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Rethinking the economic recovery: a global green new deal
(UNEP, 2009)
This report, (April 2009) was commissioned by UNEP from Edward Barbier of the University of Wyoming to act as the back bone to the upcoming ‘Green Economy Report.’ This paper is an exploration of the potential benefits of ...
Environmental education, ethics and action: a workbook to get started
(UNEP, 2006)
This book objectively challenges the link between ethics and our everyday activities. It takes ethics out of philosophy departments and puts it squarely onto the streets, into the villages, towns and cities, and connects ...
Tunza vol. 7 no.3: Tunza 2009 youth conferences, what we want from Copenhagen
(UNEP, 2009)
UNEP magazine for youth.
2002 report of the aerosols, sterilants, miscellaneous uses and carbon tetrachloride technical options committee (ATOC)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)
More than 10 billion aerosol products were used worldwide in 2001, the largest amount on record for this industry. Commercial use of aerosols developed after the Second World War based on the unique properties offered by ...
State of the environment in the Arab world: a progress report
(UNEP, 2003)
This assessment report provides background, baselines, trends and challenges that serve to identify the progress made in achieving sustainable development over a decade of rapid economic and social development in the Arab ...
An assessment of the status of the worlds remaining closed forests
(UNEP, 2001)
Forests provide a variety of socioeconomic and ecological goods and services. During the last two decades forests have attracted unprecedented global attention. Numerous international conferences, conventions and agreements ...
North America's environment: a thirty-year state of the environment and policy
(UNEP, 2002)
One of UNEP’s fundamental mandates is to conduct accurate assessment and up-to-date reporting on the state of the world’s environment. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) biennial report series contributes to the fulfillment ...
Protecting the ozone layer: solvents, coatings and adhesives
(UNEP, 2001)
Until I990 the use of ozone-depleting substances in industry has increased significantly and has led to the depletion of the ozone layer observed by scientists in the 1980s. New data have revealed that the hole in the ...
International declaration on cleaner production: implementation guidelines for companies
(UNEP, 2002)
These guidelines, developed for government, companies and facilitating organisations are meant to assist the implementation of the six Declaration principles. It also provides a methodology for planning activities and ...
Changing production patterns: learning from the experience of national cleaner production centres
(UNEP, 2002)
Guidelines to establish cleaner production centres. Topics include: Setting up an NCPC, NCPC activities, integrating cleaner Production, financial sustainability, and frequently asked questions.