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Blue carbon: the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon
(UNEP, 2009)
This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal habitat, or blue carbon sinks. The objective ...
Environment for development: policy lessons from Global Environmental Assessments Report for UNEP
(UNEP, 2009)
This report is written at the request of UNEP, in support of the preparations for its 25th Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in February 2009. The overall goal of this synthesis report ...
Rainwater harvesting : a lifeline for human well-being
(UNEP, 2009)
This publication highlights the link between rainwater harvesting, ecosystems and human wellbeing and draws the attention of readers to both the negative and positive aspects of using this technology and how the negative ...
Contingency Planning for Emergencies Associated with Industrial Installations in the West and Central African Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 054
(UNEP, 1985)
Regional Seas Reports and Studies by UNEP
UNEP climate change strategy
(UNEP, 2008)
UNEP's Climate Change Strategy is the result of a comprehensive process involving external experts and UNEP staff from across the organization. The strategy is built on the analysis of UNEP's political mandate, the ...
Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2008: analysis of trends and issues in the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency
(UNEP, 2008)
This report presents the financial perspective, or a dollar view, of the current state of play in sustainable energy development. The analysis in this report consists of actual data on the different types of capital flows ...
Vulnerability of people and the environment: challenges and opportunities
(UNEP, 2009)
This report concludes the efforts of the Chapter 7 working group that wrote the chapter on vulnerability of people and the environment: challenges and opportunities. It includes a more detailed explanation and elaboration ...
Mainstreaming poverty, environment linkages into development planning: a handbook for practitioners
(, 2009)
This handbook is designed to serve as a guide for champions and practitioners engaged in the painstaking task of mainstreaming poverty-environment linkages into national development planning. It draws on a substantial body ...
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 ...