Technical papers

Biodiversity and Forests - Technical papers

• NEW! Revised Matrix with proposals recommended to the Advisory Group of Subnational Governments for Biodiversity and the nrg4SD Working Group on Biodiversity - 03/12/2012
• Report back to the Cities for Life Summit on the Session of Subnational Governments for Biodiversity by Alain Chabrolle, Vice President of Rhone Alpes as coordinator of the nrg4SD Working Group on Biodiversity - 16/10/2012
• First Cities and Biodiversity Outlook report launched at the Cities for Life Summit - featuring nrg4SD and case study from the Government of Catalonia - 15/10/2012
• Nature and Culture technical document prepared by Rhone Alpes (coordinator of Biodiversity Working Group) - EN - FR - Download full questionnaires from nrg4SD members and subnational governments here >
• Report of the First Advisory Committee including the Terms of Reference, Memorandum of Understanding and Declaration of Paraná - draft 04/10/2012
• Statement of Mr Alain Chabrolle, Vice President of Biodiversity and Health, Rhone Alpes region in his capacity of rapporteur of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee - 26/04/2012
• Memo on the First meeting of the Advisory Committee of Subnational Governments of the UN CBD (FR) - 25 January 2012
• Resolution on Biodoversity - August 2011
• Programme of the Biodiversity Working Group - August 2011
• Rough Guide - International Forest Policy - July 2011

• Sub-national governments, nrg4SD and its potential role in the Convention on Biological Diversity and other MEAs - Presentation of Mrs. Anne-Marie Wilson, UN CBD Secretariat, to nrg4SD Steering Committee, Cancun, Mexico, 8 December 2010 - December 2010
• Sustainable Forest Management and Protection of the World's Forests - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)

Climate change - Technical papers

General papers

• UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol - Rough Guide
• UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol - Glossary
• Regional Policy and Climate change Study
• Climate change post-Bali - nrg4SD Policy Papers (FR - ES)
• The Montreal Declaration
• Sustainable energy and renewables - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)

Documents relevant to UNFCCC COPs

• On the Road to Doha UNFCCC COP18/CMP8 - Quick Guide November 2012
• Overview on the main outcomes of UNFCCC COP17/CMP7, Durban, South Africa 2011
• One stop info pack for UNFCCC COP18
• Quick Guide to Key Dossiers for COP 17/CMP 7 Durban
• Quick Guide to the Cancun Agreements UNFCCC COP 16/CMP 6
• The Cancun Agreements - Overview on the main outcomes of UNFCCC COP 16/CMP 6
• Technical Amendments to the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action AWG-LCA
• Comment on COP 16 outcomes - 'The Tale of the 3 Success Stories
• 'Subnational Governments: Conscientious and influential partners in climate action - Advocacy Paper COP16
• Cancun -30 Case studies COP16

Documents relevant to the Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC)

• UNDP 2010 Report on TACC
• Down to Earth: Territorial Approach to Climate Change - UNDP Donor Proposal 2010/2011
• UNDP-TACC Project: Assessing and mapping climate change vulnerabilities of the Metropolitan Area of Montevideo

Sustainable development

Documents relevant to sustainable development

• Sustainable tourism - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)
• Sustainable development strategies - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)
• Developing the added value of regional action for international co-operation - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)
• The Role of Regions in the promotion of Fair Trade - nrg4SD Policy Paper (FR - ES)

Documents relevant to Rio +20

• nrg4SD engages towards the Post 2015 UN Development Agenda
• nrg4SD participates in the Post Rio +20 phase
• nrg4SD at Rio +20
• Briefing note on the Zero Draft and the initial discussions - 6 February 2012
• Memo on nrg4SD's activities towards Rio +20 - 25 January 2012 - overview of the nrg4SD's engagement in the Rio +20 process and preview of planned activities for June in Rio 
• 2012 calendar outlining nrg4SD's on-going engagement in international events relevant to Rio+20 - last updated January 2012
• Resolution on nrg4SD's engagement in Rio +20 - August 2011
• Programme of nrg4SD's Working Group on Rio+20
• 2011 calendar outlining nrg4SD's past engagement in international events relevant to Rio+20

Water resources and Sanitation

• Rough Guide - International Water Policy

• Memorandum of Understanding for multilateral cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean

Collaboration Agreements

• Memorandum of Understanding between nrg4SD and The °Climate Group (T°CG)
• Memorandum of Understanding between nrg4SD and CDC Climat