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Targeting toxic chemicals on the way to the Johannesburg summit
(UNEP, 2001)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) offers the opportunity for concerted action by governments, industry, and NGOs to insist on proper chemical testing and to reinforce calls to halt production and use of ...
UNEP science strategy 2011-2013
(UNEP, 2011)
The science strategy addresses the need to strengthen the scientific base of UNEP and to reinforce its work on the science-policy interface. The Strategy has four overarching goals covering the areas of emerging issues, ...
Global Environment Outlook 5 for local government: solving global problems locally
(UNEP, 2012)
This report provides an assessment of the state and trends of the global environment in relation to internationally agreed goals
The business case for the green economy: sustainable return on investment
(UNEP, 2012)
This publication makes the business case showing the tremendous opportunities that business can capitalize on by transitioning to a more resource efficient Green Economy. The Business Case for the Green Economy is ...
Integrated assessment of trade liberalization and trade-related policies: a country study on the export crop sector in Nigeria
(UNEP, 2002)
This study attempted to assess the degree of the impacts of trade liberalization and trade-related policies on the environment, and consider the linked social and economic effects using the cocoa sector and rubber sub-sector ...
Sustainable travel in the United Nations
(2010)
This report seeks to provide guidance on what UN and organizations can do to improve sustainability of their travel, and in particular how to reduce their travel related climate footprints. The report provides an overall ...
UNEP 2010 annual report
(UNEP, 2011)
The 2010 Annual Report catalogues the beginning of a new, strategic and transformational direction for UNEP as it began implementing its Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2010-2013 across six areas: Climate change
The UNEP programme in Afghanistan: Annual report 2010
(2011)
Whilst much of UNEP’s focus is at the national level – building environmental institutions, improving technical expertise, and developing environmental management tools (such as laws and policies) – UNEP ensures that this ...
State of the environment in the Arab world: a progress report
(UNEP, 2003)
This assessment report provides background, baselines, trends and challenges that serve to identify the progress made in achieving sustainable development over a decade of rapid economic and social development in the Arab ...
UNEP Medium Term Strategy 2014-2017
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The UNEP medium-term strategy for the period 2014–2017 plots the direction that UNEP will take in pursuit of that goal. It lays out the vision, strategic objectives and the results which UNEP aims to achieve by 2017. Key ...