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A toolkit for preparation of low carbon mobility plan
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The Toolkit for Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) Revised (2014) is used as a starting point for the present toolkit. This toolkit for LCMP caters to a global audience, and provides a simplified approach for LCMP preparation ... -
Accelerating the Global Adoption of Energy-efficient Lighting - U4E Policy Guide Series
(2017)This guide offers an overview of the key elements required to transform a national appliance market towards more energy-efficient products through the application of the U4E Integrated Policy Approach. It is cross-cutting ... -
Acrylamide Health and Safety Guide
(World Health Organization, 1991)The purpose of a Health and Safety Guide is to facilitate the application of these guidelines in national chemical safety programmes. The first three sections of a Health and Safety Guide highlight the relevant technical ... -
The adaptation knowledge initiative
(2015-07)The Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP) serves as a knowledge mechanism on adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The NWP ... -
After the Tsunami sustainable building: guidelines for South-East Asia
(UNEP, 2007)The Tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 affected a dozen Indian Ocean countries, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Maldives, Malaysia and Myanmar, with a death toll reportedly exceeding 250,000 and ... -
Analysing our energy future: some pointers for policy-makers
(UNEP, 2007)A non-technical summary of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook focusing on the alternative policy and beyond the alternative-policy scenarios, highlighting the implications of future energy development paths. -
Application of the Ecosystem Approach in Integrated Environmental Assessments: Thematic Module of Volume 2 of the Training Manual on Integrated Environmental Assessment and Reporting
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2010)This thematic module, prepared as an addition to the Training Module of the Training Manual on Integrated Environmental Assessment and Reporting (formerly, the GEOResource Book), provides a set of basic guidelines for ... -
Approved and signed EIAs from 2011 to 2013 - Uganda
(National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) - Uganda, 2013)Approved and signed EIAs from 2011 to 2013 - Uganda -
Assessing the Future
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Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Emission Inventory Manual
(2013)Atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) are widespread layers of regional scale plumes of air pollution consisting of a mixture of anthropogenic sulfate, nitrate, organics, black carbon, dust, and fly ash particles. Recent scientific ... -
Capacity Building for Integrated Environmental Assessment Assessment and Reporting
(UNEP, 1999)This document tries to provide accurate assessment of the state of the environment and consequences of policies is critical for effective sustainable development decision making. -
Community environmental action planning toolkit: Participatory tools and methods to engage communities
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)This Toolkit was developed by ProAct Network as part of a UNEP programme on building regional and national capacity in Community Environmental Action Planning (CEAP) in Darfur. The Toolkit contains 37 participatory tools ... -
Community Environmental Action Planning: A Handbook for Practitioners in Sudan - Synthesis Report
(2013)The Synthesis provides an overview of tools and approaches that could be used by individuals, groups or organisations to plan, carry out and evaluate environmental management activities on a participatory and sustained ... -
Community Environmental Action Planning: A Handbook for Practitioners in Sudan
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013-10-01)This Handbook provides an overview of tools and approaches that could be used by individuals, groups or organisations to plan, carry out and evaluate environmental management activities on a participatory and sustained ... -
Community Environmental Action Planning: Getting Organized - A Facilitator's Guide
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)This Facilitator’s Guide provides essential tips for facilitation, provides guidance on identifying communities with whom to engage and guides us through a process of setting objectives for a CEAP session, identifying ... -
Community-based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) Toolkit: The Afghanistan Resilience Consortium’s Guide to Building Community-based Resilience to Natural Hazards and Climate Change in Afghanistan
(Afghanistan Resilience Consortium, 2017)The overall objective of the community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) toolkit is to identify the short-, medium- and long-term actions that can be taken with a community in order to address the underlying vulnerabilities ... -
Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and, Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining - Guidance Document
(2017)This document represents an expansion of this original guidance document and is intended to reflect the language of the Convention and other advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. It is intended to provide guidance ... -
Disaster risk management for coastal tourism destinations responding to climate change: A practical guide for decision makers
(UNEP, 2009)The sustainability of coastal tourism destinations depends partly on their ability to adapt planning and management practices to the impacts of climate change and also to increase their ability to effectively manage natural ... -
Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction – Eco-DRR Master’s Module, Instructor’s Manual
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013-05)This is the instructor’s manual for the Master’s module entitled, ”Disasters, Environment and Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR)” developed by the Center for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD) and the Partnership for Environment ...