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The Emissions Gap Report 2012: A UNEP Synthesis Report
(2012)
This report reviews a number of successful policy actions that have been effective in substantially reducing emissions at the national level. For example, appliance standards, performance standards for vehicles, and economic ...
The PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change - Summary
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013)
The PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change provides a framework for considering the full range of approaches to VIA assessment. It aims to help professionals such as researchers, ...
From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)
As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ...
Policy implications of warming permafrost
(UNEP, 2012)
This report describes the current and potential future status of permafrost and makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of permafrost degradation in a warming climate. Climate projections in the fifth Assessment ...
Adaptation to Climate-change Induced Water stress in the Nile Basin - A vulnerability assessment report
(UNEP, 2013)
The Nile River Basins rich ecological resources are vital to the 238 million people living in the region. The basins natural environment is the ultimate source of its economic activities (production and consumption) and ...
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment in Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2014)
The Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment in Asia and the Pacific report is a unique scientific and indicator-based assessment report produced by UNEP, with contributions from experts and UNEP National Focal Points ...
UNEP 2013 Annual Report
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
The 2013 Annual Report lays out the highlights of UNEP's work in 2013, a year in which the organization's Governing Council met under Universal Membership for the first time and the strengthening process agreed the previous ...
Chemicals Management and Marine Plastics - Our Planet April 2011
(UNEP, 2011)
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.
Africa Environment Outlook 3: author's guide
(UNEP, 2011)
The purpose of these guidelines is to serve as a reference point for all players involved in the AEO-3 production process. The main aim is to ensure consistency in the quality of contributions to the report
Towards a life cycle sustainability assessment: making informed choices on products
(UNEP, 2011)
Every day, unsustainable patterns of consumption, unsustainable production methods and population growth challenge the resilience of the planet to support human activities. At the same time, inequalities between and ...