Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "NATURAL DISASTERS"
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The ABC for Sustainable Cities: A Glossary for Policy Makers
(2016)The ABC for Sustainable Cities aims to bring clarity on this. Rather than providing a single univocal definition of what is a “Sustainable City”, it brings together key elements of it by compiling terms and concepts from ... -
Action plan for the Caribbean environment programme - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 26
(1993)The principal objectives of the Action Plan are to assist the Governments of the region in minimizing environmental problems in the Wider Caribbean through assessment of the state of the environment and development activities ... -
Africa Regional Workshop on Environmental Disasters: Workshop Report
(2003)The Africa Regional Workshop On Environmental Disasters, held from 28 to 30 July 2003 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi, provided a forum for interactive dialogue between experts on the ... -
Building Afghanistan’s Resilience: Natural Hazards, Climate Change, and Humanitarian Needs - A paper for the 2016 Brussels Conference on Afghanistan
(2016)Unless urgent action is taken to build the resilience of Afghanistan’s households, communities, and environment, much of the country’s development gains over the past 15 years could be at risk. -
Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan
(National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), 2015)This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of climate change governance in Afghanistan in order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for the further mainstreaming of climate change ... -
Climate Change and Human Health: An Assessment prepared by a Task Group on behalf of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme
(1996)This book covers the subject of climate change to the full extent possible, given current scientific knowledge. It is intended to assist and promote further international collaboration aimed at improving our understanding ... -
Climate Change and Security in Eastern Europe: Republic of Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine - Regional Assessment
(2017)The overall goals of the climate change and security assessment are to identify and explain how climate change may exacerbate threats to security, and to propose effective measures in response. This study recommends that ... -
Community-based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) Toolkit: The Afghanistan Resilience Consortium’s Guide to Building Community-based Resilience to Natural Hazards and Climate Change in Afghanistan
(Afghanistan Resilience Consortium, 2017)The overall objective of the community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) toolkit is to identify the short-, medium- and long-term actions that can be taken with a community in order to address the underlying vulnerabilities ... -
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 ... -
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers
(2011)UNEP’s post-conflict environmental assessment aims to provide a better understanding of the underlying challenges facing the DRC and to help identify and develop promising opportunities to support sustainable economic ... -
The Disaster Risk, Global Change, and Sustainability Nexus
(2019)This review retraces the brief history and evolution of the global understanding of disaster risk as a compound event, in parallel with research on global environmental change. It highlights the main milestones in this ... -
Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ... -
Environment, Sustainable Development and Human Health - International Seminar
(1995)The objective of the Seminar is to highlight the nexus between health, environment and development and to suggest concrete measures for sustainable health in the region. -
Fourth Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law: Note by the Executive Director
(2008)The annex to the present note contains the draft fourth Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law (Montevideo Programme IV) as contained in the annex to the report of the meeting of senior ... -
GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Open your Eyes to the Environment
(2001)This is a report on the state of the environment in the region, in addition to being a real source of inspiration for people and institutions to contribute to the safeguarding of the environment. The young authors offer a ... -
GESAMP: The State of the Marine Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No.115
(1990)The purpose of the report is to document and assess the current state of the marine en-vironment, and to identify the major global concerns and priorities for action in both the short and the medium term. Longer-term issues ... -
Hazard and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HCVCA) Toolkit: The Afghanistan Resilience Consortium’s Guide to Assessing community Resilience and Vulnerability to Natural Hazards and Climate Change in Afghanistan
(2017-12)The following Hazard and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HCVCA) toolkit has been developed based on in country experience applying community-based and participatory tools with more than 450 communities ... -
India: State of the Environment 2001
(2001)This SoE assessment for India provides a sound basis for the development of action plans, the next stage of the planning process, as we enter the new millenium. The report aims to provide concrete guidance for action ... -
Information for Environmental Health Emergencies: What Can WHO Offer?
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006)Information for environmental health emergencies -
Introducing UNEP Work on Responsible Industry and Value Chains
(2015)This presentation introduces UNEP’s work on responsible industry and value-chains