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Promoting resource efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises: industrial training handbook
(UNEP, 2010)
The PRE-SME toolkit builds upon existing knowledge and tools but focuses on making the content aligned with the specific needs and organisational capabilities of SMEs in developing countries and economies in transition. ...
Uganda's Environment and Natural Resources: Enhancing Parliament's Oversight
(UNEP, 2010)
Uganda's natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa, resulting in the country's economy relying heavily on goods and services so provided. As part of efforts to ensure effective management of ...
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials
(2010)
This report focuses not on the effects of environmental pressure, but on its causes. It describes pressures as resulting from economic activities. These activities are pursued for a purpose, to satisfy consumption. ...
Here and now! education for sustainable consumption: recommendations and guidelines
(UNEP, 2010)
Despite increased awareness of the human impact on the environment and a greater focus on personal as well as global consequences of individual lifestyle choices, sustainable development and sustainable consumption are ...
Publicly backed guarantees as policy instruments to promote clean energy
(UNEP, 2010)
This report focuses on investment guarantees, assessing different types of publicly backed guarantee structures at various stages of product and technology innovation and deployment, and examining the experience of public ...
Guidelines on education policy for sustainable built environments
(UNEP, 2010)
The outcome of this synthesis is a suite of learning aims, strategies and case-study curricula that can empower people to transform cities, towns and villages into eco-settlements. The framework also guides and informs the ...
Connecting the dots: biodiversity, adaptation, food security and livelihoods
(UNEP, 2010)
Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, provides millions of people with livelihoods besides helping to ensure food security and is a rich source of both traditional medicines and modern pharmaceuticals.
Building the Foundations for Sustainable Nutrient Management. A publication of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management
(2010)
This booklet focuses on the use, effects and management of two key nutrients - nitrogen and phosphorous. Together they play an important role in the global and local sustainable development agendas. On the one hand, their ...
Rwanda state of environment and outlook
(UNEP, 2010)
This report is the first comprehensive SOE report for Rwanda. It is an integrated assessment and will provide a baseline for future reporting. It will also feed into other regional and global environmental reports such ...
Investment in walking and cycling road infrastructure share the road
(UNEP, 2010)
This report outlines the core argument of Share the Road, a campaign that works to help re-balance the current state of road investments across all modes. Share the Road aims to increase investments in walking and cycling ...