Integrated Approaches in Action: A Companion to the International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure

INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN ACTIONA COMPANION TO THE INTERNATIONAL GOOD PRACTICE PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Copyright © United Nations Environment Programme, 2021This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. The United Nations Environment Programme would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the United Nations Environment Programme.DISCLAIMERThe designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Moreover, the views expressed do not necessarily represent the decision or the stated policy of the United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement.SUGGESTED CITATIONUnited Nations Environment Programme (2021). Integrated Approaches in Action: A Companion to the International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure. Nairobi.ISBN: 978-92-807-3847-6Job No: DTI/2345/GE eciEnvironmental Change InstituteInfrastructureTransparency InitiativeACKNOWLEDGEMENTS3INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN ACTION – A COMPANION TO THE INTERNATIONAL GOOD PRACTICE PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTUREACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis report was prepared as part of implementation of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/5 on Sustainable Infrastructure (UNEP/EA.4/Res.5). The report was developed by Joseph Price (UNEP) under the guidance of Rowan Palmer (UNEP) and Fulai Sheng (UNEP), and with project support from Tim Scott (UNDP). Ana Fernández Vergara (UNEP) provided research and drafting assistance.The report benefitted from case study contributions from partners in the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP): • Saint Lucia: Daniel Adshead (UNOPS and University of Oxford), Apoorva Bajpai (UNOPS) and Scott Thacker (UNOPS and University of Oxford)• Mongolia: Linda Krueger (TNC) and Anna Willingshofer (TNC)• Zimbabwe: Julie Adiwal, Emmanuel Boadi, Sarwat Chowdhury, Camila Gonzalez, Pfungwa Mukweza, Saleban Omar and Mateo Saloman (all UNDP)• Austria: Eva Mayerhofer (EIB), Christian Milhan (EIB), Kristyna Pelikanova (EIB) and Roman Gepp (Windkraft Simonsfeld AG)• Malawi: Charlotte Broyd (CoST) and Lyford Gideon (CoST)The case studies also benefitted from feedback and inputs from: Mónica Baeza Condori (Chile, Ministry of Public Works), Majid Labbaf Khaneiki (Iran, ICQHS, Iranian National Commission for UNESCO), Narges Saffar (Iran, Department of Environment), Ghasem Taghizadeh Khamesi (Iran, Ministry of Energy), Singapore, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore, Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore, Public Utilities Board and Singapore, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.Thanks are due to colleagues for their feedback, inputs and advice: Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez, Yaxuan Chen, Anna-Sophia Elm, Désirée Leon, Jian Liu, Dominic MacCormack, Beatriz Martins Carneiro, Mushtaq Memon, Solange Montillaud-Joyel, Ligia Noronha, Chengchen Qian and Steven Stone (all UNEP), Giulia Carbone (IUCN), Verónica Ruiz Garcia (IUCN) and Omar Siddique (UNESCAP).The report was edited by Frances Meadows (UNESCO) and designed by Katharine Mugridge. UNEP gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS3LIST OF FIGURES5ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS6EXECUTIVE SUMMARY8INTRODUCTION10INTEGRATED APPROACHES AND THE INTERNATIONAL GOOD PRACTICE PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE10TEN CASE STUDIES FOR TEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES11MEGA TRENDS12CASE STUDIES17SAINT LUCIA’S NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT18DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR CONNECTIVITY AND RESILIENCE IN AFGHANISTAN24LANDSCAPE-SCALE PLANNING TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION, NOMADIC LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MONGOLIA30WATER FUNDS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN ECUADOR36SINGAPORE’S GREEN BUILDINGS42“SOLAR FOR HEALTH” IN ZIMBABWE48THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF IRAN’S TRADITIONAL QANAT SYSTEMS54DEVELOPING WIND FARMS WITH FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AUSTRIA60BALANCING NATIONAL PRIORITIES WITH LOCAL CONCERNS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND CONSULTATION IN CHILE66INFRASTRUCTURE DATA INNOVATIONS IN MALAWI72THE WAY FORWARD78CONTENTS FIGURE 1: UN SDGS10FIGURE 2: REGIONAL MATERIAL EXTRACTION, 1970-2017, MILLION TONNES14FIGURE 3: PROJECTED GLOBAL PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY REGION, 2010-2050 (QUADRILLION BRITISH THERMAL UNITS)14FIGURE 4: IMPACT OF