Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "RUSSIAN FEDERATION"
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25 Years of Crisis Response
(2022-03)UNEP is working around the world to respond to natural disasters, industrial accidents, and human-induced crises. Since 1994, UNEP, through its Disasters and Conflicts Branch, has supported more than 50 crisis-affected ... -
Apell Worldwide
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1995)Following various technological accidents in both highly industrialised and industrialising countries which resulted in adverse impacts on the environment, the United Nations Environment Programme Industry and Environment ... -
Country Level Impacts of Climate Change (CLICC) Project: CLICC Pilot Template for Russian Federation
(2016)The CLICC templates are the result of a pilot study designed to test the feasibility of presenting country-level climate impacts information in a consistent and transparent manner. These CLICC pilot products are just the ... -
Diagnostic Analysis of the Lake Xingkai/Khanka Basin (People's Republic of China and Russian Federation)
(2001)Lake Xingkai/Khanka is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast Asia, located on the border between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. Its basin is a part of the WusulifUssuri-Heilong/Amur basin. ... -
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Assessment Report for the UNEP International Resource Panel
(2016)This report finds that global material use has tripled over the past four decades, with annual global extraction of materials growing from 22 billion tonnes (1970) to 70 billion tonnes (2010). It also provides a new material ... -
The Impact of Large Water Projects on the Environment - Proceedings of an International Symposium
(1990)Besides the expected benefits, water projects may also have unfavorable effects on the hydrological regime, on the environment in general and on health and living conditions of the populations concerned. -
The Materiality of Climate Change: How Finance Copes with the Ticking Clock
(2009)The third iteration of the AMWG’s Materiality Series focuses on climate change. The report mainly takes the form of a review of key financial analyst research on climate change, supplemented with AMWG commentary and other ... -
Mercury Emissions Capture Efficiency with Activated Carbon Injection at a Russian Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant: Scientific Report
(2014)Coal combustion is a major source of anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emissions. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that coal combustion contributes about 24% of global anthropogenic Hg emissions. On an ... -
National Actions on Marine Microplastics in the NOWPAP Region
(2020)The objective of NOWPAP is to protect the regional marine environment under international cooperation between the four member states. NOWPAP initiated marine litter (ML) activities following the decision at the Tenth NOWPAP ... -
Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion in the Energy Sector of the Russian Federation
(2011)This report presents updated and new information on coal consumption for electric and heat power generation in the Russian Federation in 2007, and projections for 2020 and 2030, taking into account the current economic ... -
Third Regional Overview of Marine Litter in the Northwest Pacific Region
(2020)This report provides integrated information on marine litter ranging from mega to micro sizes according to the spatial existence. It reviews the research on marine litter's impact on wildlife, tourism, fisheries, navigation, ... -
UNEP Global Mercury Partnership: Coal Area
(2014)The Coal partnership aims to support globally significant emissions reduction through existing multi-pollutant control approaches. It also aims to provide technically sound information on cost effective approaches for ...