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Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all. -
Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone - Executive Summary
(2013)This document provides up-to-date information and confirms the close relationship that exists between the state of transboundary natural resources, poverty, and recurring social conflicts. -
Community-based Monitoring to End Oil Contamination in the Peruvian Amazon - Perspectives Issue No. 26
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017-11-09)The Wampis nation of Peru is intrinsically linked to their environment. They have built their culture and knowledge from interacting with nature. Therefore when frequent and irreparable oil spills were occurring, the local ... -
Greening the blue helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations - Executive Summary
(2012-05-01)This is the executive summary of the Greening the Blue Helmets report. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how peacekeeping operations affect and are affected by natural resources and environmental ... -
Republic of South Sudan: National Adaption Programmes of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change
(2016-09)South Sudan’s NAPA specifies five priority activities (referred to as Priority Adaptation Projects) for effective climate change adaptation across the five identified priority thematic areas, namely: i) Environment; ii) ... -
Energy Profile: Eritrea
(2017)Eritrea’s population was 6.33 million in 2013 (Table 1) (IEA, 2016). Total production of electricity was 38 ktoe in 2015 with 97.3 per cent generated from fossil fuels. Final consumption of electricity is 33 ktoe with 9 ... -
Energy Profile: Senegal
(2017)In 2015, total electricity produced was 343 ktoe, with 88.9 per cent from fossil fuels and 9 per cent from solar and wind. Final electricity consumed was 276 ktoe. -
Financing the Change
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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2008
(University of Joensuu, Department of Law, 2009)The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the fifth University of Joensuu – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, which was held from 29 June to 11 July 2008 at the ... -
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2006
(University of Joensuu, Department of Law, 2007)The articles in the present Review are based on lectures given during the third University of Joensuu – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, which was held from 26 June to 7 July 2006 at the ... -
Environmental Rule of Law: Critical to Sustainable Development
(2015-05)Environmental rule of law integrates the critical environmental needs with the essential elements of the rule of law, and provides the basis for reforming environmental governance. It prioritizes environmental sustainability ... -
UNEP Guide for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Laws
(2016-09)The Guide describes the key legal issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resource development, and presents legislative options from both developed and developing countries for dealing with them, including ... -
Comptes forestiers et macroéconomiques de la Côte d’Ivoire : Comment la déforestation affecte la macroéconomie nationale
(2016)La présente étude propose de combiner la certification du cacao, l’agroforesterie et l’industrialisation grâce à des initiatives à valeur ajoutée comme un ensemble d’instruments de politiques permettant de lutter contre ... -
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2009
(Department of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, 2010)The aim of the Course is to convey key tools and experiences in the area of international environmental law-making to present and future negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements; and to contribute to the further ... -
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2011
(Department of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, 2013)The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the eighth University of Eastern Finland – UNEP Course on International Environmental Agreements. It was held from 4 to 16 September 2011 at the Asian ... -
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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014
(2015)In October 2014, the University of Eastern Finland and UNEP held the eleventh joint Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Joensuu, Finland. The papers compiled in this volume of the Review are based on ... -
Invitation to Participate in High-Level Dialogue & Press Conference: UN Environment to Launch Flagship Emissions Gap Report
(2016)On 3 November 2016, one day before the Paris Agreement enters into force, UN Environment (UNEP) and partners will launch new scientific assessments that reveal the gap between international commitments made by governments ... -
UNEP Programme Performance Report 2016
(2016)UN Environment this year commemorates 45 years of its existence with a track record in leading efforts to protect our environment. Established in December 1972 as a follow up to the Stockholm Conference on the Human ... -
Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions: Experiences from the Global South: Workshop Proceedings and Country Reports
(2016-09)Over the past few years, UN Environment has led a multi-stakeholder process to identify options for enhancing synergies and cooperation among the global biodiversity conventions. To that effect, UN Environment organized a ...