State of gender equality and climate change in Nepal

The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change is a series of reports covering countries across the Asia-Pacific (Vietnam and Cambodia), and Nepal. The report raises awareness about the need for gender-responsive climate action, analyzes gendered impacts of climate change, and suggests ways to enhance and mainstream gender equality into climate-relevant sectoral policies and actions. The objectives of the report are two-fold: 1. To strengthen country-driven processes by presenting more evidence of the links between gender equality and climate change and analysing gendered impacts in the forestry, agriculture, energy, and water sectors; and 2. To provide country-specific recommendations on enhancing gender responsive policy implementation and actions to further augment the integration of gender equality in climate relevant policy areas. The Nepal country report was prepared by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and UN Women.

Conservation compatible energy retrofit technologies: Part I: Introduction to the integrated approach for the identification of conservation compatible retrofit materials and solutions in historic buildings

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), existing European buildings consume about 40% of the total energy consumption in Europe. For this reason, in the last decades, several energy policies have been directed to deep renovation of the existing stock (as last 2018/844). Considering that more than one quarter of all European buildings were constructed before the 1950s, we can assume that many of them are of cultural, architectural, social and heritage values, hence in need of special attention for conservation purposes.

Building Environmental Peace: The UN Environment Programme and Knowledge Creation for Environmental Peacebuilding

Since the aftermath of the 1999 Kosovo Conflict, UNEP has addressed the environmental dimension of insecurities and turned to peacebuilding. This has been risky because it strays close to conflict prevention, identification, or resolution, which lie outside of UNEP’s mandate. I argue that this change in approach results from knowledge creation. UNEP’s experiences about the linkage between environmental degradation and insecurity in postconflict settings motivated its search for opportunities that would legitimize its contribution to postconflict peacebuilding. Seizing on the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture, UNEP established ECP and, through the program, aimed to develop environmental peacebuilding as a concern through three distinct but interrelated knowledge-building practices: knowledge collection, strategic interpretation, and implementation.

Analiza ryzyka a skuteczność realizacji gazowniczych projektów inwestycyjnych finansowanych przy udziale funduszy UE

Managing a gas investment project is a very complicated process, both from the technical and organizational side. The technical and technological preparation and implementation of such a project is the domain of engineers who use the available methods, tools and materials as well as technology and are able to prepare and carry out the investment process. This aspect should be complemented by the entire organization and management of the process, i.e. organizing and directing each of the listed elements so that the project is carried out in accordance with the assumed schedule and there are no collisions of tasks, bottlenecks or unnecessary downtime. To this end, appropriate planning is needed, and within it, a risk analysis of the investment project implementation. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the significance of the ex-ante analysis of all premises for the occurrence of risk and the risk itself in the activities of a company implementing a project with the participation of European Union (EU) funds for the success of such an investment. The significance is so high, that before starting the investment process itself, it is necessary to anticipate and establish mechanisms preventing the occurrence or eliminating the effects of risk fulfillment at every stage of the process: planning, review, implementation monitoring and evaluation. The very awareness of decision-makers of the existence of various threats over time allows them to make decisions whether or not to undertake investments, even with access to non-refundable EU funding. The analysis was carried out on the basis of investment projects in the gas sector submitted for co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund under the Infrastructure and Environment Programme 2014–2020.

Environmental Degradation as an Unprecedented Threat to Human Security in Pakistan

Environmental Degradation over the years has gained significance as a non-traditional security threat and it can be regarded as an unprecedented challenge to the human security in Pakistan as well. This paper analyses the causes the Environmental degradation in Pakistan and also explores the impact of environmental degradation on the various dimensions of the human security. The study incorporates the secondary data in the form of reports published by the World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Climate Change Pakistan and also the newspapers and online resources. The qualitative methodology has been used to analyze the data obtained through the secondary sources. The paper attempts to establish a linkage between the two existing concepts i.e. environment and human security by testing the hypothesis that environmental degradation is a new and unprecedented threat to the human security in Pakistan which consequently paves the way for policy oriented research in the field of sustainable development.

Implementing the PIE (Person, Interaction and Environment) programme to improve person-centred care for people with dementia admitted to hospital wards: a qualitative evaluation

Background: In the UK, improving person-centred care for people with dementia in hospitals is a policy priority. The PIE (Person, Interaction, Environment) programme comprises cycles of observation of care by staff, identification of areas for improvement and plans for practice change and evaluation. Aim: To describe and evaluate PIE implementation in three UK NHS regions. Methods: A qualitative design was adopted at 10 case study sites (wards), selected on the basis of readiness for change criteria. Following a training workshop, PIE cycles were introduced into each ward. Data collection comprised observation, interviews, documentary analysis and an events log. Normalisation process theory provided a guiding framework for analysis. Results: PIE was fully adopted in two study wards over 18 months, which resulted in sustained practice change and increased awareness of person-centredness. Partial implementation of PIE took place in a further two wards but progress stalled before significant action. The remaining six wards did not implement the programme. Factors influencing the likelihood of implementation were: relevance of PIE; collective team involvement; fit with strategic priorities; adequate resourcing; effective clinical leadership; good facilitation; and organisational stability. Conclusion: PIE has the potential to help staff improve person-centred care for people with dementia admitted to hospital wards. However, the evidence provided by this article is limited to 10 wards, of which only two fully implemented the programme. Implications for practice: A programme for improving person-centred care for people with dementia in acute hospital wards requires sustained commitment from the ward and the wider organisation Successful practice change depends on multiple factors, including effective clinical leadership and good facilitation Contextual factors at various levels of an organisation need to be considered Use of the PIE tool has the potential to enable staff to focus on person-centred care for older people with dementia in acute settings