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UN/DESA Policy Brief #44: Building climate change resilience for sustainable development

UN/DESA Policy Brief #44: Building climate change resilience for sustainable development

Climate change is already imposing a significant burden on all countries, extreme in some cases. Several small-island developing States are facing the realistic risk of becoming completely submerged under water due to sea-level rise. Severe drought a
UN/DESA Policy Brief #44: Building climate change resilience for sustainable development
UN/DESA Policy Brief #45: The nexus between climate change and inequalities

UN/DESA Policy Brief #45: The nexus between climate change and inequalities

Climate change and inequality are two of the most important challenges currently faced by the international community. An extensive review of the evidence in the World Economic and Social Survey 2016: climate change resilience, an opportunity for
UN/DESA Policy Brief #45: The nexus between climate change and inequalities
UN/DESA Policy Brief #46: Integrating methodologies to support the assessment of options for climate change resilience

UN/DESA Policy Brief #46: Integrating methodologies to support the assessment of options for climate change resilience

The challenge of addressing diverse environmental concerns in development policy
The intensity and frequency of climate hazards have increased with climate change, imposing large costs on societies. Building resilience to withstand climate h
UN/DESA Policy Brief #46: Integrating methodologies to support the assessment of options for climate change resilience
UN/DESA Policy Brief #47: Benefits of engaging stakeholders in integrated climate impact assessments

UN/DESA Policy Brief #47: Benefits of engaging stakeholders in integrated climate impact assessments

Integrated climate impact assessments inform policy decisions
At the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the intention to build consistency across the various dimensions of development. Implementation of a holistic agenda
UN/DESA Policy Brief #47: Benefits of engaging stakeholders in integrated climate impact assessments
UN/DESA Policy Brief #48: Adaptation to climate change requires transformative policies

UN/DESA Policy Brief #48: Adaptation to climate change requires transformative policies

Climate change has a differential impact on people and communities. The people at greatest risk are the poor, the vulnerable and the marginalized that, in most cases, have been excluded from socioeconomic progress. Differences in wealth; unequal oppo
UN/DESA Policy Brief #48: Adaptation to climate change requires transformative policies
UN/DESA Policy Brief #49: Data and statistics for climate change resilience

UN/DESA Policy Brief #49: Data and statistics for climate change resilience

Identifying the population groups at greatest risk due to climate-related events, understanding the specific risks they incur, and monitoring the interventions to reduce their vulnerability requires basic indicators on populations in vulnerable zones
UN/DESA Policy Brief #49: Data and statistics for climate change resilience
UN/DESA Policy Brief #50: International finance to support climate change resilience

UN/DESA Policy Brief #50: International finance to support climate change resilience

In the past 20 years, weather-related disasters affected 4.2 billion people worldwide, with a large loss of life and livelihoods. The global annual average cost of climatic disasters, including floods, storms, droughts and heat waves, is estimated to
UN/DESA Policy Brief #50: International finance to support climate change resilience
Bridging the science-policy interface: using modelling tools to inform integrated approaches for sustainable development

Bridging the science-policy interface: using modelling tools to inform integrated approaches for sustainable development

DESA/DPAD in partnership with UNDP launched an initiative to develop a training course aimed at strengthening the science-policy interface to inform sustainable development strategies; raise capacity to establish the inter-linkages across the three d
Bridging the science-policy interface: using modelling tools to inform integrated approaches for sustainable development
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The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations

The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations

Examples include the impact of a resurgence in the euro area debt crisis; a sharp adjustment in global energy prices; a fiscal stimulus coordinated among the largest economies; migration flows in Europe; conventional and unconventional monetary policy shocks; and a slowdown in trend productivity growth. The flexible model platform can be adapted to address a wide range of policy questions.
The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations