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Water Stress in Europe - Can the Challenge be met?
(Europen Environment Agency (EEA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1997)Water was chosen as the topic for this first European Environment Agency/United Nations Environment Programme (EEA/UNEP)' State of the Environment Message' because water affects every aspect of human existence and because ... -
Water Supply & Sanitation Coverage in UNEP Regional Seas: Need for Regional Wastewater Emission Targets! Section III: An Inventory of Regional Specific Data and the Feasibility of developing Regional Wastewater Emission Targets (WET)
(2004)The present report aims to give insight in the feasibility to develop regional Wastewater Emission Targets (WET) within the UNEP/GPA-RS framework. It highlights the availability of regional specific data on wastewater ... -
A Water Toolbox or Best Practice Guide of Actions: A Contribution from the UN-Water Conference on 'Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20"
(2011)This water toolbox is an output from the UN-Water conference on ‘Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20’. The objective is to provide proposals based on the analysis of existing practice, reflecting ... -
Water World Children's Voices: An Educational Booklet on Water for Children
(2003)This booklet captures the world of water from the eyes of children. It is written in the form of a story. The narrator, Nthabi, is a 14 year-old girl from Kenya, who teaches us about water, using her own experiences, along ... -
Water: A Key for Sustainable Development in Africa - Key Issues and Constraints
(2001)As elsewhere on our planet, water is the key natural resource throughout Africa. An adequate supply of clean water is the most important precondition for sustaining human life, for maintaining ecological systems that support ... -
Waterbirds on the Edge: first circumpolar assessment of climate change impact on Arctic Breeding water birds
(UNEP-WCMC, 2000)This first analysis of the likely impact of climate change on biodiversity demonstrates the impact on Arctic waterbirds. The Arctic will be the biome most affected by climate change and hence waterbird species, most of ... -
The Way Forward - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 24
(2019)Some pathways for change are assessed in various sustainability scenarios in Chapter 22, and through the potential seeds of change in Chapter 23. The sustainability challenge, however, requires new strategies that will ... -
Ways of Reducing Food and Feed Contamination with Mycotoxins
(1984)Vegetable products are usually contaminated with mycotoxins occurs, during the vegetation period when the toxins begin to grow on plants, during products storage and, occasionally during the processing of grain and oil-bearing ... -
Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk: The Food Perspective - Webinar
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Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk: The Way Forward [Webinar]
(2020-07-08)Recording of the webinar "Ways to Walk the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Talk: The Way Forward" held on 8 July 2020. -
WCC Hg reporting for 2016
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We are Losing the "Little Things that Run the World" - Foresight Brief No. 011 - January 2019
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2019)Insects make up about half of all known living organisms. They play key roles in, pollination, nutrient cycling, food chains or birds and other insectivores, and are one of the pillars of our ecosystems. However, the wide ... -
We Are Past Pledging and Politicking: The Way forward in 2019 - A letter from Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director of UN Environment
(2019)This letter from the Acting Executive Director of UN Environment is structured around four main points: i) Where we Stand; ii) Opportunities; iii) Pathways; and iv) A Call to Action. The letter concludes with a challenge: ... -
Wealth in the Oceans: Deep sea mining on the horizon?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2014
(2014)The deep ocean, the largest biome on Earth at over 1 000 metres below the surface of the ocean, holds vast quantities of untapped energy resources, precious metals and minerals. Advancements in technology have enabled ... -
Weather Radar Data Requirements for Climate Monitoring - GCOS-223
(2019)Action A24 of the GCOS Implementation Plan (GCOS-200), calls for the implementation of an archive for radar reflectivities. The Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) at its Sixteenth session (WMO-1183) endorsed the GCOS ... -
Webinaire International - Réfrigérants Alternatifs pour les pays à Haute Tmpérature Ambiante (HTA)
(2020)Ce webinaire vise à partager les connaissances acquises de tous les projets d'évaluation et de recherche pertinents sur la HTA. Les présentations mettent en évidence les projets de recherche menés par le PNUE / ONUDI sur ... -
Webinar "Emerging Pollutants: An Increasing Threat"
(United Nations Environment Programme - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA), 2020-02-20)Recording of the webinar. -
Webinar , PCB – A Forgotten Legacy? (1/3)
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Webinar - Handle with Care!: The Nexus between Wastewater, Health and Sustainable Sanitation
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Webinar - Striving to Attain Water and Sanitation for All: The SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS)
(2019-10-24)The recording of the webinar held on 24 October 2019.