Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Topic "Disasters & conflicts"
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Conclusions and Recommendations of the Intersessional Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
(2019-11-06)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/un-environment-event/intersessional-meeting-forum-ministers-environment-latin-america-and -
Cross-cutting Issues - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 4
(2019)As understanding of the interdependence between a healthy planet and healthy people becomes more developed, complex issues that thread through systems and societies gain new importance. Beyond the traditional Global ... -
Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development – A Rapid Response Assessment
(2010)The objective of this report is to provide an overview of some of the most crucial services rendered by natural ecosystems to humankind and how they can be restored as part of policy development to partially resolve key ... -
Declaración de Cartagena - XX Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe
(2016-03-31)Declaración de Cartagena del XX Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe. -
Detection and Control of Forest fires for the Protection of the Human Environment: Proposals for a Global Programme
(1975)This report describes the adverse effects of forest fires on the human environment; identifies three areas of the world which are highly susceptible to fires (Mediterranean, Central American, and African Savanna regions); ... -
Disarmament, environment and sustainable development: A Time for Action
(1986)The origins of the present arms race are many and complex. To a large extent they can be found in the political and socio-economic differences between the countries from the two groups of States which later came to form ... -
The Disaster Risk, Global Change, and Sustainability Nexus
(2019)This review retraces the brief history and evolution of the global understanding of disaster risk as a compound event, in parallel with research on global environmental change. It highlights the main milestones in this ... -
Disaster Waste Management Guidelines
(2013)These guidelines provide advice and tools to overcome these challenges and manage disaster waste in emergency and take out early recovery phases. They are targeted at implementers of disaster waste management projects. ... -
Disaster Waste Management Mechanism: A Practical Guide for Construction and Demolition Wastes in Indonesia
(2008)This publication is a practical guide to assist decision in national and local agencies in Indonesia to understand the issues of disaster wastes management. It outlines the development of local strategies on waste issues, ... -
Disaster Waste Management: Policy, Strategy & Action Plan - Final Report
(2015)Nepal has ratified number of International Convention and formulated legislation, rules and regulations including the Constitution of Nepal 2015 on environment and waste management issues that can be linked to disaster ... -
Disaster/Conflict Affected States and Vulnerable Humanitarian Operations - COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheet 8
(2020)Disaster and conflict affected countries and vulnerable humanitarian operations with limited capacity, poor infrastructure and resources are likely to face enormous problems in the event of COVID-19 spread and the need for ... -
Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Settlement in International Environmental Law: Compilations of Documents
(2001)The Charter of the United Nations obliges the Member States to resolve disputes by peaceful means that are listed in its Article 33. These principles have also been incorporated into the various bilateral, regional and ... -
Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ... -
The El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8
(1992)Places as far apart as Australia and North America, Peru and India are affected by recurrent climatic anomalies known as El Niño. Originating in the Pacific region, El Niño effects a reversal in the direction of winds and ... -
Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation: The Case of the Eastern Caspian Region
(2008)In the past, the notion of security was pri- marily conceived in terms of neutralizing military threats to the territorial integrity and political independence of a state. However, in recent decades, it has been considerably ... -
Environment in COVID-19 Humanitarian Response in Latin America and the Caribbean: Articulating Social and Environmental Policy for post-COVID-19 Recovery - Policy Brief
(2020)The Latin America and the Caribbean region has a large caseload of refugees, migrants and internally displaced people as well as slum-dwellers and the urban poor, who are some of the most vulnerable groups and disproportionately ... -
Environment, Climate Change and Security - Foresight Brief NO. 012 March 2019
(2019-03)Climate change is happening, and it is a threat to human security. The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions, and an increase in the ... -
Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland: Site Specific Fact Sheets: Buemene-Korokoro
(2011-07)Site fact sheet for Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland -
Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland: Site Specific Fact Sheets: Kpopghor Gbam
(2011-07)Site fact sheet for Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland