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03 September 2016

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 such as this will increase the demand for integrated assessment approaches as the basis to improve policy coherence. The international community of natural and social scientists has adopted these approaches, particularly for assessing scenarios of potential impacts of climate hazards on people and their livelihoods. These assessments provide relevant information to decision makers when they include sound analysis of policy options for building resilience… UN/DESA Policy Brief #47: Benefits of engaging stakeholders in integrated climate impact assessments

03 September 2016

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 hazards requires improved understanding of possible impacts from climate change and the policy options that, by preventing loss of lives and livelihoods in the face of such impacts, improve development prospects. However, bringing the science of climate change to development policy is not simple; in fact, integrating the many facets of environmental concerns into development policies is a major challenge in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for… UN/DESA Policy Brief #46: Integrating methodologies to support the assessment of options for climate change resilience

03 September 2016

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 reducing inequalities suggests that the impacts of climate change and structural inequalities are locked in a vicious cycle. Large inequalities in access to physical and financial assets; unequal access to quality health services, education and employment; and inequality with respect to voice and political representation aggravate the exposure and vulnerability of large population groups to climate hazards. Better understanding of the links between… UN/DESA Policy Brief #45: The nexus between climate change and inequalities

03 September 2016

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 and shortage of water are endangering livelihoods around the world and, the warming of surface temperatures and changing weather patterns and threatening human lives. Warming has contributed to the change in vegetation and distribution of fish species at the global level, and to the spread of vector-borne diseases to wider areas. People living in coastal zones are facing greater risks of floods and storm surges and people living in mountainous… UN/DESA Policy Brief #44: Building climate change resilience for sustainable development

30 August 2016

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 dimensions of sustainable development; acquaint participants with the technical tools available; and the implications of an integrated approach for policy decision making. The course is being designed for a wide range of middle to high level government officials, development practitioners and UN staff. With the purpose of pilot testing the training program, on the week of 22-26 August, DESA and UNDP organised the workshop ?Modelling tools-… Bridging the science-policy interface: using modelling tools to inform integrated approaches for sustainable development

19 August 2016

Toward the full realization of an inclusive and accessible United Nations for persons with disabilities - 2016 Report

14 August 2016

The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations

The World Economic Forecasting Model (WEFM) was developed to allow the UN Development Policy Analysis Division to produce consistent forecasts for the global economy for use in its flagship publication, World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) and the WESP Update, and for the forecasts presented at annual meetings of Project LINK. The WEFM evolved from the original Project LINK programme, which started in the 1960s, and linked together individual country macro-models from up to 80 different countries in order to compute a joint global forecast. The WEFM is also used to produce alternative scenarios around the central forecast. Examples include the impact of a resurgence in the euro… The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations

08 August 2016

World Economic Situation And Prospects: August 2016 Briefing, No. 93

Brexit triggers policy responses from central banks in both the developed and developing regions The weak global economy restrains remittance flows China?s GDP growth stabilizes ? Global issues Central banks respond to increased global uncertainty in?the aftermath of the UK referendum The sharp initial reaction of global financial markets to the referendum decision of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to leave the European Union (EU) has largely subsided. Equity market volatility has declined (figure 1), while major exchange rates have broadly stabilized. Investor sentiments, however, remain fragile amid a lack of clarity over the United Kingdom?s future… World Economic Situation And Prospects: August 2016 Briefing, No. 93

01 August 2016

High-Level Panel Discussion on Future Measurement and Monitoring Framework for Development Finance

On 21 July 2016 the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and OECD co-hosted a High-Level Panel discussion during the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum on the Future Measurement and Monitoring Framework for Development Finance in support of the 2030 Agenda: Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD). The discussion will aim to advance the understanding of the components of a more comprehensive measure of development finance ? distinct from and complementary to ODA ? to underpin catalytic effect of aid and support the SDGs, and to identify avenues for a broad-based consultation with all stakeholders to facilitate international consensus, to ensure that TOSSD will… High-Level Panel Discussion on Future Measurement and Monitoring Framework for Development Finance

27 July 2016

Report of the Secretary-General on Realization of internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities and progress made - 2016 Report