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Validating the yield performance of alternatives to methyl bromide for pre-plant fumigation
(UNEP, 2006)The report presents a formal meta-analysis that validates the yield performance of alternatives to methyl bromide for some major pre-plant treatments that are currently subject to the Critical Use Exemptions under the ... -
Valorisation des déchets de la filière anacarde comme une source d'énergie renouvelable pour les PMEs ai Burkina Faso (Cashew As a Source of Renewable Energy For SMEs In Burkina Faso)
(2017)The main objective is to contribute to the reduction of conventional fuels by substitution of wood with a renewable fuel for SMEs in Burkina Faso through recycling of cashew waste as fuel in the form of briquettes and ... -
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Values Based Banking: Bringing the Voice of the Citizen into Finance
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)Today’s financial system is in many ways too large, too complex, and too removed from the real economy. It has become focused on short--‐term profit maximisation, it does not pay enough attention to social and environmental ... -
Values to Value
(2004)This Values to Value report highlights the most promising developments taking place in the global financial services sector but also reinforces the scale of the challenge if our financial institutions and the whole ... -
Valuing plastic: the business case for measuring, managing and disclosing plastic use in the consumer goods industry
(2014)The objective of this report is to help companies manage the opportunities and risks associated with plastic use. It articulates the business case for companies to improve their measurement, disclosure and management of ... -
Valuing Plastic: The Business Case for Measuring, Managing and Disclosing Plastic Use in the Consumer Goods Industry - Executive Summary
(2014)The objective of this report is to help companies manage the opportunities and risks associated with plastic use. It articulates the business case for companies to improve their measurement, disclosure and management of ... -
Vanadium - Environmental Health Criteria 81
(1988)?letaliic vanadium does not occur in nature. Over 70 vanadium minerals are known, carnatite and vanadinite being the most important from the point of view of mining. Production of vanadium is linked with that of other ... -
Vanadium in the Environment - MARC Report Number 2
(1976)The purpose of this paper is to review the published literature on vanadium insofar as it relates to environmental problems. A summary is given of vanadium concentrations in soil, water, air, fossil fuels and biological ... -
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Vanishing Treasures: protecting endangered mountain species
(2018)A leaflet aimed at the general public detailing work taking place under UN Environment's Vanishing Treasures project. -
Vanuatu - National Report for Third International Conference
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution A/C.2/67/L.40 decided that theThird International Conference on sustainable development of small island developing states(SIDS) should convene to assess the progress ... -
Variables Ambientales en la Medición Multidimensional de la Pobreza: Guía Práctica y Ejemplos de America Latina y el Caribe
(2018)El documento presenta una guía didáctica con una propuesta práctica para la incorporación de las variables ambientales más relevantes para cada país en los sistemas de medición de pobreza; esta guía consiste en una propuesta ... -
VdL Germany - GAELP Partner Letter
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Vehicle emissions, fuel quality standards and fuel economy policies in Kazakhstan: Stocktaking analytical report
(2013)The road network of Kazakhstan has increased by 13% since the collapse of the Soviet Union and expected to expand further. Further development of the transport sector and respective infrastructure thus is seen as a ... -
THE VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY INITIATIVE IS LAUNCHED IN TOGO
(2017-03-31)The GFEI project was launched in Togo at a national stakeholder meeting that brought together 65 participants from different government agencies, the private sector, academia, the civil society and the media. The workshop ... -