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Plastic in Cosmetics: Are We Polluting the Environment through our Personal Care?
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This paper focuses on the emerging issue of plastic particles in personal care and cosmetic product (PCCP) formulations as a possible source of micro-sized plastic litter. Known as ‘microbeads’, when used in PCCPs, these ...
Values Based Banking: Bringing the Voice of the Citizen into Finance
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Today’s financial system is in many ways too large, too complex, and too removed from the real economy. It has become focused on short--‐term profit maximisation, it does not pay enough attention to social and environmental ...
The Business Case for Mainstreaming Gender in REDD+
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), FAO, UNDP, 2011)
This publication by the UN-REDD Programme sets out to demonstrate how integrating gender considerations in REDD+ planning makes good business sense. The
UN-REDD Policy Brief: REDD+ and a Green Economy
(2011)
The UN-REDD Programme's inaugural policy brief was launched at COP17 in December 2011. In this policy brief, the UN-REDD Programme explores the concepts of REDD+ as a source of investment for green development
UN-REDD Lessons Learned: Asia-Pacific
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), FAO, UNDP, 2011)
In the
Sustainable Consumption and Production: a Handbook for Policymakers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This Handbook is an output of UNEP’s work towards the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). This global edition is based on a pilot edition for Asia and the ...
UN-REDD Rules of Procedure and Operational Guidance
(2014)
The present document is an update of the UN-‐REDD Rules of Procedure approved at the First Policy Board (March 2009) to reflect subsequent Policy Board decisions that amended those rules. Please note that this refers ...
The UN-REDD Programme Strategy 2011-2015
(2011)
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) was created in September 2008 to assist developing countries to build ...
UN-REDD Terms of Reference for the Strategy Group, Management Group and Secretariat
(2012)
The UN-REDD Programme Policy Board (PB) is the governing body of the UN-REDD Programme that is responsible for
Sourcebook of Opportunities for Enhancing Cooperation among the Biodiversity Related Conventions at National and Regional Levels
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The Sourcebook focuses on what can be achieved through cooperation among those implementing the Biodiversity-related Conventions at national and regional levels. It provides practical examples, checklists, lessons learnt ...