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Green Economy Vulnerable to Rare Earth Minerals Shortages - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - January 2011
(2011)
Rare earth elements (REE) include the 17 elements on the periodic table of chemical elements. Industrial demand for these elements is small in terms of volume but they are essential for a wide and growing array of green ...
Greening Cement Production has a Big Role to Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2010
(2010)
Next to water, concrete is the second-most consumed substance on earth
Fisheries subsidies and marine resource management: lessons from Bangladesh
(UNEP, 2004)
This study includes a discussion on the policy evolution, the intervening factors and the consequences of trade liberalization on marine fisheries in Bangladesh.
Saving the ozone layer: guidelines for United Nations Offices
(UNEP, 1999)
These guidelines were developed to help identifying equipment that contains CFC and other ozone-depleting substances, decide how best to phase out ODS
Pro-poor tourism: harnessing the world's largest industry for the world's poor
(UNEP, 1997)
Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, generating an estimated 11%1 of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 200 million people and transporting nearly 700 million international travellers per year a ...
Sustainable development and the future of mineral investment
(UNEP, 2000)
The book aims to reach a wide audience or readers to help explore and analyse how the principles of sustainable development can be extended to mineral enterprises. The content of the book has been maintained at mainly a ...
The Montreal Protocol control schedule and its evolution
(UNEP, 2002)
An information paper that provides the latest control schedules under the Montreal Protocol for both developing and developed countries, dates and meeting when each Amendment and/or Adjustment was made to the Protocol, and ...
Sea water desalination in the Mediterranean assessment and guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)
The need for desalting seawater is becoming more and more pressing in many parts of the world. During the period from 1950 to 1990 the worldwide consumption of water was tripled, while the population grew by 2.3 billion ...
Methodological and technological issues in technology transfer
(UNEP, 2000)
Summary for policy makers to Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer.
Ozonaction newsletter no. 36
(UNEP, 2000)
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund.