Browsing Knowledge Repository by Author "International Labour Organization"
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2015 Situation Report on International Migration: Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia; United Nations and International Organization for Migration (2015)While international migration is one of the main factors driving economic and social change in the Arab region, the continuing displacement of populations occurring in several countries of the region remains one of the ... -
Appendices. Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions - A Biennial Global Report on Work and Employment in the Emerging Nature Conservation and Restoration Economy
International Labour Organization; United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature (2022-12)NbS are increasingly seen as a way to meet the objectives of several global agreements and can be central to a just transition – if the right mix of just transition policies are implemented. But there is currently no ... -
Chemical Risk Assessment: Human Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecological Risk Assessment - Training Module No. 3
United Nations Environment Programme (1999)There has been a dramatic increase in the use of chemicals in recent years, many of them new compounds and mixtures whose toxicological properties have not previously been studied and which might prove to be harmful to ... -
Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2022 [with appendices]
United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature; International Labour Organization (United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-12)NbS are increasingly seen as a way to meet the objectives of several global agreements and can be central to a just transition – if the right mix of just transition policies are implemented. But there is currently no ... -
From Transition to Transformation Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme (2012)The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) provides the pan-European region with the opportunity to assess its progress towards sustainable development and plan for the actions needed ... -
GEF: Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances - Bibliography for a Selected Number of Persistent Toxic Substances
United Nations Environment Programme (2000)This bibliography is intended to support the activities within the GEF Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances. -
Guide for Reducing Major Uses and Releases of Mercury
United Nations Environment Programme (2006)This document is intended to assist countries to identify sources of mercury exposure and to assess main methods of reducing mercury exposures and risks to their people. -
The Health Effects of Aromatic Amines: A Review - MARC Report Number 35
Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre King's College London, University of London (1986)This review discusses the current slate of knowledge regarding the potential human health hazard following exposure to aromatic amines. -
How COVID-19 is Changing the World: A Statistical Perspective
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (2020)This report provides a snapshot of some of the latest information available on how COVID-19 is affecting different aspects of public and private life, from economic and environmental fluctuations to changes that affect ... -
IPCS Mode of Action Framework Part 1: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Cancer Mode of Action for Humans and Case Studies. Part 2: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Non-Cancer Mode of Action for Humans
World Health Organization; United Nations Environment Programme; International Labour Organization (2007)The IPCS Harmonization Project goal is to improve chemical risk assessment globally, through the pursuit of common principles and approaches, and, hence, strengthen national and international management practices that ... -
A New Circular Vision for Electronics: Time for a Global Reboot
World Economic Forum; Platfotm for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) (2019)This report supports the work of the E-waste coalition, a group of seven UN entities that have come together to increase cooperation and more efficiently provide support to Member States and Parties to address the e-waste ... -
Safety and Health in the Use of Chemicals at Work - A Training Manual
International Labour Organization; World Health Organization; United Nations Environment Programme (1993)The International Labour Conference adopted, in June 1990, the Chemicals Convention (No. 170), and Recommendation (No. 177), with a view to reducing the incidence of chemically induced illness and injuries at work. -
A Water Toolbox or Best Practice Guide of Actions: A Contribution from the UN-Water Conference on 'Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20"
United Nations Environment Programme; UN-Water (2011)This water toolbox is an output from the UN-Water conference on ‘Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20’. The objective is to provide proposals based on the analysis of existing practice, reflecting ... -
The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 1996-1997
United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organization (1997)The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard was approved by the 28th World Health Assembly in 1975 and has since gained wide acceptance. When it was published in the WHO Chronicle, 22, 397-401 (1975), an ... -
World Circular Economy Forum: IOE-UNEP-ILO side-event Concept Note - Accelerating Circularity: The Role of Business in Moving from Linear to Circular Economies
United Nations Environment Programme (2021)The International Organisation of Employers (IOE), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are organizing a side-event in the context of the World Circular Economy Forum ...