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Water for the future: an annotated bibliography for world water day and the international year of freshwater
(UNESCO, 2003)
This bibliography has been compiled to provide an easily accessible resource on materials on water. This bibliography brings together a list of publications from relevant UN system agencies and is a valuable resource for ...
United Nations inter-agency secretariat of the international strategy for disaster reduction: highlights
(UNEP, 2003)
ISDR highlights issue III , 2003
Industry and environment: big challenge for small business
(UNEP, 2003)
Industry and Environment is a periodical of the United Nations Environment Programme. Challenges and opportunities ◆ Tools and approaches ◆ SMEs as models ◆ Role of supply chains
Tourism and local agenda 21: the role of local authorities in sustainable tourism
(UNEP, 2003)
This Study looks at how tourism has been taken into account in local Agendas 21, as drawn up and implemented by local authorities. As local authorities face the impacts of tourism development, the Agenda 21 planning framework ...
2002 report of the flexible and rigid foams: technical options committee
(UNEP, 2003)
Historically, the blowing agent selection made by the foam plastics manufacturing industry was based heavily on CFCs. This was particularly the case in closed cell insulating foams. An assortment of CFCs and other ozone ...
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 ...
Studies of EIA practice in developing countries
(UNEP, 2003)
This publication is a companion volume to the UNEP Environmental Impact Assessment Training Resource Manual. It contains a series of case studies of EIA ( and elements of SEA ) practice in developing and transitional ...
Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2002 assessment
(UNEP, 2003)
In the following chapters, new information on the effects of increased UV radiation will be discussed in more detail, with special attention given to the role of interactions between ozone depletion and climate change.
Evaluation of environmental impacts in life cycle assessment
(UNEP, 2003)
This document provides an introduction to the workshop topics, a report of these two workshops, and some resources for further information. It has been published with the kind support of US-EPA. Our goal with this publication ...