 1972, called for managing the reduction of resources used in economic development.  It warned that overshoot will be caused by significant institutional delays in decision-making and showed how the equilibrium between remedial action and ecosystem improvement could be achie ...