Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "GENDER"
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Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
Bamyan: Building community based resilience to climate change and natural disasters
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Bamyan province. The work aims to build community-based resilience and ... -
CCTN Progress Report 2019: Connecting Countries to the Climate Technologies They Need.
(2019)Demand for the services of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) reached a record high in 2019. The CTCN reported that requests for technology assistance submitted by developing countries increased 240% over the ... -
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Intersessional Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
(2019-11-06)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/un-environment-event/intersessional-meeting-forum-ministers-environment-latin-america-and -
Contributions of the UN Environment Assembly to the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
(2019)Ensuring the health of the environment is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, taking urgent action to curb global average temperature rise to well below 2C will prove critical ... -
The Cost of the Gender gap in Agricultural Productivity in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
(2015)The report provides a unique quantification of the costs in terms of lost growth opportunities and an estimate of what societies, economies, and communities would gain if the gender gap in agriculture is addressed. The ... -
Cross-cutting Issues - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 4
(2019)As understanding of the interdependence between a healthy planet and healthy people becomes more developed, complex issues that thread through systems and societies gain new importance. Beyond the traditional Global ... -
Daikundi: Building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change
(2015-06)This Fact Sheet summarizes the pilot field demonstrations Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEP) and UNEP are conducting in Daikundi. The work aims to build environmental adaptation and resilience of ... -
El Enfoque de Género Aplicado a la Gestión Integral de Residuos en Perú: Lecciones Aprendidas y Herramientas Para un Desarrollo Sostenible e Inclusivo
(2018-08-01)El objetivo de este documento es extraer las lecciones aprendidas de la aplicación del enfoque de género y proponer algunas recomendaciones que puedan orientar y mejorar el trabajo de funcionarios de distintos Ministerios ... -
Gender and Environment Statistics: Unlocking Information for Action and Measuring the SDGs
(2019)This report seeks to provide a framework to measure the nexus between gender and the environment. It proposes 18 gender-environment indicators for inclusion in the wider set of gender indicators, across the focal areas of ... -
Gender and Waste Nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal
(2019)Over the past few years, the issue of gender in waste management has received increasing attention, highlighting that waste production and management is not gender neutral. In fact, existing gender inequalities, responsibilities ... -
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change
(2020)This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ... -
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change - Report Summary
(2020)This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ... -
Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as well as other Internationally ... -
Global Environment Outlook: GEO-6 - Summary for Policymakers
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)This Summary for Policymakers highlights the findings of the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) report. -
Global Gender and Environment Outlook
(2016)The GGEO provides an overview of current knowledge and gives a first set of answers to the following key policy-relevant questions: • What social forces are producing the changes seen in the environment, and are they ... -
Guidelines for Assimilating Gender into Integrated Environment Assessments (IEA)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017)These guidelines provide step by step guidance on how to address gender in the IEA process and a simple checklist for individuals or group involved in the IEA process as outlined in the IEA training manual (UNEP 2009). -
International Environmental Technology Centre - Annual Report 2019
(2020)As outlined in this Annual Report 2019, IETC delivered substantial results aligned with the waste management goals in the UNEP’s programme of work. These have included recent knowledge products published by the centre on ... -
Land and Soil - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 8
(2019)The main messages of the fth report of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) could be extrapolated to GEO-6. Perhaps the most important difference is the recognition of climate change as a driver of environmental change, ... -
Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management - Proceedings of an International Workshop
(1993)The workshop on "Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dry-Land Management" was organized to develop a better understanding of community participation' and 'bottom-up development'. There is a great deal of discussion ...