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Implementation of renewable energy technologies: opportunities and barriers, summary of country studies
(UNEP, 2002)
This project was launched to identify barriers to the implementation of renewable energy technologies and explore measures to overcome it.
10 years after Rio: the UNEP assessment - executive summary
(UNEP, 2002)
This report documents industry's progress unfinished business and future challenge in implementing agenda 21.
Fresh water for the future: a synopsis of UNEP activities in water
(UNEP, 2012)
This publication gives a snapshot of the significant contribution that UNEP with its partners have made around the world in protecting our limited fresh water resources for the improvement of livelihoods, focusing on the ...
APELL for mining: guidance for the mining industry in raising awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level
(UNEP, 2001)
This report introduces the generic objectives and organizational framework of UNEP's APELL programme. It covers risk factors specific to the mining industry and describes how APELL can be applied to the mining industry. ...
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, ...
Tools and methods for integrated resource planning
(UNEP, 2002)
This book resulted from the recognition of the need to the systematic teaching and training material on energy efficiency, end-use analysis, demand side management and integrated resource planning.
Why a green economy matters for least developed countries
(UNEP, 2011)
This publication examines the idea that Least Developed Countries (LDCs) possess the economic conditions, the natural and cultural assets, and the policy setting to embrace, if not lead, a green economy transition, which ...
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 ...
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012)
(UNEP, 2011)
This innovative publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major global environmental, economic and social changes since 1992. The numbers tell the story of how, in twenty years, the world has changed ...
Green growth, resources and resilience: environmental sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2012)
This report describes an evolving policy landscape characterized by a changing economic reality, rising demand for resources, increasingly apparent impacts of environmental and climate change, and increased risk and ...