All pages with keywords: sustainability

Public lecture | Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation

Public Lecture 2 Feb 2016

Department of Geography and Environment and Grantham Research Institute public lecture Introduced and chaired by Professor Giles Atkinson When and how do ecosystem services contribute to poverty alleviation in developing … read more »


Climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand

Climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand

a commentary by Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Samuel Fankhauser 23 September, 2015

Developing countries should tackle the twin opportunities of climate resilience and economic resilience together argue Adriana Kocornik-Mina and Samuel Fankhauser. read more »


Brief Communication: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – success or warning sign for Paris?

Brief Communication: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – success or warning sign for Paris?

a research article by Swenja Surminski 16 June, 2015

In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk … read more »


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Natural capital accounting and climate change

a research article by Matthew Agarwala, Giles Atkinson 25 June, 2014

Governments and businesses are beginning to account for natural capital, but must collaborate to promote sustainability, combat climate change and improve decision-making. read more »


United Nations

Measuring sustainability in the UN system of envrionmental-economic accounting

a working paper by Kirk Hamilton 2 April, 2014

The adoption of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012: Central Framework as a UN statistical standard is a landmark in environmental accounting. The SEEA has the … read more »