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Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO 5): Environment for the Future We Want
(2012)In 1995, in support of UNEPs unique mandate within the UN system to keep under review the world environmental situation, (GA resolution 2997 of December 1972), the UNEP Governing Council requested a new, comprehensive ... -
Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as well as other Internationally ... -
Global Environment Outlook: For Life on Earth
(Oxford University Press, 1997)This volume-GE0-1- is the first product of the GEO Project. It provides a snapshot of a process in the making and aims to move the process along by documenting its progress. The principal focus of GE0-1 is a review of ... -
Global Report on Agricultural Support and Sustainable Food Systems Transitions
(2021)The report seeks to fill knowledge gaps on the costs of current agricultural support in terms of impacts on nature, climate change, nutrition, health and equity, and convey key messages to the policy community on potential ... -
Global Waste Management Outlook
(2015)The Global Waste Management Outlook, a collective effort of the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Waste Management Association, is a pioneering scientific global assessment on the state of waste ... -
Good Organization, Management and Governance Practices: A Primer for Providers of Services in Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP)
(2010)This Primer aims to present a simple overview of good organization, management and governance practices for organizations that fulfil at least in part a public good role, and practical applications for providers of RECP ... -
Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Framework Manual - Revised Draft (10 November 2020)
(2020)The Framework Manual introduces, in a structured way, various facets of green and sustainable chemistry, with the intention to foster learning, reflection and scale up action based on a common global understanding of the ... -
Green Economy Policy Review of South Africa's Industrial Policy Framework
(2020)This report reviews South Africa’s industrial policy, from an inclusive green economy perspective. It investigates the extent to which South Africa’s industrial policy is responding to the country’s transition to an inclusive ... -
Green Economy Policy Review of the Ecological Compensation Policies of Hainan Province in China
(2020)The ecological compensation policies of China state that public funding from government should be used to protect areas or objects of critical ecological value. Under the policies, individuals or areas are compensated for ... -
Guidelines for Seagrass Ecosystem Restoration in the Western Indian Ocean Region - Western Indian Ocean Ecosystem Guidelines and Toolkits
(2020)Although governments acknowledge the importance of seagrass, restoration efforts have not kept pace with increasing degradation of this vital habitat. The new Guidelines on Seagrass Ecosystem Restoration for the Western ... -
Guidelines for the Assessment of Environmental Flows in the Western Indian Ocean Region - Western Indian Ocean Ecosystem Guidelines and Toolkits
(2020)Sustainable management of rivers is essential to maintaining livelihoods, health, biodiversity, economic and food security, and more in the Western Indian Ocean region and beyond. The new Guidelines for the Assessment of ... -
Impacts of Sand and Dust Storms on Oceans: A Scientific Environmental Assessment for Policy Makers
(2020)Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in deserts and semi-deserts when strong winds blow over dry soils with little or no vegetation. Dust generated by SDS is often raised high into the atmosphere and transported over long ... -
Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Global Sustainable Finance: An Initial Framework for Response Strategies - Working Paper
(2020)This paper has been developed to support thinking on how to respond to the pandemic from a sustainable finance perspective. Specifically, this paper has two objectives: i) The first is to set out what we know about the ... -
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019. UNEP Course Series 19
(University of Eastern Finland, 2020)The compilation of papers in the present volume of the Review is based on lectures presented during the sixteenth University of Eastern Finland – United Nations Environment Programme Course on Multilateral Environmental ... -
Modes de Consommation et de production durables en Algérie 2016: Etats des lieux MCPD - SwitchMed Programme
(2016)Le présent rapport relatif à l’état des lieux sur les Modes de Consommation et de Production Durable “MCPD” en Algérie concrétise l’engagement fort de l’Algérie dans le domaine du développement durable. Il constitue un ... -
National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Egypt 2015: Annex - SCP National Action Plan Annex. SwitchMed Programme
(2015)This document is intended to identify key priority activities and projects needed to support the creation of sustainable communities and cities in Egypt through the promotion of sustainable consumption and production patterns. -
National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Egypt 2015: SwitchMed in Egypt
(2016)This document is intended to identify key priority activities and projects needed to support the creation of sustainable communities and cities in Egypt through the promotion of sustainable consumption and production ... -
National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policies in Egypt 2015 - SCP Assessment
(2016)The main objectives of this document is to lay out the framework for an Action Plan for sustainable consumption and production in Egypt. The Action Plan builds on recent studies that have been undertaken in this area and ... -
National Strategy and Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production in Jordan 2016-2025 - SwitchMed Programme
(2016)Developing national Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) National Action Plans (NAP) contributes to poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability and the development of a green economy. National SCP-NAPs are a ... -
Plan Cadre National pour la Consommation et Production Durables Maroc 2015 - Plan Cadre National pour les MCPD. SwitchMed Programme
(2016)Le Présent rapport s’inscrit dans la continuité des mesures prises par le Maroc dans le cadre de son engagement pour la construction d’un modèle de développement plus respectueux de l’environnement et du bien être de la ...