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GEO Health: Methodology for Integrated Environment and Health Assessment: A Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean
(2009)
Methodology for Integrated Environment and Health Assessment.
Financing the implementation of regional seas conventions and action plans: A Guide for National Action
This report addresses the financing process as a whole: how to determine financing needs, how to choose the plan that best fits these needs, as well as the challenges Regional Seas Programmes will face while moving forward ...
Sea water desalination in the Mediterranean assessment and guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)
The need for desalting seawater is becoming more and more pressing in many parts of the world. During the period from 1950 to 1990 the worldwide consumption of water was tripled, while the population grew by 2.3 billion ...
Environmental management in oil and gas exploration and production
(UNEP, 1997)
These guidelines provide an overview of environmental issues in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, and of the best approaches to achieving high environmental performance in all parts of the world. Management ...
Women, energy and water in the Himalayas: integration of women in planning and management
(UNEP, 2005)
The policy guidelines were developed as part of the pilot project 'Incorporating Needs and Roles of Women in Water and Energy Management in Rural Areas in South Asia-Capacity Building in Rural Areas of the Himalayas'. Women ...
Taking steps toward marine and coastal ecosystem-based management: an introductory guide
(2011)
This guide is intended to complement UNEP's work, such as the Green Economy providing guidance on making changes in the way we interact with ecosystems, as well as the Blue Carbon Initiative, which explores the potential ...
Water quality assessments: a guide to the use of biota, sediments and water in ecosystems
(E&FN Spon, 1992)
This guidebook concentrates on the process of setting on monitoring programmes for the purpose of providing a valid data base for water quality assessments.
Making good decisions: how to use UNEP DTIE's OzonAction clearinghouse
(UNEP, 1997)
A short guide that explains how the clearinghouse can support your decision-making for selecting ozone-friendly technologies, products and policies. Describes the step-wise ODS phase-out process and how specific information ...
After the Tsunami sustainable building: guidelines for South-East Asia
(UNEP, 2007)
The Tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 affected a dozen Indian Ocean countries, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Maldives, Malaysia and Myanmar, with a death toll reportedly exceeding 250,000 and ...
Integrated policymaking for sustainable development: a reference manual
(UNEP, 2009)
This manual draws on recent advances in public policy science as well as the decades-long experience of UNEP and other organizations in the field of sustainability-motivated policy assessment.