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South-South Cooperation in Action: Stories of Success
(2020)
In March 2019, during the Second United Nations High-Level Conference on South-South cooperation (SSC) and called for greater South-South cooperation to achieve sustainable development. This pamphlet showcases UNEP’s ...
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)
This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region (Abumoghli I. 2019), published ...
Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and how to Break the Chain of Transmission
(2020)
In the spirit of the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-economic Response to COVID-19, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has teamed up with the renowned International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and ...
Right to a Healthy Environment: Good Practices - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
(2020)
The present report highlights good practices in the recognition and implementation of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The term “good practice” is defined broadly, to include laws, ...
Legislative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Governance - FAO Legislative Study No. 114
(2020)
This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes
provision for the connections among economic (and social) activities that may have more than ...
State of Environment and Outlook Report for the occupied Palestinian Territory 2020
(2020)
This report provides an overview of the current state of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territory. Building on earlier work by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the report includes analysis of ...
Quarterly Report to the 149th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Seventh Issue - December 2019 to January 2020
(2020)
This quarterly report updates the Committee of Permanent Representatives on significant political and regional developments
related to UNEP’s work as well as on management issues in UNEP. It covers the period from 1 ...
Report of the Twenty-seventh Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ISC Steering Committee for GCOS - GCOS-232
(2020)
In accordance with its Memorandum of Understanding5, GCOS prepares regular reports on the status of the global climate observing system followed by implementation plans that address issues and gaps, and new developments ...