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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Analysing our energy future: some pointers for policy-makers
(UNEP, 2007)
A non-technical summary of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook focusing on the alternative policy and beyond the alternative-policy scenarios, highlighting the implications of future energy development paths.
International declaration on cleaner production: implementation guidelines for facilitating organizations
(UNEP, 2001)
The UNEP international declaration of cleaner production is meant to address the problem of environmental degradation owing to the continual expansion of industrial production and high level of consumption.
International declaration on cleaner production: implementation guidelines for companies
(UNEP, 2002)
These guidelines, developed for government, companies and facilitating organisations are meant to assist the implementation of the six Declaration principles. It also provides a methodology for planning activities and ...
Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production
(UNEP, 2008)
These guidelines show how national governments can plan, develop, implement and monitor a national programme on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). This is a flexible approach to SCP programme development which ...
Life cycle management: a business guide to sustainability
(UNEP, 2007)
The journey towards sustainability requires that companies must find innovative ways to make profits and at the same time extend the traditional boundaries of business to include the environmental and social dimensions, a ...