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Environmental mainstreaming is defined as integrating poverty-environment linkages into national development planning processes and their products, such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and growth strategies. It involves establishing the links between poverty and environment– including climate change – and identifying the policies and programmes to bring about better pro-poor environmental management. It is targeted at influencing national plans, budget processes, sector strategies and local level implementation– reflecting the need to integrate the valuable contribution of environmental management to improved livelihoods, increased economic security and income opportunities for the poor.

The overall aim is to establish enduring institutional processes within government from national to local levels and the wider stakeholder community to ensure environmental mainstreaming focused on the government bodies responsible for poverty reduction and growth policies, as well as strengthening the role of environmental agencies, and non-governmental actors.

The Poverty-Environment Initiative, through its Facility, codifies and captures generic lessons learnt, best practices and produces concrete guidance materials such as Handbooks and Primers. The following PEI publications, reviews and introductory documents are recommended as reference for environmental mainstreaming.

Poverty-Environment Initiative publications, 2007-2011

	PEI Annual Progress Report 2010: "Scaling-Up the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative", October 2011 [Report] [Executive Summary] The Annual Progress Report 2010 covers the contineous impact that PEI country programmes have had over the past several years and the progress made in expanding, operationalising and implementing the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative. The Report 2010 presents an overview of progress made at country, regional and global level, details the collaboration between the two host organizations on poverty-environment mainstreaming, looks at opportunities and challenges and reflects the increased focus on good practices and improvements on monitoring and evaluation.
	Enabling local success: A Primer on Mainstreaming Local Ecosystem-Based Solutions to Poverty-Environment Challenges, October 2011 This primer assembles current knowledge and illustrative case materials on the benefits of and enabling conditions for local ecosystem-based initiatives. It documents how nature-focused activities and enterprises originated and executed by local actors, can sustain ecosystems and improve the livelihoods and well-being of the rural poor. The primer is designed to help PEI practitioners and others engaged in the mainstreaming challenge communicate to policy makers the positive poverty and environmental outcomes that can result at the local level when environmental mainstreaming efforts at the national and sectoral levels succeed. [Primer]
	Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning: A Guide for Practitioners, May 2011 [Guide] This guide provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how governments and other national actors can mainstream climate change adaptation into development planning as part of broader mainstreaming efforts. The guide draws on substantial experience and lessons learned by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative in working with governments to integrate environmental management for pro-poor economic growth and development into national development planning and decision-making.
	Managing Private Investment in Natural Resources: A Primer for Pro-Poor Growth and Environmental Sustainability, February 2011 [Primer] This primer seeks to provide practical advice on how host countries can manage FDI inflows to encourage pro-poor, environmentally sustainable development. It is aimed at public decision makers in developing countries dealing with FDI, particularly officials in investment boards, investment promotion agencies and relevant ministries. The focus is on FDI in the primary sector, including agriculture, forestry and extractive industries—an area of growing interest among international investors and a sector of high economic significance for many developing countries.
	Discussion Note on Local Governance and Climate Change, December 2010 [Discussion Note] This discussion note is based on findings of a PEI Asia regional thematic workshop on “Local Government's role in environment, natural resource management and climate change (2009)”. It identifies ways in which local governments can address climate change, both at the policy level and on the ground and outlines approaches for national governments, development agencies and civil society institutions to improve the performance of local governments in addressing climate change. The note was produced jointly by PEI Asia-Pacific and the United Nations Capital Development Fund.
	PEI Annual Progress Report 2009: "Scaling up the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative", July 2010 [English] The PEI Annual Progress Report for 2009 has been produced by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Facility based in Nairobi, as part of the process of keeping key PEI stakeholders informed of progress and achievements. The 2009 UNDP-UNEP Annual Progress report covers two main areas of achievement: the contineous impact that PEI country programmes have had over the past several years and second, the progress made in expanding, operationalising and implementing the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative.
	PEI Annual Progress Report 2008: "Scaling up the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative", July 2009 [English] PEI Annual Progress Report for 2008 has been produced by the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Facility, based in Nairobi, as part of the process of keeping key PEI stakeholders - especially governments who provide financial support to PEI - informed of progress against intended results. The 2008 UNDP-UNEP Annual Progress report covers two main areas of achievement: first, the impact that PEI country programmes have had over the past several years against key targets; and second, the progress made in the expansion of the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative.
	Mainstreaming Poverty-Environment Linkages into Development Planning: a Handbook for Practitioners, 2009 [English] [Français] [Español] [Português] [Русский] [Vietnamese] This handbook is designed to serve as a guide for champions and practitioners engaged in the task of mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages into national development planning. The handbook draws on a substantial body of experience at the country level and the many lessons learned by the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme in working with governments — especially ministries of planning, finance and environment — to support efforts to integrate the complex interrelationships between poverty reduction and improved environmental management into national planning and decision-making. Hard copies can be ordered through the Poverty Environment Facility.
	Making the economic case: A primer on the economic arguments for mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages into national development planning, 2009 [Engl., High resolution, Low resolution] [Français] [Español] [Português] [Русский] A major element of the PEI country work is to assist in “making the case” for integrating environmental management by using the argument that better environmental management contributes to poverty reduction, pro-poor growth and government finances. This new primer provides guidance on presenting evidence about the economic, development and poverty reduction benefits of the environment to public sector decision-makers, so as to justify and promote “environmental investment”. Hard copies can be ordered through the Poverty Environment Facility.
	Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Environment into National Development Planning, 2009 [Engl., High resolution, Low resolution] [Français] [Español] [Русский] The Guidance Note provides a succinct summary of PEI's mainstreaming approach and work methods. Hard copies can be ordered through the Poverty Environment Facility.
	Country success stories [English] The UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative is continuously evaluating its support to countries and documenting lessons learned. Experience shows it that takes time and sustained effort to move poverty-environment concerns to the centre of development planning and action– but there are many stories of achievements. This brochure documents achievements at country level.
	Flyer, Poverty-Environment Initiative [English] The Flyer provides a brief introduction to PEI's mainstreaming approach and work methods. Hard copies can be ordered through the Poverty Environment Facility.
	Environmental Law in Poverty-Environment Mainstreaming: A Primer for Legislative Assessment and Reform, 2010 [Primer] This primer provides guidance on mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages in national development planning and the potential role and importance of environmental law in this context. The primer is designed as a resource to help practitioners and government representatives to assess and, if appropriate, initiate legislative reform. The primer puts particular emphasis on laws governing the sustainable use and management of natural resources.
Poverty-Environment Initiative publications, 2000-2004
	Exploring the Links: Human Well-Being, Poverty and Ecosystem Services, 2004 [English], [Français], [Português]
	Attacking Poverty While Improving the Environment: Towards Win-Win Policy Options, 2004 [English], [Français], [Español]
	Attacking Poverty While Improving the Environment: Practical Recommendations, 2000 [English], [Français], [Español]
Poverty-Environment Partnership (PEP) Publications
	Poverty, Health & Environment
	Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management: Policy Challenges and Opportunities [English], [Français], [Español]
	PEP "Environment for MDGs" Papers - Sustaining the Environment to Fight Poverty and Achieve the MDGs - Assessing Environment's Contribution in Poverty Reduction - Investing in Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction - Investing in Enviornmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction: Annotated Bibliography
	Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor through Adaptation, African DB, Asian DB, DFID, EC, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development - Germany, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Development Cooperation - The Netherlands, OECD, UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, 2003
More Publications
	The challenges of environmental mainstreaming: Experience of integrating environment into development institutions and decisions, Barry Dalal-Clayton and Steve Bass, IIED 2009 [English] The Challenges of Environmental Mainstreaming’ is an initial synthesis of IIED’s work with partners in 13 developing countries. It reviews the rapidly changing context and challenges to environmental mainstreaming, discusses what it takes to achieve effective mainstreaming, and provides a roadmap for selecting operational methods and tools. It explores the current emphasis on getting environmental issues reflected in key government processes – notably development plans, poverty reduction strategies and national budgets. It assesses the outcomes as well as the risks of limiting efforts to these core processes alone. It calls for more attention both ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’ of these plans and strategies, identifying the advantages that can be gained through diverse media, business and civil society initiatives that assert environmental values in development.
	The Economic Case for Investing in Environment - A Review of Policies, Practice and Impacts of relevance to Norwegian Partner Countries, NORAD, 2007
	Environment and Poverty Reduction, Key Sheet 1, Irish Aid, 2005
	Analyzing the Political Economy of Poverty and Ecological Disruption, , David Reed, WWF, 2004
	Status and Evolution of Environmental Priorities in the Poverty Reduction Strategies: An Assessment of Fifty Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, Jan Bojö, Rama Chandra Reddy, Paper No. 93, World Bank, 2003
	Where is the Wealth of Nations: Measuring Capital for the 21st Century. World Bank, 2006
	Investing in Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction, PEP, 2005
	Roots of resilience [Quick guide], [Full report]

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