Publications

Resource Mobilization

  • GEF POPs Strategy. Working Draft. Prepared by RFI for and in close consultation with the GEF Secretariat. Working Draft submitted to the Meeting on the Fourth Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund, 2 September 2005,Washington, D.C. GEF/R.4/Inf.10. 10 August 2005. R.4.10_Policy_Recommendations.pdf (PDF format, 37KB)
  • Mobilizing Resources for a Cleaner Future: Implementing the Basel Convention. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. Prepared by RFI for and in close consultation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention. Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 2006. UNEP/CHW.7/INF/8.
    Basel Convention_RM_2004 (PDF format, 622KB)
    http://www.basel.int/resmob/index.html
  • Legal and institutional feasibility of appropriate and predictable financial mechanisms of the Basel Convention: Addendum to the Basel Convention Resource Mobilization Strategy. Prepared by RFI for the Open-Ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal . Fourth session. Geneva, 4-8 July 2005. UNEP/CHW/OEWG/4/INF/13. http://www.basel.int/resmob/index.html
    AddendumFunding (994KB, PDF)
  • UNDP Support for Promoting a Global Partnership for Namibia's Development. Trainer's Guide. March 2006. Windhoek Country Club. Windhoek, Namibia. http://www.undp.un.na/undp-namibia-news-training-session.htm

Environment and Sustainable Development

  • Development of a Methodology for the Selection of Environmental Priorities. Final Report. Prepared by RFI for Risk Assessment Directorate, Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada. 1 May 2005.
  • Ten Steps To Greater Corporate Sustainability. Prepared by Resource Futures International (RFI) for Prepared for Confederation of Indian. May 2001.
  • Study on the Implications of Environment Issues on the Export of Indian Textiles Products. Background Paper for Discussion and Fact Finding. India Work Visit, December 1-13, 1998. Prepared for Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Environmental Management Division (EMD).
  • Study on the Implications of Environment Issues on the Export of Indian Leather Products. Background Paper for Discussion and Fact Finding. India Work Visit, December 1-13, 1998. Prepared for Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Environmental Management Division (EMD).

Climate Change and Energy Resources

  • Research Report: Environmental Governance and The New Arctic Frontier: When the north opens and security declines. Read the Report (PDF format 1.3 MB) Prepared by Dr. Thomas Conway. October, 2008.
  • Guidance Document on Incorporating Climate Change into Community Planning. Walpole Island First Nation Heritage Centre. Produced by RFI under the Walpole Island First Nation Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options Project, a joint research project between the WIFN and RFI funded by Natural Resources Canada.2004.
  • China CDM 2004 series prepared by RFI in partnership with the Global Climate Change Institute of Tsinghua University and with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and China National Development and Reform Commission:
    • Risks With the CDM in China. August 2004
    • Developing CDM Alternative Fuel Projects in the Transportation Sector in China: Issues and Challenges. July 2004.
    • CDM Project Design Document. Renewable Energy Project - Biogasification. Hubei Province, China. August 2004.
    • The Clean Development Mechanism At a Glance: A Business Person's Guide to CDM Projects Between Canada and India. June 2004.
    • India: A Policy Primer on the Development and Features of the CDM. February 2003
  • Adaptation to Climate Change: A Policy Review (PDF format, 813KB). Prepared by RFI for the Canadian International Development Agency. 21 October 2001.
    • IFCS_ForumIVThoughtStarter (PDF format, 184KB)

Chemicals Management

  • Intergovernmental Forum on Chemicals Safety (IFCS)

    Forum IV Thought Starter on Gaps in the Bahia Declaration and Priorities for Action Beyond 2000. Prepared by RFI for the IFCS Forum Standing Committee Working Group submission to the IFCS Fourth Session-Forum IV. 1-7 November 2003. IFCS/FORUM-IV/13w.

  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)

    GEF's Work in Support of the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention: Opportunities for Advancing Global Sound Management of Chemicals. Prepared by RFI for the GEF Secretariat. Submitted by the GEF to the Preparatory Committee for the Development of a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Second session Nairobi, 4-8 October 2004. GEF/C.24/Inf.4.
    Lead_Public Consult_En (PDF format, 2.1MB)

  • North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)

    New Approaches to Chemicals Assessment in North America. Concept Paper. Prepared by Resource Futures International for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 24 June 2002.

    The Sound Management of Chemicals in North America. Document

    North American Action Plans on DDT, chlordane, dioxins and furans and hexachlorobenzene, mercury and monitoring and assessment for which RFI facilitated trinational negotiations and provided drafting assistance:

    Decision Document on Lead under the Process for Identifying Candidate Substances for Regional Action. Prepared by RFI for the Substance Selection Task Force of the Working Group on Sound Management of Chemicals. Consultation Draft.

  • World Bank

    RFI Chemical Categorization Report. Prepared by RFI for the World Bank. 6 June 2007.
    RFI Chemical Categorization Report (PDF format, 2.4MB)
    RFI_Canada ChemCat_WorldBank_30Aug07 (PDF format, 3.2MB)

    Vietnam National Chemicals Management Case Study. Prepared by RFI for World Bank/OECD. February 2007.

    Rapport d'étude de cas sur la gestion nationale des produits chimiques au Mali. Avril 2007. Also available in English. Prepared by RFI for World Bank/OECD. April 2007.

    La Gestión Acertado de Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes, en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe. Oportunidades de Colaboración Regional. Resumen Analítico. Junio de 2002. Also available in English.

    Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Stockholm Convention: A Resource Guide. RFI. November 2004 (update of 2001 RFI guidance document).

    Status Report and Needs Assessment: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Implementation in India. RFI. April 2002.

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

    Toolkit for Incorporating the Sound Management of Chemicals in MDG-based Policies and Plans.

    Bangladesh National Implementation Plan (NIP) For Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/ Second Draft (RFI Amalgamation Version). Prepared under UNDP Project BGD/02/G31/1G/99. Bangladesh: Preparation of the POPs National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention. Department of Environment (DoE). Ministry of Environment and Forests. Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. August 2005.

Updated January 6, 2010