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Capacity building for sustainable development: an overview of UNEP environmental capacity development initiatives
(UNEP, 2002)
This publication details the broad scope of UNEP's capacity building for wise environmental management.
Climate change and sustainable development beyond Kyoto
(UNEP, 2002)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is likely to see the Kyoto Protocol finally coming into force. While this will be a moment to celebrate, there is no cause to be complacent. Although a step in the right ...
Striving for good governance in urban areas: the role of local agenda 21s
(UNEP, 2001)
One of the most significant innovations in addressing urban environmental problems in recent years has been the emergence of a new kind of city-wide initiative to address environmental problems the Local Agenda 21. Although ...
Forests in sustainable development: a quick report card on progress since RIO
(UNEP, 2002)
Initiatives that treat forestry as a "sector" seem to be increasingly prone to failure. Forests are resources that other sectors use, in many different and often competing ways, to produce both public and private goods and ...
Inter-linkages between the ozone and climate change conventions
(UNEP, 2002)
This report presents the linkages between the Ozone and Climate Change Conventions.
Environment and human rights: a new approach to sustainable development
(UNEP, 2001)
This paper examines the background to current discussions on Environmental and Human Rights. It has been produced by ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, a network of NGOs in all parts of the Northern hemisphere, ...
Substance register: a guide to the organisation and use of chemical information
(UNEP, 2000)
This guide is an aid for companies that are going to build up a Substance Register, or want to utilise the possibilities of a Substance Register.
Handbook of the convention on biological diversity
(UNEP, 2005)
This handbook includes the convention on biological diversity including its Cartagena Protocol.
Harvesting the heavens A manual for participatory training in rainwater harvesting
(UNEP, 2004)
A manual for participatory training in the rain water harvesting.
Natural Selection: Evolving Choices for Renewable Energy Technology and Policy
(2000)
The Natural Selection: Evolving Choices for Renewable Energy Technology and Policy is designed to help policy and decision makers to shift human economies to sustainable energy system.