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Blue economy: sharing success stories to inspire change
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Oceans are vital, not only to a wide array of biodiversity and ecosystems, but also to the food chains, livelihoods and climate regulation for a human population heading towards nine billion people. That is why this report ...
Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth
(2011)
Humankind has witnessed phenomenal economic and social development in the past century. However, there are increasing signs that it has come at a cost to the environment and to the availability of cheap resources. Despite ...
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: State of the Environment Report
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)
The objectives of the DPR Korea State of the Environment ( SoE) report are: identify the key environmental issues that act as barriers to attain sustainable development, and provide policy settings and options that can be ...
The Millennium Development Goals Report
(2014)
This report examines the latest progress towards achieving the MDGs. It reaffirms that the MDGs have made a profound difference in people’s lives. Global poverty has been halved five years ahead of the 2015 timeframe. ...
The UNECE Report On Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Europe and Central Asia
(2012)
This report documents the degree to which the eight goals based upon eighteen targets are on track to be fulfilled by 2015 in the Pan-European region. The focus of the report is on the former transition economies of Eastern ...
Environment and Climate Change Outlook
(2012)
The Democratic People’s Republic (DPR) of Korea Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report (ECCO) is an important product of this process, which UNEP has supported through technical assistance. This report includes a ...
Final evaluation of the assessment of the pollution status and vulnerability of the water supply aquifers of African cities
(UNEP, 2006)
This project, Assessment of the Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities, is a follow up to the project, The Urban Pollution of Surficial and Groundwater Aquifers in Africa. The focus ...
Public Health Problems in the Coastal Zone of the East African Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009
(1984)
Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009. UNEP 1982: Public health problems in the coastal zone of the East African region
Agriculture at a crossroads - Global report
(International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, 2009)
International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was to assess the impacts of past, present and future agricultural knowledge, science and technology on the - reduction ...
A situation report -The nature and extent of environmental crimes in Seychelles
(Institute for Security Studies, 2009)
This research was undertaken by the Environmental Crime Project (ECP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) as part of an eight-country study to determine the nature and extent of environmental crime in Eastern Africa. ...