Browsing Publications and Documents by SDGs "SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities"
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Closing Data Gaps is Essential to Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development - SDG Policy Brief No. 008 October 2019
(2019-10)The Sustainable Development Goals Policy Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change. The evidence provided builds on the scientific data and information hosted on Environment Live and is complemented by stories ... -
Compendium of good practices on human rights and the environment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The purpose of this compendium is to present good practices relating to the use of human rights obligations and commitments to inform, support and strengthen environmental policymaking, especially in the area of environmental ... -
Concept Note - Webinars on “Land Rights Recognition for Ecosystems Restoration, Improved Livelihoods and Food Security”
(2020)The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, declared on 1 March 2019 by the UN General Assembly, which UNEP and FAO are the lead organizations, aims to massively scale up the restoration of degraded and destroyed ... -
Conservation and Wise Utilization of Tropical Forests : A Directory of Information Sources
(1980)The present directory on tropical forests represents a listing of some 350 institutions able to supply information to enquirers, on request and under mutually agreed terms, on one aspect or another of the following subjects ... -
Contributions of the UN Environment Assembly to the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
(2019)Ensuring the health of the environment is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, taking urgent action to curb global average temperature rise to well below 2C will prove critical ... -
The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countries
(2018)Women represent over half of the agricultural labour force in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their substantive contribution to agriculture and their vital role in ensuring family food security have been widely documented. However, ... -
The Current State of Our Data and Knowledge - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 3
(2019)This section provides an introduction to environmental statistics and data and covers the state of existing data and knowledge that contribute to any environmental assessment, including national-, regional- and global-level ... -
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: State of the Environment Report
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)The objectives of the DPR Korea State of the Environment ( SoE) report are: identify the key environmental issues that act as barriers to attain sustainable development, and provide policy settings and options that can be ... -
Design and development of integrated indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals : Report : Senior expert meeting, 3-5 December 2014, Gland, Switzerland
(2014)As part of the United Nations support to member countries in the development of the Sustainable Development Goals and following on from UNEA Resolution 1/4, UNEP organized an expert workshop on integrated indicators and ... -
Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and, Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining - Guidance Document
(2017)This document represents an expansion of this original guidance document and is intended to reflect the language of the Convention and other advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. It is intended to provide guidance ... -
Developing Capacity Amongst Rodriguans to Adopt Green Businesses through Training to Key Stakeholders and the Development of a Green Business Guidebook
(2017)The main objective is to contribute in the transition of Rodrigues Island towards an inclusive green economy through minimising plastic waste. The action will create the perfect environment for small sustainable green ... -
Direitos da Criança e Meio Ambiente - Relatório do Relator Especial das Nações Unidas
(2019)Air pollution, water pollution and exposure to toxic substances, together with other types of environmental harm, cause 1.5 million deaths of children under the age of 5 every year, and contribute to disease, disability ... -
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Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ... -
Drivers of Environmental Change - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 2
(2019)The five drivers reviewed in this chapter — population growth and demographics, urbanization, economic development, new technological forces, and climate change — have led to an unprecedented expansion of wealth for many ... -
Driving Conservation through Sustainable Tourism Enterprises: Sectoral Business Condition Brief
(2016)To protect biodiversity, we need to create alternative economic opportunities for the people who depend on the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. Biodiversity is the foundation of human well-being and prosperity. At the ... -
E-waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana): From Grave to Cradle
(2019)Fuelled by the accelerated pace of digitalisation and the rise of a global middle-income class, the market for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is expanding rapidly. In Ghana, the vast majority of e-waste is managed ... -
The Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the Near and Middle East (EMASAR): Formulation of an International Cooperative Programme - Report of an International Conference held in Rome
(1975)In May 1974 an expert consultation was held in Rome, sponsored jointly by FAO and UNEP, to advise on the formulation of an international programme on the ecological management of arid and semi-arid rangelands in Africa and ... -
Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Selected Case Studies from Africa
(2019)Efforts to protect the environment can have a negative impact on people’s livelihoods if it does not increase livelihood options from the ecosystem. So how do we maintain a healthy environment as climate changes and at ...