Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Northern America"
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Cleaner Production: A Guide to Sources of Information
(1998)Obtaining information on cleaner production can be a challenging task of sifting through the seemingly endless amount of resources that are constantly changing. Not only is new information being made available every day, ... -
Integration of Amazon Protected Areas Amazon Vision
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An Introduction to the Toolkit for 10YFP National Focal Points
(2017)This booklet provides a brief introduction to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in the context of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the 10-Year Framework on SCP and its network of National Focal Points. ... -
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies—Approaches and Instruments Guidelines for National Cleaner Production Centres and Programmes
(2002)The training kit for the development of Cleaner Production policies is designed to assist UNIDO’s cleaner production programmes, in particular the National Cleaner Production Centre programme, in crucial aspects of Cleaner ... -
Measuring Progress: Towards Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the SDGs
(2019)Did you know that only 23% of the environment-related SDG indicators are on track to meet the target if current trends continue? For 68%, there is not enough data to assess progress and for 9% there is not progress toward ... -
The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative: Clean River, Clean Seas
(2020)The Mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, National Geographic Society and the University of Georgia, launch an initiative to combat plastic pollution along one of ... -
North 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 ... -
North American Regional Statement to the Ninth Global Civil Society Forum and the Tenth Special Session of UNEP’s Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum.
(2007)Executive Summary The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for North America (RONA) held its annual Civil Society Consultation at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on November 1-2 2007, in Washington ... -
PRE-SME – Promoting Resource Efficiency in Small & Medium Sized Enterprises Industrial training handbook
(2010)This manual provides an explanation of basic concepts including: Resource Efficiency, life cycle thinking, dematerialisation, decarbonisation, the ‘Plan-Do-Check-Act’ (PDCA) cycle, benchmarking, cleaner production, safer ... -
Quarterly Report to the 142nd Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: First Issue - January to March 2018
(2018)This report aims to provide the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the UN Environment Programme with an update on key developments during the first quarter of 2018. The report covers 1 January to 31 March 2018 and ... -
Quarterly Report to the 144th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Third Issue - August to October 2018
(2018)UN Environment Programme supports the implementation of Agenda 2030, through the umbrella of the Medium-Term Strategy and our Programme of Work. It is this Programme of Work on which we are reporting through this third ... -
Quarterly Report to the 146th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Fourth Issue - January-March 2019
(2019)UN Environment Programme supports the implementation of the 2030 Agenda thorough its Medium-Term Strategy and derived Programmes of Work. This quarterly report for the current biennium (2018-2019) focuses on the implementation ... -
Quarterly Report to the 147th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representative: Fifth Issue - July to September 2019
(2019)As this Report outlines, the period from July to September has been a busy but fulfilling quarter where we have made important progress on several milestones and contributed substantively to important deliberations such ... -
Quarterly Report to the 148th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Sixth Issue - October to November 2019
(2019)As this report outlines, the period from 1 October to 30 November 2019 was a critical and productive time in which we made important progress in contributing to the science on the climate emergency; supporting the multilateral ... -
Quarterly Report to the 149th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Seventh Issue - December 2019 to January 2020
(2020)This quarterly report updates the Committee of Permanent Representatives on significant political and regional developments related to UNEP’s work as well as on management issues in UNEP. It covers the period from 1 ... -
Reconciling Trade and the Environment: Lessons from the North American Free Trade Agreement - Environment and Trade 3
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1994)This paper provides an overview of the integration of trade and environment in the North American Free Trade Agreement. The paper focuses on the lessons that the North American Free Trade Agreement can provide for further ... -
Responsible Production Guidance and Toolkit
(2009-12)The Guidance and Toolkit includes five sections: identify responsible production issues, get the right people involved, develop your plan, put the plan into practice, train and communicate and evaluate how well you did -
Responsible Production Training Package: Trainers support package on Responsible Production and Chemical Hazard Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
(2009)The package is intending at raising awareness to chemical hazards and risks, and to the benefits of systematical chemical safety management, within a value-chain approach. For teaching the factual knowledge base of the ... -
Sustainable Lifestyles: Options & Opportunities in the Workplace
(2018)The set of actions presented can support employees and customers to enhance sustainability in their daily lives. The target audience is urban workplaces (and the organizations that work with them) that are developing ...