Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "UNITED KINGDOM"
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Air Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 12
(2019)Policies enacted to address air pollution, climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion and PBTs should account for the mix of emissions, the atmospheric or environmental lifetime of the pollutant and its associated bene ... -
Assessment of Urban Air Quality
(1988)The overall purpose of this report is: - to continue the ongoing process of producing periodic evaluations of the global air pollution situation in urban areas; - to continue to develop and advance the techniques used for ... -
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 ... -
The Critical Role of Global Food Consumption Patterns in Achieving Sustainable Food Systems and Food for All. A UNEP Discussion Paper
(2012)The paper provides an overview of global food consumption trends. It describes how significantly changing patterns in food consumption – worldwide – are having profound effects on health, the agroecological resource base ... -
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 ... -
Environmental Education in the United Kingdom Universities and Polytechnics : A Compendium - Marc Report Number 8
(1978)This compendium is produced by the Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC) as a background to its programme on the development of education and training in environmental monitoring and assessment relevant to the ... -
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 ... -
Freshwater Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 16
(2019)Through case studies and an analysis of indicators related to the SDGs, this chapter shows how the nexus concept matters in relation to policy effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. -
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 ... -
The Impact of Water-Based Drilling Mud Discharges on the Environment: An Overview
(1985)The first well drilled in the United States was in the year 1859 in the state of Pennsylvania. Since then about 2.7 million onshore wells have been drilled in the U.S. onshore drilling presently continues at an annual rate ... -
The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement: Eight Illustrative Case Studies
(2012)The SPP impact study is a joint project of UNEP and of the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on SPP. The study aims at demonstrating the benefits of sustainable public procurement on developing, developed and in transition ... -
Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances 1986-1995
(1997)This report contains data on the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), as reported to the Secretariat by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer during the ... -
Report of the Second Intergovernmental Conference "Biodiversity in Europe"
(2002)The Second Intergovernmental Conference "Biodiversity in Europe", held from 24 to 28 February 2002 in Budapest, Hungary, was an important step on the way towards enhanced regional cooperation in the field of biodiversity ... -
Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment Volume Two
(1991)In the last two decades, the evolution of international environmental law has kept pace with the accelerating momentum of international agreements to protect the environment. -
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean
(2020)The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean Region, developed in partnership with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, reviews the status and trends in ocean governance in the Western Indian ... -
Sustainability Reporting in the Financial Sector: A Governmental Approach
(2017)This report takes a detailed look at reporting by the financial sector. It explores the variety of laws, regulations, codes and voluntary initiatives that have driven reporting, illustrated through case studies. -
The United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury: A comparison for the Coal Combustion Sector
(2015)The UNFCCC is based on a top down approach, giving an overall goal for greenhouse gas reductions but with flexibility on how to achieve these reductions. The UNFCCC can be regarded as the instigator for activities and ...