Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Topic "Energy"
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Annex C - UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019
(2019)This annex reviews recent policy changes in energy supply, industry, transport, buildings, and agriculture and forestry in selected G20 countries including Argentina, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Mexico, South ... -
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 ... -
Beyond ‘Business as Usual’: Biodiversity Targets and Finance; Managing Biodiversity Risks Across Business Sectors
(2020)This report aims to enable a better understanding of the business sectors1 and financial mechanisms at risk from the loss of biodiversity and lay the groundwork for biodiversity-related target-setting by the finance sector. ... -
Biodiversity - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 6
(2019)Biodiversity is in crisis. There is well-established evidence indicating an irrevocable and continuing decline of genetic and species diversity, and degradation of ecosystems at local and global scales. Scientists are ... -
Bioenergy and the Environment. Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management
(Westview Press, 1990)This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was necessary. However, the book is not meant to ... -
Biofuels Vital Graphics: Powering a Green Economy
(2011)Issues related to biofuels are complex and interconnected: they require solid planning and balancing of objectives and trade-offs. Safeguards are needed and special emphasis should be given to options that help mitigate ... -
Bottom-up Initiatives and Participatory Approaches for Outlooks - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 23
(2019)This chapter assesses participatory processes and local practices seeking transformed futures and grounds the interventions proposed in Chapter 22 with existing examples. The following sections provide background information ... -
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ... -
Buildings and Climate Change: Summary for Decision Makers
(2009)This Summary for Decision-Makers presents the current state of thinking on how the potential for greenhouse gas emission reductions in buildings can be realized. It was compiled by the Sustainable Building and Climate ... -
Can Desert Encroachment Be Stopped? A Study with Emphasis on Africa - Ecological Bulletins No. 24
(1976)This volume in the series Ecological Bulletins deals with the ecological and social problems of desert encroachment. It puts man and his activities into an ecological con- text and outlines the causes of desert encroachment ... -
Carbono cero América Latina: Una Vía para la Descarbonización Neta de la Economía Regional Para Mediados de Este Siglo - Documento de Visión
(2016)Este documento de visión evalúa las perspectivas de descarbonización neta en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Presenta un conjunto de escenarios con medidas que sería necesario adoptar en materia de energía, ... -
Caribbean: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub‐region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living
(1991)The aim of this document is to help improve the condition of the world's people, by defining two requirements. One is to secure a widespread and deeply-held commitment to a new ethic, the ethic for sustainable living, and ... -
Central & South Asia: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Central America: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Challenges for the Growth of the Electric Vehicle Market - Foresight Brief No. 017 June 2020
(2020)Electric vehicles (EV) can play an important part in the decarbonisation of the traffic sector. This helps in climate mitigation and positively impacts the air quality of cities, due to reduced emissions such as CO2, NOx, ... -
Chemical leasing: A global success story
(2011)This brochure presents selected projects that were implemented in close cooperation with the National Cleaner Production Centres of Colombia, Egypt, Russia, Serbia and Sri Lanka, and illustrates how this model helped ... -
Chernobyl: Looking Back to Go Forward - Proceedings of an International Conference on Chernobyl: Looking to Go Forward Organized b the International Atomic Energy Agency on behalf of the Chernobyl Forum and Held in Vienna, 6-7 September 2005
(2008)Although the Chernobyl accident occurred two decades ago, much controversy remains concerning its real impact. These proceedings present the findings and recommendations of the Chernobyl Forum and the discussions held ... -
China's Green Long March: A Study of Renewable Energy, Environmental Industry and Cement Sectors - A Synthesis Report
(2013)The Chinese government recognizes that in order to sustain its economic growth without further damaging the environment, it must change its policies. The government made impressive efforts in a transition towards a green ...