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Reports and Books
Aligning Kenya’s Financial System with Inclusive Green Investment
United Nations Environment Programme
This summary paper explores the state of green investment in Kenya, and the role of the financial sector and potential financial policy innovations that could increase the flow of domestic green investment. This paper is part of a broader analysis on scaling domestic sustainable finance in Kenya and is being led by the International Finance Corporation and UNEP’s Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System. The IFC, as the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries, has been utilizing its investment and advisory services to develop local financial markets and leverage the private sector to advance innovative and viable solutions to ensure environmental and social sustainability. The UNEP Inquiry was set up to advance policy options to deliver a step change in the global financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital towards a green and inclusive economy, through including producing country specific policy reports
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Building Inclusive Green Economies in Africa - Experience and Lessons Learned 2010-2015
United Nations Environment Programme
This synthesis report provides an overview of where Africa, as a region, stands in terms of transitioning to an inclusive green economy. It draws on recent studies to summarise the prospective gains and challenges associated with investing in a green economy and outlines a way forward to prioritise policy reforms, with a specific section on how to turn strategies and practices challenges into opportunities. Collectively, this report highlights how a transition to a green economy may be achieved within a range of country conditions.
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2015 |
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Reports and Books
Design options for a sustainable financial sector: Lessons from inclusive banking experiments
United Nations Environment Programme
Over 200 years ago, Adam Smith put forward the notion that individuals seeking to benefit themselves through trade were led as if by an invisible hand to a situation in which society as a whole could benefit. It can be argued, however, that social objectives such as sustainability, and inclusiveness, do not emerge spontaneously through market forces. Such outcomes have to be designed through legal structures and institutions. In other words, for the invisible hand to operate, there needs to be a visible hand behind it. The financial inclusion experiment in South Africa provides lessons for the design of the type of financial sector required for the transition from greed to green. "
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2015 |
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Reports and Books
The Financial System We Need: Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development
United Nations Environment Programme
The global report of the UNEP Inquiry argues that there is now a historic opportunity to shape a financial system that can more effectively finance the development of an inclusive, green economy. This opportunity is based on a growing trend in policy innovation from central banks, financial regulators and standard setters, who are incorporating sustainability factors into the rules that govern the financial system. The report draws together practical examples of policy changes in banking, capital markets, insurance and institutional investment, drawing on detailed work in countries such as Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, the UK and the USA. It offers a Framework for Action that shows how a systematic approach can now be taken at both the national and international levels.
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2015 |
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Reports and Books
Regional State of the Coast Report: Western Indian Ocean
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Convention Secretariat
The Regional State of Coast Report for the western Indian Ocean (WIO) is the first comprehensive regional synthesis to provide insights into the enormous economic potential around the WIO, the consequential demand for marine ecosystem goods and services to match the increasing human population, the pace and scale of environmental changes taking place in the region and the opportunities to avoid serious degradation in one of the world’s unique and highly biodiverse oceans. The report goes a step further and presents exploratory scenarios and policy analysis to better inform anticipatory planning and management of coastal and marine resources. Thirty years after the Nairobi Convention was enacted, there is no better way to mark this major milestone than launching this report in 2015 - a report which amongst others, will provide the Convention with the basis for reflection on where it is coming from and where it would wish to be in another thirty years from now. This report highlights the enormous economic potential and development needs of countries around the WIO and, at the same time, points out the growing natural and anthropogenic pressure imposed on the region coastal and marine environment, and the opportunities to avoid them.
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2015 |
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Cover Memo for Transboundary meeting NBO
United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Environment Programme Institutional authors
The meeting will discuss the process for establishing a Transboundary Marine Protected Area between Kenya and Tanzania including, reviewing transboundary issues between South Coast in Kenya; Tanga; Pangani; Zanzibar and Pemba in Tanzania, and initiate a dialogue between the two governments. The meeting will also focus on defining scope for cooperation regarding assessment, monitoring and management of transboundary issues, identifying suitable MPA Management Scenarios for the MPA’s established. We have invited Global Environmental Facility (GEF), as we consider a project proposal for establishing a transboundary MPA.
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2014 |
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KENYA GREEN UNIVERSITIES NETWORK INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS
United Nations Environment Programme
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2014 |
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Forests in a Changing Environment: Sourcebook for REDD+ Brochure
United Nations Environment Programme
Forests in a Changing Environment: Sourcebook for REDD+ Brochure
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2014 |
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Forests in a Changing Environment: Sourcebook for REDD+ Flyer
United Nations Environment Programme
Forests in a Changing Environment: Sourcebook for REDD+ Flyer
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2014 |
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Kenya Green University Network Informal Consultative Meeting
United Nations Environment Programme
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2014 |
