During the second phase of implementation of a PEI programme, PEI works with countries to translate into action policies, policy interventions and programmes in which environment has been mainstreamed. 

PEI collaborates with key sector and local agencies to strengthen implementation measures for poverty-environment, so that for example the agriculture sector adopts sustainable land use-based agricultural practices. PEI works to build long-term capacity to identify and mainstream poverty-environment linkages within the work of sector and local agencies and take account of the value of poverty-environment sector-based strategies and practices, through for example integrated economic-environmental analysis. 

A number of reviews, methodologies, tools and examples from countries can be used as reference.

Reviews and introductory documents

• Clean Energy Applications in Asia and the Pacific, ADB, 2006
• Managing Urban Sewage – An Introductory Guide for Decision-makers, UNEP. 2003

Methodologies and tools

• Environmental Impact Assessment Open Educational Resource, United Nations University, RMIT University, and UNEP
• Better Forestry, Less Poverty: A practitioner’s guide, FAO, 2006
• UNEP Environmental Impact Assessment Training Resource Manual, Second Edition, 2002 [English] [Français] [Arabic]
• Economic Values of Protected Areas: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers, IUCN, Cardiff University, 1998

Examples from countries

• Botswana POlicy Brief Support to smallholder arable farmers in Botswana, 2013
• Botswana Policy Brief Natural Resources and Poverty In Botswana development linkages and economic valuation, 2013
• Selection, Design and Implementation of Economic Instruments in the Solid Waste Management Sector in Kenya: The Case of Plastic Bags, UNEP, 2005