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Khaidarkan mercury: addressing primary mercury mining in Kyrgyzstan
(UNEP, 2009)
This overview document outlines the situation regarding the world’s last known exporting mercury mine at Khaidarkan in southern Kyrgyzstan. For the past two years, significant efforts have been taking place at the international ...
Africa Environment Information Network: stakeholders meeting report
(UNEP, 2003)
The Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN) initiative has evolved as a direct response to political and technical needs expressed by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). A central objective ...
The United Nations Environment Programme and the 2030 Agenda: Global Action for People and the Planet
(2015)
Unemployment, resource scarcity, climate change, food insecurity and inequity all signal the need for radical change in our societies. To bring this change, the entire UN system must meet the challenge of delivering ...
Marine litter, an analytical overview
(UNEP, 2005)
This overview was prepared by the Regional Seas Coordinating Office, the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, and the Coordination Office of the Global Programme ...
Africa Environment Outlook 3: our environment, our health
(UNEP, 2013)
The Third Africa Environment Outlook (AEO-3), analyses the importance of, and interlinkages between, health and environment and the opportunities and synergies that might be derived from intensified collaboration between ...
UNEP handbook for drafting laws on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources
(UNEP, 2007)
With its emphasis on adaptation to local country needs and conditions, this handbook describes key environmental and implementation issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resources, presenting legislative ...
Gender equality and the environment: A Guide to UNEP's work
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
This document outlines the linkages between gender equality and the environment, the impacts of gender inequality, how unequal participation in policy- and decision-making stymie effective action on tackling environmental ...