The UNEP knowledge repository digitally captures, stores, indexes, and disseminates UNEP’s collective intellectual and research output including...
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For all life on Earth: Actions to protect, restore and sustainably use nature. A practical guide in support of the Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)Our world faces environmental crises that threaten to upend life as we know it. Earth is degraded, deforested and warming dangerously. Nature and the myriad of benefits that it provides to people is declining all around ... -
OzoNews Volume XXIV - 15 November 2024
(2024-11)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Cooling the Heat: Enhancing Energy Efficiency of the Refrigeration and Cooling Sector 3. Rise in nitrous oxide emissions endangers pathway to 1.5°C, the ozone ... -
Quarterly Report to the 168th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives - Advance Unedited Version: July – September 2024
(2024-11)This report aims to provide the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with an update on key global, regional and national developments during the third quarter of 2024, in implementation ... -
Launch/Inception Event of the GEF-8 Integrated Programme on Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals in Supply Chains - Draft concept note
(2024-11)The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Lead Agency UNEP will launch the GEF-8 Integrated Programme (IP) on eliminating hazardous chemicals from supply chains in the fashion and construction industries on 9-11 December ... -
Information on becoming a partner - Nexus3 Foundation
(2024-11)This information sheet provides an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership for prospective partners. Further information is available at: www.unep.org/globalmercurypartnership/ -
Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas: The State of the World’s Peatlands in Maps - Visualizing global threats and opportunities for peatland conservation, restoration, and sustainable management (Coming soon)
(2024-11)Building on the findings of the Global Peatlands Assessment (GPA), the Atlas reveals the status of global peatlands through a series of maps that highlight their distribution and features on a continental scale, identifying ... -
Concept and Session Objectives - Accelerate climate action through regional cooperation on water, energy, food, and ecosystems
(2024)The session will focus on how regional cooperation can help countries to plan for effective climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, and a more efficient use of natural resources such as water, land, and energy in ... -
Event Concept Note - Water for Climate Action: Integrating Water Solutions into NDCs and NAPs
(2024-11)This event will serve as an opportunity to share good practices, experiences and lessons learned on water related measures for adaptation and mitigation. Speakers will present the latest scientific evidence on the impacts ... -
Water for Climate Action: Integrating Water Solutions into NDCs and NAPs [Agenda]
(2024-11)This event will serve as an opportunity to share good practices, experiences and lessons learned on water related measures for adaptation and mitigation. Speakers will present the latest scientific evidence on the impacts ... -
COP29 Water for Climate Action initiative: Enhancing ambition and enabling action on climate change and water nexus
(2024-11)The Initiative focuses on issues stemming from the climate and water nexus, in particular: - water scarcity and water security (availability, access and safe use) - water pollution, water quality and sanitation - ... -
COP29 Declaration on Water for Climate Action - [Declaration]
(2024-11)The COP29 Declaration on Water for Climate Action will launch the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action (Baku Dialogue) to serve as a COP-to-COP collaboration platform fostering continuity and coherence on water-related ... -
Celebrating Water’s Lifeline for Climate, Nature, and People: COP29 Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action High-Level Launch Event
(2024-11)The Initiative focuses on issues stemming from the climate and water nexus, in particular: - water scarcity and water security (availability, access and safe use) - water pollution, water quality and sanitation - ... -
Critical Transitions: Circularity, equity, and responsibility in the quest for energy transition minerals - Working Paper
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)The world needs vast quantities of minerals to leave the fossil fuel age behind, but these must be produced in a manner that is neither socially nor environmentally damaging. And, it needs to be done quickly. Unless the ... -
Key Messages - An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2024 Report
(2024-11)The fourth edition of UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO)publication, An Eye on Methane: Invisible, but not unseen, takes stock of progress in harnessing a data revolution that can accelerate methane ... -
A Preview from the “Earth Defenders” Graphic Novella - La Cadena de Colombia
(2024-11)The Earth Defenders Graphic Novella - La Cadena de Colombia - is part of a series of vignettes telling the stories of environmental defenders. Each vignette depicts brave fictional characters taking action to defend the ... -
North Sea offshore emissions: Norway
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Emissions from offshore production in the US Gulf of Mexico
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Aerial measurements of emissions in Oman
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Measuring emissions from Canadian landfills
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ...
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