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Advancing Sustainable Consumption & Production: Circularity in the Economy of Tomorrow
(2020)
Environmental challenges and lifestyle choices are defining issues of our time. The concept of circularity allows us to operationalize the inclusive green economy: how to reduce and eliminate waste and pollution through ...
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 ...
GEO Matters January 2020
(2020-01)
2019 was a flagship year for UNEP’s flagship environmental assessment, the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6). After nearly 2 ½ years of working with more than 150 authors, 25 governments and 25 expert scientists, ...
Health & Environment - [Factsheet]
(2020)
Growing evidence and new understanding about the mounting risks to health and ecosystem degradation, as well as positive contributions to health from ecosystems services, mandates a fresh approach on health and environment ...
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 ...
United Nations Environment Programme Strategy for South-South and Triangular Cooperation
(2020)
This Strategy provides a framework through which UNEP’s support to Member States on South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) will be enhanced during the coming decade (2020-2030). The Strategy is aligned to other ...
Faith for Earth: One Earth, Many Religions, One Goal - Achievement Report 2018 -2019
(2020)
This report highlights the achievements of the Faith for Earth Initiative over the period 2018-2019 and progress made towards the attainment of its three overarching goals: 1) Strengthen Partnership with Faith-Based ...
The Environment and Trade Hub
(2020)
The Environment and Trade Hub works with many public and private partners on knowledge and capacity enhancement to make trade work for the environment and contribute to the environmental dimension of the Sustainable ...
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 ...