Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Jordan"
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Aerosols sector conversion in action
(UNEP, 1995)This publication presents twelve technical case studies that address plant conversions to alternative technologies, including hydrocarbon aerosol propellants (HAP), manual pumps and DME propellants. It covers all sizes of ... -
The Arabian Deserts: The Everlasting Giving and the Challenge of Desertification
(2007)The book describes the natural forms and shapes of the Arabian deserts and their resources and highlights their spiritual, cultural and economic importance and significance. It also addresses some of the environmental, ... -
Asia Toolkit Project on Inventories of Dioxin and Furan Releases National PCDD/PCDF Inventories
(2003)This Toolkit had been developed by UNEP Chemicals to assist countries in undertaking inventories of dioxin and furan releases, and to do so in a harmonized and rigorous manner. -
Cleaner Production in the Mediterranean Region
(1995)The present report is a very valuable boost for the pioneering efforts in Mediterranean countries to implement cleaner production in our part of the world. -
Eco-Innovation Application in Jordan: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)Eco-innovation is the development and application of a business model, shaped by a new business strategy that incorporates sustainability throughout all business operations based on life cycle thinking and in cooperation ... -
Empowerment of women from local community: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)The SwitchMed waste management of the Aqaba Hotel Industry project is providing livelihoods, with a special focus on increasing the empowerment of women, by incorporating the local community in recycling/upcycling activities. ... -
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region (Abumoghli I. 2019), published ... -
Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures
(2017)The Minamata Convention on Mercury mandates that mercury waste be managed in an environmentally sound manner, taking into account the guidelines developed under the Basel Convention, and in accordance with requirements to ... -
Good Practices for Regulating Wastewater Treatment: Legislations, Policies and Standards
This report aims to provide an overview of wastewater legislation adopted by a range of developed and developing countries. -
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences
(2017-12-05)“Green industrial policy: Concept, policies, country Experiences” is a joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). It illustrates how green ... -
Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all. -
Jordan Country Study on Biological Diversity: Arthropods of Medical Importance in Jordan
(2000)In this book, the major human arthropods of medical importance occurring in Jordan are discussed based on available literature and the authors personal experience. -
Jordan Country Study on Biological Diversity: Mammals of Jordan
(2000)This work is an update for the mammals of Jordan, with emphasis on their distribution, ecology and conservation. -
National Strategy and Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production in Jordan 2016-2025 - SwitchMed Programme
(2016)Developing national Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) National Action Plans (NAP) contributes to poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability and the development of a green economy. National SCP-NAPs are a ... -
Regional Directory of Environmental Resource Persons and Research in West Asia
(1994)This directory has been prepared to aid those seeking qualified experts in various environmental fields, in order to fulfill the pressing needs for mitigating environmental problems of the region. These environmental ... -
Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)The Jordanian Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP) was developed under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment in Jordan under the EU funded SwitchMed programme, with advisory ... -
SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)SwitchMed is an EU-funded initiative fostering Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns in eight Southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia). ... -
Tackling Global Challenges through Triangular Cooperation: Achieving Sustainable Development and Eradicating Poverty through the Green Economy
(2013)This two-part volume is the joint work of an international team of experts and contains essays on triangular cooperation. -
Towards a Prosperous Planet: UNEP's Clearing house
(1987)UNEP's Clearing-house, one of our youngest programmes, expands our roles of 'catalysis and co-ordination" in the field of technical co-operation. The Clearing-house acts as a benevolent broker, an impartial friend and ... -
Turning Waste into an Asset in Aqaba: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)Jordan faces increasing issues with waste as growing populations consume more. Municipal solid waste rose from 2.6 million tonnes in 2014 to almost 3 million tonnes in 2017, compounded by the fact that the country has very ...