The report summarizes Rwanda’s key achievements in the implementation of global environmental agreements and outlines areas for further improvement. It provides a foundation for learning within the country and across countries.

The report International Environmental Governance: Accomplishments and Way Forward provides analysis of reforms taken to date and outlines possibilities to gear up implementation.

The dialogue built on the outcomes of an expert workshop on “Achieving Environmental Sustainability for Sustainable Development” that UNEP convened in New York on July 21–22, 2016.

The report recommends the development of time-bound and measurable objectives and milestones to provide strategic guidance, raise the level of aspiration and ease communication beyond conventional actors for achieving sound management of chemicals and waste.

Vincent Biruta has served as Rwanda’s minister of environment since August 2017.

The primary focus is put on governance-related aspects within the reports, based on the case study of the Bulgarian World Heritage System.

Erik Solheim became the sixth Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme after an outstanding career as environment and development minister of Norway, chief mediator in the Sri Lanka peace talks, and head of the OECD Development Assistance Committee.

In order to achieve the goals outlined in the Paris agreement, we must set a new trajectory for the global economy based on a shift of policy.

Rachel Kyte is CEO and special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).

This brief narrates the evolution of the transition towards modern renewables by drawing on the experiences of several countries.

Achim Steiner has served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the past 10 years. In fall 2016, he will be leaving UNEP to join the Oxford Martin School as its new director.

Lorraine Elliott is professor of international relations in the Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU), an ANU Public Policy Fellow, an associate for the Climate and Environment Governance Network (CEGNET) at ANU, and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS).