Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Lebanon"
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2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement
(2017)The 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement provides an up-to-date overview of the scale and type of sustainable procurement activities undertaken worldwide in the past three years. It addresses a longstanding ... -
Asia Toolkit Project on Inventories of Dioxin and Furan Releases National PCDD/PCDF Inventories
(2003)This Toolkit had been developed by UNEP Chemicals to assist countries in undertaking inventories of dioxin and furan releases, and to do so in a harmonized and rigorous manner. -
Cleaner Production in the Mediterranean Region
(1995)The present report is a very valuable boost for the pioneering efforts in Mediterranean countries to implement cleaner production in our part of the world. -
Contribution of the thermal infrared band of Landsat-7 ETM+ in the detection of seawater pollution along the Lebanese shoreline
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2010)The marine environment in Lebanon has been recently affected by land-derived pollution. This problem mostly concerns areas with dense urban activities. While threatening the marine ecosystem, it also affects, as a consequence, ... -
Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Lebanon
(UNEP, 2005)With the increased implementation of trade liberalization agreements throughout the world, the issue of trade and Environment has become a growing concern for almost all countries. Developing countries in particular have ... -
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region (Abumoghli I. 2019), published ... -
Lebanon: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment
(2007)e recent conflict in Lebanon and in Israel, which began in July 2006 and lasted for more than a month led to nearly one million Lebanese fleeing their homes. One of the most high profile issues of the conflict was the ... -
Plan for the Reduction by 20% by 2010 of the Generation of Hazardous Wastes from Industrial Installations for the Mediterranean Region: MAP Technical Reports Series No. 145
(2004)The main goal of this Regional Plan is the reduction by 20% by 2007 of the generation of hazardous waste from industrial installations in the MAP countries. In order to achieve this target, the priority flows of hazardous ... -
Rapid Environmental Assessment of the Urban Community of AlFayha’,Lebanon
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Regional Directory of Environmental Resource Persons and Research in West Asia
(1994)This directory has been prepared to aid those seeking qualified experts in various environmental fields, in order to fulfill the pressing needs for mitigating environmental problems of the region. These environmental ... -
Solar Water Heating Techscope Market Readiness Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2014)This report presents a replicable and public methodology to evaluate the solar water heating policy, finance and investment, business, and quality control infrastructure across countries: the SWH TechScope Market Readiness ... -
Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan for the Industrial Sector in Lebanon 2015: Report Summary - SCP National Action Plan Summary. SwitchMed Programme
(2015)The proposed SCP Action Plan for the Industrial Sector in Lebanon is based on the Draft SCP Action Plan for the Mediterranean which has been developed under the regional component of the SWITCH-Med programme and which ... -
Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan for the Industrial Sector in Lebanon 2015: SCP National Action Plan - SwitchMed Programme
(2015)The SCP approach holds ‘life cycle thinking’ at its core. It involves considering and understanding the environmental and social impacts that a product, service or solution causes at each stage of its lifecycle, from the ... -
Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan: SwitchMed in Lebanon - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)Lebanon makes the switch: i) To Sustainable Consumption and Production for Circular and Green Economies; b) From Policy to Policy Implementation; c) National Priorities: Sustainable Techniques for the Industrial Sector, ... -
SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)SwitchMed is an EU-funded initiative fostering Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns in eight Southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia). ... -
Tourism - Directory of Institutions and Experts in Mediterranean Region
(1988)Information contained in this second group of Directories (human settlements, soil protection and tourism) has been compiled with the cooperation and help of a large number of experts, a majority of Mediterranean National ... -
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Energy Finance - [Factsheet]
(2019)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Energy Finance work fosters increased engagement of the finance community in the low-carbon development and sustainable energy sectors. The Energy Finance team works with ... -
Waste Management Outlook for West Asia 2019: Waste to Wealth
(2019)This Regional Outlook builds upon the Global Waste Management Outlook published in 2015. Focusing on waste management systems, finance and governance, it articulates a means of future progress toward sustainable waste ... -
World heritage and tourism in a changing climate
(United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2016)This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism. It also examines the close relationship between ...