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Minamata Convention on Mercury
(United Nations, 2013)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. It was agreed at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in ...
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
(UNEP, 2011)
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on ...
Global Chemicals Outlook: synthesis report for decision-makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2012)
The Global Chemicals Outlook aims to provide a coherent, comprehensive framework for assessing and setting priorities in chemicals policy to stimulate further international attention and action on sound management of chemicals.
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, ...
Poverty-Environment Initiative: annual progress report 2011
(UNEPUNDP, 2012)
Continued integration of pro-poor environmental sustainability issues into development processes is at the core of the work of the joint United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme ...
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers
(UNEP, 2011)
This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon ...
Technical background report for the global mercury assessment
(UNEP, 2013)
This report presents the latest and comprehensive information of global mercury emissions and releases to the environment, information on atmospheric and aquatic chemistry and fate and transport of mercury.
Costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
This document provides a practical and useful assessment of the current state of knowledge of the economic costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals. It makes available early research findings and the evidence ...
Radiation: Effects and sources
(2016)
This publication is based on the major scientific reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) published in the last 25 years and aims to expand public knowledge on levels ...
Africa Environment Outlook 3: our environment, our health
(UNEP, 2013)
The Third Africa Environment Outlook (AEO-3), analyses the importance of, and interlinkages between, health and environment and the opportunities and synergies that might be derived from intensified collaboration between ...