Browsing Publications and Documents by Topic "Transport"
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34 Projects at A Glance: Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)The overall objective of SWITCH Africa Green is to support 6 countries in Africa to achieve sustainable development by engaging in transition towards an inclusive green economy. -
Addressing the Used Vehicles Market: Potential Strategies for Importing and Exporting Countries to Improve Safety, Fuel Economy and Emissions Impacts - A Report of the Used Vehicles Working Group of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)
(2019)This report is prepared by a Working Group of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles and seeks to provide a menu of potential strategies that importing and exporting countries may use to regulate cleaner and safer ... -
Annex C - UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019
(2019)This annex reviews recent policy changes in energy supply, industry, transport, buildings, and agriculture and forestry in selected G20 countries including Argentina, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Mexico, South ... -
Big Wins for Human Health, Natural Resources in Switch to Energy Efficiency
(2017)Low-carbon technologies aid clean air, save water and cut land use. 25 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and 17 million tonnes of particulates a year could be avoided through low-carbon and energy efficiency technologies. -
Biofuels Vital Graphics: Powering a Green Economy
(2011)Issues related to biofuels are complex and interconnected: they require solid planning and balancing of objectives and trade-offs. Safeguards are needed and special emphasis should be given to options that help mitigate ... -
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 ... -
Carbono cero América Latina: Una Vía para la Descarbonización Neta de la Economía Regional Para Mediados de Este Siglo - Documento de Visión
(2016)Este documento de visión evalúa las perspectivas de descarbonización neta en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Presenta un conjunto de escenarios con medidas que sería necesario adoptar en materia de energía, ... -
Central America: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Challenges for the Growth of the Electric Vehicle Market - Foresight Brief No. 017 June 2020
(2020)Electric vehicles (EV) can play an important part in the decarbonisation of the traffic sector. This helps in climate mitigation and positively impacts the air quality of cities, due to reduced emissions such as CO2, NOx, ... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus on Africa and Sustainable Cities
(2011)Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political ambition remains firmly in place and may be widening. ... -
Closing Data Gaps is Essential to Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development - SDG Policy Brief No. 008 October 2019
(2019-10)The Sustainable Development Goals Policy Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change. The evidence provided builds on the scientific data and information hosted on Environment Live and is complemented by stories ... -
Consuming Differently, Consuming Sustainability: Behavioural Insights for Policymaking
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017)The objective of this publication is to shed light on opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of policies for sustainable consumption in both developed and developing countries. The publication provides evidence-based ... -
Cost Benefit Analysis of NMT Infrastructure Projects
(2015)This report and its supplement aim to advance the development of NMT-PAT for UNEP’s ‘Share the Road’ programme. This advancement is facilitated by testing its suitability for the African context by analysing four case study ... -
Eastern & Central Africa: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Sub-Region: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Economic Analysis of Local Government Investment in Rural Roads in Nepal - Summary
(2011)The overall objective of this study is to inform policy-makers of the costs and benefits of alternative road construction approaches, including social and environmental concerns, and propose specific recommendations on ... -
Economic Instruments for Environmental Management: A Worldwide Compendium of Case Studies. Environmental Economics Series No. 25
(1998)One of the most striking features of this collection of case studies is the diversity of environmental problems which have been targetted by these policy instruments, including air and water pollution, packaging, deforestation, ... -
Elements of a New Climate Agreement by 2015 - Perspective Series 2013
(2013)This chapter describes the gap between expected emissions in 2020 according to country pledges and the emissions consistent with the 2°C target, assuming the emission reduction proposals in the Copenhagen Accord and Cancún ... -
Energy Savings in the Transport Sector - Technical Report No. 25
(1994)This report examines transport systems and focuses particularly on road transport. It seeks to provide decision-makers in governments at national and local levels, as well as managers of transport systems, with key elements ...