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UNEP Regional Office for North America Newsletter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
UNEP Regional Office for North America December 2015 Newsletter
Establishing China’s Green Financial System: Final Report of the Green Finance Task Force
(UNEP, 2015)
In 2014 the Research Bureau of the People’s Bank of China convened a Green Finance Task Force made up of 40 experts from ministries, financial regulators, academics, banks and other financial institutions, complemented by ...
Evaluating National Policies on Corporate Sustainability Reporting
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The global landscape of sustainability reporting is changing fast, and government policy is emerging as a key driver for ensuring the increased corporate transparency and accountability that is required for progress towards ...
UNEP 2014 Annual Report
(UNEP, 2015)
The United Nations Environment Programme Annual Report tells the story of the environment and the organization's work in 2014, through stunning photography and inspirational stories of change from the ground.
Casebook on innovative activities for achieving sustainable development In Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
The casebook shares not only lessons from project innovations and implementation, but successful initial and long-term project results in pilot communities. It identifi es an array of crucial project factors, highlighting ...
Waste Crime - Waste Risks: Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge - A Rapid Response Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
More than ever, our future depends upon how we manage the future of our waste. As an integrated part of sustainable development, effective waste management can reduce our global footprint. Ignoring or neglecting the ...
Indicators for a resource efficient and green Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
This report reveals the patterns and the evolution of natural resource use in Asia and the Pacific region over the last 40 years. The analysis shows that resource use in the region is both inefficient and unsustainable. ...
Environmental dispatches: Reflections on challenges, innovation and resilience in Asia-Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
This publication “Environmental Dispatches: Reflections on Challenges, Innovation and Resilience in Asia-Pacific” brings together some of these stories. The APFED Showcase Programme offered the chance for journalists in ...
Plastic in Cosmetics: Are We Polluting the Environment through our Personal Care?
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This paper focuses on the emerging issue of plastic particles in personal care and cosmetic product (PCCP) formulations as a possible source of micro-sized plastic litter. Known as ‘microbeads’, when used in PCCPs, these ...
Values Based Banking: Bringing the Voice of the Citizen into Finance
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Today’s financial system is in many ways too large, too complex, and too removed from the real economy. It has become focused on short--‐term profit maximisation, it does not pay enough attention to social and environmental ...