Browsing Publications and Documents by Topic "Environment under review"
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2015 Situation Report on International Migration: Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region
(2015)While international migration is one of the main factors driving economic and social change in the Arab region, the continuing displacement of populations occurring in several countries of the region remains one of the ... -
Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme: A Framework for Sustainable Development
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1987)This Action Plan represents an expression of goals and a programme agenda, adopted by participating Governments, that is consistent with a growing worldwide concern for the conservation and development of marine and coastal ... -
Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN): Strengthening Environmental Assessment and Report
(2004)The implementation of the Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN) initiative to support the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) reporting process is now underway with 13 countries fully involved in the pilot phase and ... -
Africa Environment Outlook 2: Our Environment, Our Wealth - Executive Summary
(2006)The dawn of the 21st century stands out as the beginning of a renaissance for Africa – politically, economically and environmentally. The formation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, marked a turning ... -
African Enivronment Outlook 3 - Authors' Guide
(2011)The purpose of these guidelines is to serve as a reference point for all players involved in the AEO-3 production process. The main aim is to ensure consistency in the quality of contributions to the report; avoid problems ... -
The African Journalist No. 43 March 1987: The Militarization of Africa
(1987-03)A monthly bulletin published by the Union of African Journalists in Arabic, English and French -
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 ... -
Ammonia Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 37
(1990)Ammonia is a colourless acrid-smelling gas at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. Most people can identify its odour at 35 mg/rn3 in air. It can be stored and transported as a liquid at a pressure of 10 ... -
Assessment of Complementarities between GGGI’s Green Growth Index and UNEP’s Green Economy Progress Index - GGGI Technical Report No. 10
(2019)This report assesses the complementarities between these two indices and discusses their main similarities and differences. It also presents the results from the global applications of both indices, including a detailed ... -
Bagmati Zone, Nepal: Maps and Graphics – GRID Case Study Series No. 6
(1992)Nepal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities have been conducted to demonstrate the use of Geographic Information System technology for the planning process in Nepal and establish GIS capabilities at ICIMOD. -
Bangkok: State of Environment 2003
(2003)This SoE report presents the key priority issues of Bangkok, which are analyzed following the "pressure-state-impact-response" (PSIR) framework. The key environmental issues of Bangkok City continue to be air quality, water ... -
A Bibliography of the Annual Sessions of the Governing Council 1973 - 1983
(1983)This bibliography is the second in the series devoted to the documents produced by the United Nations Environment Programme. Like the first bibliography, it serves as a user's guide to the holdings of the UNEP Library and ... -
Biodiversity Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 13
(2019)This chapter follows the twofold (top down and bottom up) policy effectiveness assessment framework outlined in Chapter 10. Key policies and governance approaches (top down): A set of policy clusters and five specific ... -
Bottom-up Initiatives and Participatory Approaches for Outlooks - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 23
(2019)This chapter assesses participatory processes and local practices seeking transformed futures and grounds the interventions proposed in Chapter 22 with existing examples. The following sections provide background information ... -
Brief on the Guidelines for the Monitoring and Assessment of Plastic Litter in the Ocean: Recommendations and Future Steps
(2019)The principle purpose of this report is to provide recommendations, advice and practical guidance for establishing programmes to monitor and assess the distribution and abundance of plastic litter, also referred to as ... -
Building a Digital Ecosystem for the Planet - Foresight Brief No. 014 September 2019
(2019)Emerging frontier technologies have dramatically boosted the ways in which we can monitor the health of our planet. If we can leverage this information effectively, we will be able to assess and predict risks, increase ... -
Buts et principes de l'évaluation de l'impact sur l'environnment: (Décision 14/25 du Conseil d'administration du PNUE en date du 17 juin 1987) - Droit de l'environnement: Lignes Directrices et Principes 9
(1987)Las buts et Les principes de l'EIE énoncés dans ce document ont par nécessité an caractère général et pourront être davantage affinés au cours des travaux d'évaluation accompils aux niveaux national, régional et international.