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Atlas of Our Changing Environment: Arab Region
(UNEP, 2013)
Increasingly, and through satellite images, we see stark evidence of the impact human activities are having on the planet. Viewing the Earth from this remarkable range and scale allows us to better comprehend the environmental ...
Working towards a balanced and inclusive green economy: a united nations system-wide perspective
(UNEP, 2011)
The EMG's Issue Management Group on Green Economy was tasked to prepare a report to assess how the United Nations system could coherently support countries in transitioning to a green economy. The report is expected to ...
Measuring Progress: Environmental Goals and Gaps
(UNEP, 2012)
This report outlines findings from a UNEP study that, with support from the Government of Switzerland, has catalogued and analyzed existing Global Environmental Goals contained in the international agreements and conventions. ...
Cambodia Environmental Outlook
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Ministry of Environment, Kingdom of Cambodia, 2009)
The process of developing Cambodia Environment Outlook was a great cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Assessment Programme and the Kingdom of Cambodia. The population growth and increasing ...
Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable and Poverty Eradication
(2011)
This report demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth
GEO for Youth of the Caribbean
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Caribbean Youth Environment NetworkCaribbean Conservation Association, Barbados, 2008)
The GEO for Youth of the Caribbean report is part of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), an integrated environmental assessment process that began in 1995. ...
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)
Over the last three decades, environmental degradation and the unsustainable use of natural resources have reduced the availability of ecosystem goods and services, with negative consequences for sustainable social and ...
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(, 1999)
The Caribbean Environment Outlook (CEO) is part of a UNEP project to produce state of the environment assessments for the countries of the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands. The objective of the CEO is ...
The use of economic instruments in environmental policy: opportunities and challenges
(UNEP, 2004)
This report seeks to help policy makers, especially in the developing world, to identify, evaluate and apply economic instruments to address a country's environmental problems within its national and local circumstances. ...
Pro-poor tourism: harnessing the world's largest industry for the world's poor
(UNEP, 1997)
Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, generating an estimated 11%1 of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 200 million people and transporting nearly 700 million international travellers per year a ...