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UNEP in West Asia
(UNEP, 2013)
Newsletter of the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia.
Minamata convention on mercury: text and annexes
(UNEP, 2013)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an important advance in global environmental stewardship. This multilateral agreement addresses the devastating effects of mercury through practical actions that will reduce global ...
Sustainable Public Procurement: A Global Review - Final Report
(UNEP, 2013)
This report examines the state of sustainable public procurement policies and practices being undertaken by national governments worldwide in the last five years. The research included a comprehensive literature and desktop ...
Portfolio carbon: measuring, disclosing and managing the carbon intensity of investments and investment portfolios
(UNEP, 2013)
This publication provides a clear and compelling case for why and how investors and their service providers should start measuring, disclosing and reducing the GHG emissions associated with their investments and investment ...
Drawing down N2O to protect climate and the ozone layer: a UNEP synthesis report
(UNEP, 2013)
This report addresses the benefits of drawing down nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. N2O is now the most significant ozone-depleting substance emission and the third most important greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere. ...
Water Hyacinth - Can its Aggressive Invasion be Controlled?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - April 2013
(2013)
Invasive alien species are a major global challenge requiring urgent action. They are considered one of the key pressures on world’s biodiversity: altering ecosystem services and processes, reducing native species abundance ...
Global chemicals outlook: towards sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
The publication provides a wealth of technical and scientific information covering inter alia substances that can have adverse impacts on the environment and human health, that are of global and/or national and /or local ...
Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles
(2013)
This report focuses on the impact of metals on the environment as well as on their life cycle energy use. Currently primary metals production is responsible for 7 8 % of the total global energy use as well as for severe ...
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peace Building Potential
(2013)
Thirteen years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, investment in women as agents of change in peacebuilding remains inadequate. One of the unexplored entry points for strengthening womens contributions ...
Africa's Adaptation Gap: Technical Report
(UNEP, 2013)
This report is a stark analysis of where Africa stands in relation to its adaptation goals and is a cautionary indicator of what may happen should the emissions gap remain - necessitating additional adaptation. The report ...