UNEP Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Moving towards a climate neutral UN
(2011)In October 2007 the UN Chief Executives Board approved the UN Climate Neutral Strategy, which committed all UN agencies, funds and programmes to move towards climate neutrality within the wider context of greening the UN. ... -
Increasing access to the carbon market
(UNEP, 2008)This brochure provides an overview of the UNEP RISOE Centre's Energy and Carbon Finance Program and its activities related to carbon finance and the CDM that help developing countries promote sustainable energy. -
UNEP Chemicals Branch Newsletter
(2011-11)A UN Environment Chemicals and Waste Branch Newsletter that is published periodically to give readers world-wide an update of activities to promote the environmentally sound management of chemicals and so help protect ... -
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IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania
(International Union for Conservation ot Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1990)The islands of the Pacific conjure up visions of warmth, beauty and colour set in a vast ocean ... a paradise captured in words by James Michener and Oscar Hammerstein. This image perhaps accounts for the fact that, for ... -
Economic Analysis of mangrove forests: a case study in Gazi Bay, Kenya
(UNEP, 2011)This study was undertaken as part of UNEP efforts of promoting forests as a significant green economy asset for Kenya. Forests should be taken into account when calculating the national accounts because the global rush for ... -
Ecologically sensitive sites in Africa. Volume 4: West Africa
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1993)This publication is made in response to requests from task managers in the Africa region who wanted to know the location and properties of the ecologically sensitive sites in Africa to which they could refer while implementing ... -
Forest Biodiversity Indicators. Tools for Policy-making and Management
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)This is a brief introduction to biodiversity indicators in a forest environment - their definition, source, presentation and uses. -
Innovative financing to implement multilateral environmental agreements: the case of the Montreal protocol, proceedings of the technical workshop on concessional lending
(2003)On 22 July 2002 an International workshop was convened under the auspices of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol to exchange views on the objectives and modalities of concessional lending, ... -
Resource efficiency: economics and outlook for Asia-Pacific
(UNEP, 2011)This report highlights the recent history of natural resource use in the Asia-Pacific region, covering the period from 1970 to 2005, which has been a time of unprecedented economic development in many countries in the ... -
Promoting resource efficiency in small and medium sized enterprises: industrial training handbook
(UNEP, 2010)The PRE-SME toolkit builds upon existing knowledge and tools but focuses on making the content aligned with the specific needs and organisational capabilities of SMEs in developing countries and economies in transition. ... -
Multilateral Environmental Agreement: Negotiators Handbook - Second Edition :2007
(2007)In the Millennium Report, the Secretary-General of the United Nations highlighted that the support for the rule of law would be enhanced if countries signed and ratified international treaties and conventions but that many ... -
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Integrating Environment in Post-conflict Needs Assessments: UNEP Guidance Note
(2009-03)the purpose of this guidance note is to i) Advise PCNA practitioners on how to ensure knowledge of environment issues is available and used during the PCNA process; ii) Facilitate the identification of priority interventions ... -
Final Report Inception Workshop: Mercury Storage and Disposal Project in Mexico and Panama
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