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Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume VIII: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)
The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ...
European Stakeholder Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Meeting Report and Co-chairs' Summary
(2005)
The meeting was organised in response to the call of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) Plan of Implementation for the development of a 10-year framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, ...
Implementation of Policy Response Packages to Promote Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Confronting Sustainability in the Mining Sector Role for a Sustainability Fund
(2003)
The present study offers a detailed analysis of the Sustainability Fund proposal and investigates the answers to the aforementioned questions. Sustainability is basically seen at a local level, and the analysis is directed ...
Industries and Enforcement of Environmental Law in Africa: Industry Experts Review Environmental Practice
(1997)
This volume presents the actual presentations by representatives of industries from ten African countries on the question of rational management of the environment and natural re-sources. Among them were representatives ...
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Coal
(2002)
The purpose of the report is to provide policy-makers, NGOs and coal industry members with information on the progress of the coal industry in implementing sustainable development principles for preparation of the World ...
An Environmental Impact Assessment Framework for Africa
(1994)
This environmental impact assessment (EIA) framework attempts to provide broad guidelines to help African countries integrate environmental concerns in their National Development Strategies (NDS) through appropriate ...
Sustainability Indicators:A Scientific Assessment - SCOPE 67
(Island Press, 2007)
This volume emerged as an outcome of the Assessment of Sustainability Indicators project, again implemented jointly by SCOPE and UNEP, together with the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental ...
Ozone Protection, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
(2006)
This special publication covers the three interlinked issues: ozone depletion, climate change and energy efficiency, and helps show that today's world is full of interconnected axes, particularly when it comes to the ...
UN Calls for Urgent Rethink as Resource Use Skyrockets
(2019)
Resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970, including a fivefold increase in the use of
non-metallic minerals and a 45 per cent increase in fossil fuel use. By 2060, global material use could double to 190 billion ...
Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want - Scenarios Infographic
(2019)
Through a combination of resource efficiency, climate mitigation, carbon removal, and biodiversity protection policies, this report finds that it is feasible and possible to grow economies, increase well-being and remain ...