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Switch Africa Green: Review of Laws, Policies and Business Environment Country Implementation Report and Plan, October 2017
(2018-01-01)Implementation of the ‘SWITCH Africa Green” programme in Uganda started in 2015, with technical support from UNEP and funding support from the European Union. The aim of this programme is to support private sector led ... -
SWITCH Africa Green: Stories from Beneficiaries Ghana, Kenya and Uganda - Quarterly Report October-December 2016
(2016)In this quarter the SWITCH Africa Green project carried out technical monitoring of projects in three countries: Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. Technical Monitoring involves review, monitoring and assessment of the uptake of SCP ... -
Switched on: renewable energy opportunities in the tourism industry
(UNEP, 2003)This publication explores how clean and renewable forms of energy can sustainably power the tourism industry. It provides the latest information on solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass (plant and animal matter) ... -
SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)SwitchMed is an EU-funded initiative fostering Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns in eight Southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia). ... -
Switzerland - General Remarks (Agenda Item 4)
(2019-03-18)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/towards-global-pact-environment -
Switzerland - Response to Questions 1 and 2 (Agenda item 4)
(2019-03-18)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/towards-global-pact-environment -
Switzerland – Expectations/Recommendations (Agenda item 4)
(2019-05-20)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/towards-global-pact-environment -
Switzerland – Proposal of Recommendations - 3rd Substantive Session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277
(2019-05-16)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/conference/towards-global-pact-environment -
SWOT analysis and evaluation of the GEO-3 process from the perspective of GEO collaborating centres
(UNEP, 2004)UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is an integrated environmental assessment and reporting initiative entering its fourth cycle. Given its complexity and the need for continuous improvement and learning, evaluation ... -
Symphony of the Seas: The Marine Environment - Our Planet December 2007
(UNEP, 2007)The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine. -
Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime in Central and West Africa: Report - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 11 and 12 September 2018
(2019)This is a report of a symposium held in Abidjan, on strengthening legal frameworks to combat wildlife crime in Central and West Africa. -
Synthesis of Voluntary Submissions by Functional Commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other Intergovernmental Bodies and Forums - Note by the Secretariat
(2019-05-10)The present document provides a synthesis of the voluntary submissions prepared by functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other intergovernmental bodies and forums. It synthesizes the 62 voluntary ... -
Synthesis Report: Carbon Pricing Approaches in Eastern and Southern Africa - A Report Submitted under the Collaborative Instruments for Ambitious Climate Action (CI-ACA)
(2019)This report shows commitment of countries participating in climate change initiatives and how they have positioned their contributions towards the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. -
Synthetic Biology: Re-engineering the environment - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern Chapter 1
(2019)The world is facing unprecedented challenges to a healthy and sustainable future. Habitat destruction, invasive species, and overexploitation are contributing to immense biodiversity loss. Unsustainable, extractive industry ... -
Systematic Observations and the Paris agreement: Report of the Task Team on the Paris Agreement - GCOS-222
(2018)The Paris Agreement will drive climate policy for many years to come. It establishes a science-based cycle of reporting (through the Transparency Framework), assessment (the Global Stocktake) and increasing ambition of ... -
The Systematics and Biological Properties of Toxinogenic Fungi
(1984)Fungi represent a vast heterogeneous group of organisms, differing in their morphology, methods of reproduction, cycles of development, ways of nutrition and habitats. At present many mycologists and biologists support ... -
Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 17
(2019)This chapter evaluates the capacity of environmental policies to achieve transformational change in addressing cross-cutting global sustainable development challenges. To this end, the chapter addresses the major challenges ... -
Système mondial de surveillance continue de l'environnement: Projet pilote sur la surveillance continue de la couverture forestière Tropicale - Benin: Cartographie du couvert végétal et étude de ses modifications
(1980)Les objectifs du présent projet dérivent de la recommandation formulée par la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'environnernent (Stockholm, 1972) concernant la mise en oeuvre d'une surveillance continue du couvert forestier ...
