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Buildings and climate change: status, challenges and opportunities
(UNEP, 2007)As one of the products of the Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative (SBCI), this publication outlines the salient features of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from building use and construction. The ... -
Climate change challenges for Africa: evidence from selected EU-funded research projects
(UNEP, 2012)Africa, while currently responsible for a negligible amount of total global greenhouse gas emissions, is under significant threat from climate change. Changes in precipitation levels, likely increase in temperature extremes ... -
Environmental Protection and Pollution Control (Amendment) Act, 1990 - Zambia
(Government of Zambia, 1990)An Act to amend the Environment Protection and Pollution Control Act -
Environmental Protection and Pollution Control (Amendment) Act, 1999 - Zambia
(Government of Zambia, 1999)An Act to amend the Environment Protection and Pollution Control Act -
Green economy: green economy in the European Union
(UNEP, 2012)A range of elements of the green economy concept are relatively well integrated in EU strategic documents, such as Europe 2020 and the Resource Efficiency Roadmap although the focus in the EU is arguably on achieving ... -
Green economy: what do we mean by green economy?
(UNEP, 2012)Reinvigorated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a global discussion and national activities on green economy transitions have regained momentum since 2008. The increase in interest is, among other things, ... -
Growing a green economy in Africa: why forests matter
(UNEP, 2015)There is economic potential in African forests but it is threatened by an increasing demand for forest products, and by encroachment from other sectors. The Briefing explores the potential of a ‘green economy’ approach to ... -
Policy statement by Achim Steiner
(UNEP, 2010)This is the Policy Statement by Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. At the opening of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment ... -
The National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) - Zambia
(Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources - Zambia, 1994)The NEAP provides an overview of Zambia's environmental problems, existing legislation and institutions and strategy options for improving environmental quality. The plan is based on a review of relevant studies and reports, ...
