Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Mexico"
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2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement
(2017)The 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement provides an up-to-date overview of the scale and type of sustainable procurement activities undertaken worldwide in the past three years. It addresses a longstanding ... -
Adoption of a Sustainable Green Technology Approach in Shoe Sole Production in Guanajuato, Mexico
(2014)The manufacture of shoes is an important industry in Mexico—particularly in the Guanajuato region which produces each year around 244 million pairs of shoes in over 7,000 enterprises that employ 135,000 people directly ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Apell Worldwide
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1995)Following various technological accidents in both highly industrialised and industrialising countries which resulted in adverse impacts on the environment, the United Nations Environment Programme Industry and Environment ... -
Assessment of Complementarities between GGGI’s Green Growth Index and UNEP’s Green Economy Progress Index - GGGI Technical Report No. 10
(2019)This report assesses the complementarities between these two indices and discusses their main similarities and differences. It also presents the results from the global applications of both indices, including a detailed ... -
Assessment of Human Exposure to Lead: Comparison Between Belgium, Malta, Mexico and Sweden
(1985)The main objectives of this study were: - To study whether differences in blood lead levels found between countries in the Biological Monitoring Project were primarily due to exposure via ingested lead or via inhaled ... -
Case Studies on Tailings Management
(1998)With the cooperation of a large number of experts, ICME has compiled this collection of case studies of tailings management practices in operations in many parts of the world. The first section provides the reader with an ... -
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
(Cambridge University Press, 1992)This volume, Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Fisheries, addresses the potential implications for fisheries and societies of the regional impacts of a global warming of the atmosphere. Fisheries case studies were ... -
Climatic Change in the Intra-Americas Sea: Implications of Future Climate on the Ecosystems and Socio-economic Structure in the Marine and Coastal Regions of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas and the Northeast Coast of South America
(Edward Arnold, 1993)This book provides the first expert and comprehensive account of the implications that global warming and sea-level rise will have on the ecosystems and socio- economic structure in the marine and coastal regions of the ... -
Commercialization of Non-timber Forest Products: Factors Influencing Success: Lessons Learned from Mexico and Bolivia and Policy Implications for Decision-makers
(2006)This publication arising from a research project, funded by the UKs Department for International Development through its Forestry Research Programme, has examined the key factors that influence successful NTFP commercialization. ... -
Country Case Study on Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases in Mexico - Final Report
(1995)In accordance with Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), all Parties are required to develop, periodically update, publish and make avail-able to the Conference of the Parties, ... -
Crecimiento Verde en la Alianza del Pacífico: Avances y Oportunidades de Cooperación - Resumen Ejecutivo
(2019)El presente estudio analiza las políticas e iniciativas de los cuatro países que integran la Alianza del Pacífico para promover el crecimiento verde de sus economías. El estudio identifica los sectores de agricultura, ... -
Economic Impact of the Effects of Pollution on the Coastal Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regions of the United States of America - FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.172
(1977)This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of impact were considered: production of oil and ... -
Economic Instruments for Environmental Management: A Worldwide Compendium of Case Studies. Environmental Economics Series No. 25
(1998)One of the most striking features of this collection of case studies is the diversity of environmental problems which have been targetted by these policy instruments, including air and water pollution, packaging, deforestation, ... -
The Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Case Study and Exercise Source Book
(Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction and Center for Natural Resources and Development, 2014-05)This ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) case study booklet is designed as a guided learning resource and supports a problem-based learning approach. The booklet enables masters ... -
Eficiencia en el uso de los recursos en América Latina
(Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Mercosur de Investigaciones Económicas (Red Mercosur)., 2011)El informe «Eficiencia en el uso de los recursos en América Latina: perspectivas e implicancias económicas» aporta información que contribuye a la integración de la eficiencia en el uso de recursos en la formulación de ... -
Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions: Experiences from the Global South: Workshop Proceedings and Country Reports
(2016-09)Over the past few years, UN Environment has led a multi-stakeholder process to identify options for enhancing synergies and cooperation among the global biodiversity conventions. To that effect, UN Environment organized a ... -
Estado de la Movilidad Eléctrica: América Latina y el Caribe 2019
(2020)Esta es la tercera edición del informe regional sobre movilidad eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe, para el año 2019, desarrollado por la plataforma MOVE de la Oficina Regional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para ... -
A Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management Volume 3: Case Studies
(2018)This volume illustrates various case studies from around the world, detailing how steps from the Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management have been incorporated in freshwater ecosystem initiatives. It is intended to ...