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Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging Perspectives
(2011)
Melting glaciers, denuded slopes, expanding deserts these images of environmental change have long captured public attention. With the threat of global climate change, the environment has moved from casual concern to the ...
Risk Assessment on Illegal Trade in HCFCs
(2011)
This report provides a summary of recent cases of illegal trade and the policy measures in place to combat HCFC smuggling. By considering market conditions for HCFCs and drawing parallels with the context and methods used ...
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making: An Output of TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
(2011)
This book shows how and why existing prices, markets and policies fail to reflect the true value of ecosystem services and biodiversity, and the true cost of ongoing damage. It argues for urgent action and demonstrates the ...
A Regional Approach to the Sustainable and Ecosystem-Based Management of Coastal Erosion in the East Asian Seas Region: A Resource Document
(2011)
This resource document builds on the current understanding of coastal erosion processes and policy responses from the region and around the world. It provides EAS member countries with a two-step process to develop a logical ...
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus on Africa and Sustainable Cities
(2011)
Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political ambition remains firmly in place and may be widening. ...
Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network: Organisational Effectiveness Assessment - Volume I, December 2011
(2011)
This report presents the results of an assessment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conducted by the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN). MOPAN assesses the organisational ...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Regional Trade and Investment Agreements
(2011)
The United States-Peru and Canada-Peru trade agreements, which entered into force in 2009, include provisions promoting CSR principles. Although these are some of the first trade and investment agreements to mention CSR ...
Global Outlook on SCP Policies: Taking Action Together [Preview of main report]
(2011)
This report presents the first findings of the Global Outlook on SCP Policies, commissioned from UNEP by the European Commission, which provides a nonexhaustive review of government policies and business and civil society ...
Integrated Report on Ocean Remote Sensing for the NOWPAP Region: Towards Assessment of the Marine and Coastal Environment
(NOWPAP Special Monitoring and Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre (NOWPAP CEARAC), 2011)
The ultimate goal of CEARAC activities is to 'establish cooperative marine environmental monitoring by remote sensing and to contribute to the conservation of the marine environment in the NOWPAP region'. This Integrated ...
Brief Guide to Analytical Methods for Measuring Lead in Blood
(2011)
This document provides a brief overview of analytical methods commonly used for measuring lead in blood. It is primarily aimed at informing public health personnel and policy-makers who are not laboratory specialists but ...