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This study identifies five key challenges of implementing the SDGs in developing countries: integrating the SDGs into national, sub-national and local-level development plans; establishing an institutional architecture that can deliver the development agenda; mobilising adequate financial and other resources; realising a “data revolution” with regard to monitoring and evaluation; and developing…

Some of the most important inland fisheries in the world are found in semi-arid regions. This circular documents the general resilience of many fish resources to climatic variability, with a focus on the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa; reviews the importance of fisheries and aquaculture to the livelihoods of drylands communities; discusses future threats to human resilience; and…

The objective of this map book is to provide a scientific and technical background to the EEA website’s maps (1). The explanatory texts accompanying the maps in the digital map book have been derived directly from the more elaborate fact sheets in this report. In 2012, the EEA published the report Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe - Challenges and opportunities for…

The new UN 2030 Agenda is an inclusive, integrated framework of 17Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) spanning economic, environmental and social development. By achieving this Agenda, no one will be left behind. Libraries are key institutions to help achieve the Goals. Public access to information enables people to make informed decisions that can improve their lives. Communities that…

Libraries make an important contribution to development. The purpose of this toolkit is to support library institutions and associations and other civil society organisations to advocate at the national and regional level for the inclusion of access to information as part of the post-2015 development agenda.

This study presents some lessons from a selection of IUCN interventions in dryland areas that have adapted to a greater or lesser extent to the conditions of drylands, notably focusing on water management to deal with scarcity and variability. The study is intended as a means of capturing lessons learned from these interventions on the challenges and opportunities for improving water development…