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Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation in the Wider Caribbean
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1996)
This report of Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation includes Island Resources Foundation’s assessment of the extent of coastal resource degradation due to tourism and recommends approaches to address this degradation ...
A trip with drip the water drop
(UNEP, 2005)
A learning-by-doing workbook on water for children, 'A Trip with the Drip - The Water Drop, is a colourful workbook and CD contain basic facts, and other interesting information.
Integrated assessment of trade liberalization in the rice sector: a country case study in Vietnam
(UNEP, 2005)
This report presents an integrated assessment of the impacts of trade liberalization on the rice sector of Viet Nam. The assessment was supported by UNEP and carried out in 2002 & 2003 by an interdisciplinary team that ...
Our Planet: small island developing states
(UNEP, 2014)
The magazine of the United Nations Environment Programme
Groundwater and its susceptibility to degradation: a global assessment of the problem and options for management
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)
This publication provides an overview of groundwater occurrence and of the main issues affecting its quantity and quality. The publication shows how the resource is used in our cities, in industry and mining, in agriculture ...
Why clean energy public investment makes economic sense the evidence base
(UNEP, 2009)
This report assesses the evidence base for countercyclical investment in sustainable energy as a sound response to global economic recession, providing a comprehensive analysis of why and how clean energy public investment ...
A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy
(UNEP, 2012)
MCA4climate is a major new UNEP initiative providing practical assistance to governments in preparing their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and strategies. It aims to help governments, particularly in ...
Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources, emissions, releases, and environmental transport
(2013)
This report presents sources of mercury emissions to air and water. It presents estimates of anthropogenic emissions to air from various sources based on data from 2010 and estimates for releases to aquatic environment. ...
Moving towards a climate neutral UN
(2011)
In October 2007 the UN Chief Executives Board approved the UN Climate Neutral Strategy, which committed all UN agencies, funds and programmes to move towards climate neutrality within the wider context of greening the UN. ...
Increasing access to the carbon market
(UNEP, 2008)
This brochure provides an overview of the UNEP RISOE Centre's Energy and Carbon Finance Program and its activities related to carbon finance and the CDM that help developing countries promote sustainable energy.