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Industry sectorial approaches and climate action: from global to local level in a post-2012 climate framework
(UNEP, 2009)
This Discussion Paper on Industry Sector Approaches to Climate Change is intended to assist negotiators, policymakers and other interested parties in the definition, development and implementation of sectorial approaches. ...
Vital forest graphics
(UNEP, 2009)
Vital Forest Graphics serves as an advocacy tool to promote conservation and sustainable management of the world's forests through a better understanding of the values they provide in support of global ecological stability, ...
Green breakthroughs: solving environmental problems through innovative policies and law
(UNEP, 2008)
This booklet is called Green Breakthroughs because it describes policies and laws that have been used effectively to solve environmental problems. Success stories are drawn from 45 individual countries, as well as from ...
Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters : Latin America and the Caribbean
(UNEP, 2008)
Water is a unique and vital resource, for which there is no substitute. In Latin America and the Caribbean, major rivers, lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more countries. The region is characterized by the greatest ...
Training resource manual: the use of economic instruments for environmental and natural resource management
(UNEP, 2009)
This training Resources Manual provides step-by-step guidance to assist instructors in training policymakers and practitioners in the use of economic instruments for environmental and natural resources management. The ...
Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters: North America
(UNEP, 2009)
The main problem in North America is the location of water resources relative to large population centers where the majority of the freshwater drains away from the bulk of the population. Climate variability and change is ...
Methodologies guidelines: vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources to environmental change
(UNEP, 2009)
This document aims to provide a general framework to partners under UNEP's project .
Environment on the edge 2007-08
(UNEP, 2007)
Environment on the edge is a series of lectures given by leading international figures that examine our current relationship with the natural world and discuss what tomorrow might bring.
Global outlook for ice and snow
(UNEP, 2007)
This publication provides an up-to-date, concise review of the state of the environment and the trends in ice and snow-covered regions (cryosphere) of the world. It features case studies, illustrations, graphics and maps ...
Labour and the environment: a natural synergy
(UNEP, 2007)
This publication addresses the synergy between labour and the environment, linking the work of UNEP to the role workers can play in the implementation of environmentally sustainable development strategies. The publication ...