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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 .
Globalizing Environmental Democracy: A Call for International Action - UNEP Perspectives No. 7
(2012)
This paper seeks to provide reasons why a convention offers a good option for making future progress in implementing Principle 10, (b) suggest what the contents of such a convention might be and (c) conclude with what ...
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 ...
Effects of Financial System Size and Structure on the Real Economy: What do we know and what do we not know?
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This paper reviews the banking and finance literature and seeks to summarize the current state of knowledge on the relationship between financial system characteristics and real economic outcomes.1 A particular focus is ...
Building the Big Picture for a Green Economy - UNEP Perspectives No. 9
(2013)
This is the story of building a practical vision for the future, one that is described by a common language and defined by a shared set of priorities. That vision is for a green, fair economy that helps to lift people out ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015 – Executive Summary
(2015)
The year 2015 has the potential to become a turning point in global efforts to transform the prevailing social and economic development paradigm into a more sustainable one. The global community reached agreement in September ...
Technology and Sustainability: Changing Our Perspective - UNEP Perspectives No. 13
(2014)
From the evidence of our senses to the evidence provided by our science, we know our current global society is unsustainable. We also know that technology is at least partly responsible for our predicament, just as it will ...
Manual on compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2006)
This Manual expands upon UNEP Guidelines on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), adopted in 2002. The Manual explains various tools for negotiating, implementing, and enforcing ...
Environmental and Sustainability Governance: Thoughts from an Industry Perspective - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 4
(2012)
Expectations for a more sustainable future that were kindled in the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio1 have not been met. It is generally accepted that governance and the global institutions governments ...