Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "JAPAN"
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City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Annex: Case Studies from Selected Cities
(2013)These cases were selected to showcase innovative and visionary approaches to sustainable infrastructure change across a broad range of contexts, and are intended to demonstrate the abundance of options available that could ... -
Comparative Analysis of Green Public Procurement and Ecolabelling Programmes in China, Japan, Thailand and the Republic of Korea: Lessons Learned and Common Success Factors
(2017)This report compares Green Public Procurement (GPP) programs from four leading Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea and Thailand) to understand what the frameworks and key success factors that result in high-impact green ... -
Compendium of Technologies for the Recovery of Materials / Energy from End of Life (EoL) Tyres - Final Report
(2016)This compendium describes, the environmental soundly way to recover materials and energy from waste tyres. General and specific technologies for the recovery of materials/energy from waste tyres are introduced to the target ... -
Compendium of Technologies for the Recovery of Materials from WEEE / E-waste
(2017)This compendium describes information on commercially available or near commercially available technologies and associated techniques for resource recovery from WEEE/e-waste and subsequent treatment of residual wastes. The ... -
Directory of Coastal and Marine Environmental Institutions in the North-West Pacific Region - NOWPAP Publication No. 2
(1998)The Governing Council of UNEP on its 15th Session (Decision 15/1 Strengthening the Role and Effectiveness of the United Nations Environment Programme, part VI.3) approved preparation of new action plans for seas not yet ... -
Electronics Cleaning, Degreasing, and Dry Cleaning Solvents Technical Options Report: Summary Report
(1989)The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer restricts the production and consumption of some ozone-depleting chemicals. Chlorofluorocarbon 1, l,2-trichloro-1,2 ,2-trifluoroethane, commonly referred to ... -
The Emissions Gap Report 2017: A UN Environment Synthesis Report
(2017)The eighth UN Environment Emissions Gap Report provides an up-to-date scientific assessment of the global progress towards the emissions reductions required to be on track to meet the long-term goal of the United Nations ... -
Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century – Final Report
(2019)This report describes how the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment practice and decision making is an increasingly standard part of the regulatory and legal requirements for ... -
G20 Energy Efficiency Finance and Investment: 2019 Stocktake Report
(2019)The G20 Global Summit on Financing Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Clean Technology was held on June 12th, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. It gathered over 140 senior executives of financial institutions, G20 policymakers and ... -
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Assessment Report for the UNEP International Resource Panel
(2016)This report finds that global material use has tripled over the past four decades, with annual global extraction of materials growing from 22 billion tonnes (1970) to 70 billion tonnes (2010). It also provides a new material ... -
Guidelines of Lake Management Volume 2: Socio-Economic Aspects of Lake Reservoir Management
(1989)Contents: Utilization of Water Resources and Problems of Lake Management / T. Kira; Understanding of the state of the lake environment from a socio-cultural perceptive - an example of Lake Biwa, Japan / Y. Kada; Profile ... -
Handbook of Environmental Legislation and Machinery
(1983)The handbook should serve the following purposes: - as a base for UNEP'S advice on the establishment of sound environmental machinery and legislation as a basis of better environmental management; - as a source of ... -
Integrated Report on Ocean Remote Sensing for the NOWPAP Region: Towards Assessment of the Marine and Coastal Environment
(NOWPAP Special Monitoring and Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre (NOWPAP CEARAC), 2011)The ultimate goal of CEARAC activities is to 'establish cooperative marine environmental monitoring by remote sensing and to contribute to the conservation of the marine environment in the NOWPAP region'. This Integrated ... -
The Japanese Industrial Waste Experience: Lessons for rapidly Industrializing Countries
(2013)This publication reviews the development of the approach Japanese stakeholders took to deal with waste generated by industries. More precisely, it analyses the policy mix that was applied and shares the lessons to be ... -
Key Findings - Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation
(2020)This document presents the key findings of the report "Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation". -
Marine Litter in the Northwest Pacific Region
(Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP), United Nations Environment Programme, 2008)This publication is intended to provide information for the general public, governments and private sector on the marine litter problem and its solutions in the NOWPAP region. The publication consists of two parts (which ... -
National Actions on Marine Microplastics in the NOWPAP Region
(2020)The objective of NOWPAP is to protect the regional marine environment under international cooperation between the four member states. NOWPAP initiated marine litter (ML) activities following the decision at the Tenth NOWPAP ... -
OzoNews Volume XX - 15 February 2020
(2020-02-15)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. The OzonAction new iPIC platform - The Informal Prior informed consent system (iPIC) has been completely overhauled and updated 3. Arctic warming linked to ... -
Port Reception Facilities in the NOWPAP Region
(Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response Regional Activity Centre the Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP MERRAC), 2009)These guidelines were designed to assist local organizations, local governments and NOWPAP member states by providing information on port collection facilities as submitted by the member states or collected from the ...