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The Emissions Gap Report 2016: Annex A.1
(2016)
This Technical Annex to Chapter 3 of the 2016 UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides technical background to the computations supporting the discussion in the chapter. It reproduces parts of the Annex to Chapter 2a of the 2015 ...
Haiti’s South Department: Major Achievements in Sustainable Development 2011-2016
(2016-06)
This fact sheet outlines the major achievements in sustainable development in Haiti from 2011 to 2016.
Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining National Action Plan Global Component
(2016-10-01)
Development of National Action Plans (NAPs) for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is an obligation under Article 7 of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for each country that determines that ASGM in its territory ...
Urbanization and Economic Growth in Latin America and Caribbean Damaging Air and Water Quality
(2016)
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a biologically rich region with complex political, social and natural contrasts. However, economies share a heavy reliance on primary products and natural resources, which account ...
Energy Efficiency in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (RAC) Sector: Providing the Same Cooling, Using Less Energy and Living Better!
(2016)
The refrigeration and air conditioning sector represents a major share of energy use in most developing countries as refrigeration and air conditioning applications consume large amounts of electricity for cooling requirements, ...
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol: HFC Phase-down
(2016)
This fact sheet summarises and highlights the main elements of the Amendment of particular interest to countries operating under Article 5 of the Protocol (Article 5 Parties).
Common Products and Equipment containing or reliant on HCFCs
(2016)
Table of common products and equipment containing or reliant on HCFCs
Sargassum influx in the Wider Caribbean Region
(2016-10-06)
Brown algae of Sargassum genus form dense populations constituting free floating rafts on the ocean surface. These sargassum rafts have been observed for a long time in the northern Caribbean Basin and the Atlantic ocean, ...