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Uruguay: national mercury related activities and legislation
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The Use and Application of Economic Instruments for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development: Report of the Meeting
(1994)The UNEP Consultative Expert Group Meeting on the Application of Economic Instruments for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development was held at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi from 10-12 August 1994. It followed ... -
The Use of Economic Instruments in Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: A Developing Country Perspective - Environment and Trade 12
(1995)This paper examines the use of economic instruments in the protection of the global environment (particularly, global warming caused by enhanced carbon dioxide emissions), examining the potential impact on trade and welfare, ... -
Use of HFCs in Fire Protection Systems - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 18
(2018)The most widely used fire protection systems (FPS) involve water based systems such as automatic sprinklers. An important category of FPS are chemical agents that can quickly extinguish a fire without creating some of the ... -
The Use of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Sudan
(2010)This study demonstrates that liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) use in Sudan is on a slow ascendancy, due in particular to government incentives, investment by LPG companies in distribution infrastructure and dissemination ... -
Use of Nuclear Techniques to Address the Management Problems of Coastal Zones in the Caribbean Region (RLA/7/012) - Report of the Assessment Meeting
(2011-11)The results of the IAEA Technical Cooperation Project on Use of Nuclear Techniques to Address the Management Problems of Coastal Zones in the Caribbean Region, RLA/7/012 were assessed by the National Coordinators of the ... -
Used Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles - Flow, Scale and Regulation
(2020)This report is a first attempt at gathering, analysing, and presenting an overview of the global trade in used vehicles for the purpose of environmental policymaking. This includes information on the supply chains, scale ... -
Using Global Biodiversity Indicators and Underlying Data to Support NBSAP Development and National Reporting: Roadmap to Support NBSAP Practitioners
(2015)The main objective of this Roadmap is to provide support and guidance to national biodiversity practitioners in the use of the global indicators and/or their underlying datasets in the development and implementation of ... -
Using indicators for Green Economy policymaking
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2014)The present document is a response to the call for the UN system to support countries interested in pursuing green economy policies by providing methodologies for their evaluation. It provides guidance to policy analysts ... -
Using Retorts to Reduce Mercury Use, Emissions, and Exposures in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: A Practical Guide
(2014)One of the purposes of the guide is to help with the implementation of the Minamata Convention obligations. -
Using Scenarios and Voluntary Commitments to Guide Policy and Practice to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14 in the Western Indian Ocean:White Paper for the Science-Policy Workshop of the 9th Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention, 9-11 July 2018
(2018)The United Nations Agenda 2030 further enshrines the central role of the ocean for sustainable development through Goal 14 (SDG14), to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ", to lift millions ... -
Utilisation des Residus Gestion des Residus Agricoles et Agro-Industriels: Une vue d'Ensemble
(1977)Ce rapport donne un résumé de l'évaluation qui a été effectuée jusqu'à present et souligne les aspects de politique ayant trait aux problémes écolo-giques que pose Iutilisation des résidus agricoles et agro-industriels. -
Uzbekistan Environment Assessment: Summary
(, 2012)Since the last country environment analysis of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Uzbekistan in 2004, environmental issues in the country have remained largely the same. Progress on better water management, its use, and ... -
Uzbekistan Environmental Performance Reviews: Second Review
(United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2010)The first Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Uzbekistan was carried out in 2001. This second review intends to measure the progress made by Uzbekistan in managing its environment since the first EPR, and in addressing ...