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History of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), 2007)Sustainable growth and development of Africa depend on the sustainable use of the continent's natural resources. The increasing degradation of the continent's environment and natural resources made it imperative for African ... -
Holistic Waste Management Strategy for Varanasi City
(2018)With a population close to 1.3 million, Varanasi city generates roughly 445 tonnes per day of municipal solid waste. The city is a major religious center and hence attracts significant numbers of tourists; 25,000 pilgrims ... -
Horizon 2020 Mediterranean Report
(European Environment Agency, 2014)The H2020 Mediterranean Report is a joint effort of the EEA and UNEP/MAP resulting from the creation of a regular review mechanism of environmental progress in the three H2020 policy priorities. These are municipal waste, ... -
Horizon 2020 Mediterranean Report: Israel
(2014)Israel has a technologically advanced market economy, including rapidly developing hi‑tech, agricultural, financial and service sectors. Israel was characterised by relatively high and stable economic growth in the previous ... -
Household Medical Waste Management Strategies - COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheet 7
(2020)As COVID-19 spreads to the developing world, with limited access to medical support, increased numbers of cases will have to self medicate at home. Proper management of household medical waste will therefore become key to ... -
How Can my Government Benefit by Becoming a GoF47 Member?
(2013)The Group recognizes that a key element in the promotion of corporate sustainability reporting is the collective engagement of like-minded governments, and for this reason the Group places a high priority on expanding its ... -
How COVID-19 is Changing the World: A Statistical Perspective
(2020)This report provides a snapshot of some of the latest information available on how COVID-19 is affecting different aspects of public and private life, from economic and environmental fluctuations to changes that affect ... -
How does the Finnish Government Integrate the Sustainable DGs into the Budget Process?
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How Eco-innovation Transformed a Vietnamese Tea Trader - Eco-Innovation success story from Vietnam
(2017)Vietnamese company Hiep Thanh used to produce and trade dried tea for Middle Eastern markets. But as it faced increasingly difficult challenges – regulatory, technical and economic – it became clear that business as usual ... -
How Energy Choices Influence the Human Future - Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity production - Infographic
(2016)This infographic compares electricity generation technologies and highlights the environmental benefits, and trade-offs of each technology. The graphic presents an overview over the life cycle impacts and material requirements ... -
How Metals Determine Our Lives
(2011)Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean technologies such as batteries for hybrid cars ... -
How Paris Became the Capital of Climate Finance
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)This working paper traces the evolution of the ‘networked solution’ to finance that came together at the COP21 in Paris, linking the formal negotiations with a broader set of actions by financial regulators, by financial ... -
How the hotel and tourism industry can protect the ozone layer
(UNEP, 1999)The information provided by this guide to the hotel and tourism industry in both developed and developing countries is also applicable to shopping centres, visitor centres, office buildings, and sports arenas. The guide ... -
How the Montreal Protocol Protects Health
(2014-11-26)The need to protect human health was the driving force behind the establishment of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987). ... -
How to Articulate Integrated Responses to the Health, Economic and Climate Crises in Latin America & the Caribbean: The Post-COVID-19 Recovery - Policy Brief
(2020)Cómo articular respuestas integradas a las crisis sanitaria, económica y climática en América Latina y el Caribe: La Recuperación pos-COVID-19 -
How to Choose your Waste Management Technology to Treat COVID-19 Waste - COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheet 3
(2020)As countries develop an inventory of the existing national waste management facilities, they select environmentally sound options for waste treatment using the UNEP Sustainability Assessment of Technologies (SAT) guidance ... -
How to Save the World: Strategy for World Conservation
(1980)The World Conservation Strategy, on which this book is based, represents several firsts in nature conservation. It is the first time that governments, non-governmental organizations and experts throughout the world have ... -
How Trainings by Green to Grow are Changing Lives in Rural Nandi - Switch Africa Green
(2020)How trainings by Green to Grow are changing lives in rural Nandi -
HS Codes for HFCs: Advice for countries in Advance of the 2022 HS Code Update - OzonAction Policy Brief
(2019)Until the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, or Harmonized System (HS) is revised in 2022, all HS codes for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are contained in a single HS code which ... -
HS Codes for Mercury-Added Products
(2018-11)This document outlines proposed revised customs codes for better data and better implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury