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SWOT analysis and evaluation of the GEO-3 process from the perspective of GEO collaborating centres
(UNEP, 2004)
UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is an integrated environmental assessment and reporting initiative entering its fourth cycle. Given its complexity and the need for continuous improvement and learning, evaluation ...
Case studies on alternatives to methyl bromide: technologies with low environmental impact
(UNEP, 2000)
Provides methyl bromide users with information that will assist them in selecting commercially available, low impact (i.e., environmentally friendly) alternatives to methyl bromide. This publication is comprised of 18 ...
Women, Health and the Environment - Our Planet Vol. 15 No. 2
(2004)
This edition of Our Planet celebrates women, and underlines their unique vulnerability to environment-related health problems, from water and sanitation issues to ones of indoor air pollution.
Eastern African Atlas of coastal resources
(UNEP, 2001)
The eastern African region is comprised of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Reunion (France) whose coasts are washed by the waters of the western part of the Indian Ocean. ...
Capacity building for sustainable development: an overview of UNEP environmental capacity development initiatives
(UNEP, 2002)
This publication details the broad scope of UNEP's capacity building for wise environmental management.
Climate change and sustainable development beyond Kyoto
(UNEP, 2002)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is likely to see the Kyoto Protocol finally coming into force. While this will be a moment to celebrate, there is no cause to be complacent. Although a step in the right ...
Are you a green leader? Business and biodiversity making the case for a lasting solution
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
Produced jointly between UNEP-WCMC and UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this document reviews the business case for biodiversity
Air quality guidelines for Europe (Second edition)
(WHO, 2000)
This publication can assist national and local agencies responsible for protecting public health from the adverse effects of ambient air pollution and for monitoring ambient air quality. Aiming to prompt good practice in ...
Striving for good governance in urban areas: the role of local agenda 21s
(UNEP, 2001)
One of the most significant innovations in addressing urban environmental problems in recent years has been the emergence of a new kind of city-wide initiative to address environmental problems the Local Agenda 21. Although ...
WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: selected pollutants
(WHO, 2010)
This book presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, naphthalene, nitrogen ...