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Bank and Investor Risk Policies on Soft Commodities: A Framework to Evaluate Deforestation and Forest Degradation Risk in the Agricultural Value Chain
(2015)This study aims to provide greater clarity on policies that banks and investors can adopt to reduce deforestation and forest degradation from the production of soy, palm oil and beef. The study and the accompanying tool ... -
Banking and Sustainability Time for Convergence: A Policy Briefing on the Links Between Financial Stability and Environmental Sustainability
(2015)In 2014, the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, working with and on behalf of the Banking Environment Initiative – BEI) commissioned a study ... -
Banking on value: a new approach to credit risk in Africa
(UNEP, 2007)This report was commissioned by United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) African Task Force (ATF) Prepared in partnership with the University of South Africa Center for Corporate Citizenship (UNISA CCC) -
Banking on value: a new approach to credit risk in Africa
(UNEP, 2007)A report of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) African Task Force (ATF). -
Barbados - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Barbados, 2013)In charting a path to Sustainable Development, the Government of Barbados designs and incorporates policies and programmes that take into account special defining characteristics of a Small Island Developing State that ... -
Barbados national assessment report of progress made in addressing vulnerabilities of SIDS through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation(MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action
(The Ministry of the Environment Water Resources and Drainage - Government of Barbados, 2010)The United Nations General Assembly (GA) Resolution 63/213 (February 2009) reaffirmed the GA decision 62/191 to review the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing states through the ... -
Barbados' Green Economy Scoping Study
(UNEP, 2014)The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further impetus in 2009 when the then Prime Minister laid ... -
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Barcelona Convention UN Environment/MAP Governance
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017-04-01)Barcelona Convention UN Environment/MAP Governance -
Barcelona Convention-Protection of the Marine Envt & Coastal Region of the Mediterranean - V.Hart -UNEP MAP
(2014)Presentation at the Technical Workshop on Selecting Indicators for the State of Regional Seas -
Barents Sea - GIWA Regional Assessment 11
(UNEP, 2004)This report presents the results of the UNEP/GIWA assessment for the Barents Sea region. -
Barium - Environmental Health Criteria 107
(1990)Barium is one of the alkaline earth metals, having a relative atomic mass of 137.34 and an atomic number of 56. It has seven naturally occurring stable isotopes, of which 138Ba is the most abundant. Barium is a ... -
Barium - Health and Safety Guide 46
(1991)Barium is an alkaline earth metal that occurs in nature in a combined form. It is present in rocks, minerals, soils, air, natural waters, and fossil fuels. Some barium salts (e.g., acetate, nitrate, and chloride) are quite ... -
Barriers to Successful Implementation - OzonAction Fact Sheet 11
(2017)This fact sheet discusses the various barriers to the successful implementation of the Kigali Amendment. -
Barriers to the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies: A Case Study of the State of Maharashtra, India
(UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment, 2001)The rapid economic growth in many Asian countries is significantly increasing the demand for energy. Added to this are the responses to environmental concerns (e.g., local air pollution, and global climate change), increasing ... -
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Basel Convention 'Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury'
Basel Convention 'Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury' -
Basel Convention 'Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury'
(2012)The present guidelines provide guidance for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury, pursuant to decisions VIII/33, IX/15 and ... -
Basel Convention Coordinating Center: current activities on Mercury
Basel Convention Coordinating Center: current activities on Mercury