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Fluorine and Fluorides - Environmental Health Criteria 36
(1984)The terms 'fluorine" and 'fluoride' are used interchangeably in the literature as generic terms. In this document, the terminology suggested by US NAS (1971) is followed: "This document, rather than following common usage, ... -
The Fnancial System We Need: From Momentum to Transformation - 2nd Edition
(2016)This follow-up annual report reveals a doubling in policy actions over the past five years to align the global financial system with sustainable development. Policy and regulatory measures by finance ministries, central ... -
Focal Area Workplan - Bangkok Presentation
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Focal Area Workplan - Health Effect
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Focal Points Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention)
(11/06/2018)The Nairobi Convention holds a Conference of Contracting Parties (COPs) after two years to review the implementation of decisions of past COPs. The Contracting Parties to the Nairobi Convention held the Eighth Conference ... -
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Focus on your World: Photographs from the United Nations Environment Programme
(2000)effects of global warming. This mainly occurs as the result of the build-up in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases. Scientists have identified global warming as a major threat to the future of ... -
Focusing on International Waters and Biodiversity Focal Area Strategies - Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the 5th Replenishment
Presentataion at the 12th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans -
Food and Ecological Security: Identifying Synergy and Trade-offs - UNEP Policy Series Issue No. 4 June 2011
(2011)Food security is at the top of the global agenda. Almost half a century of growth in food production notwithstanding, 1 in 7 people today receive insufficient protein and energy from their diets. With the world’s population ... -
Food and Land Use System Transformation
(2019)Governments, including ministries of finance and planning, will work together on the transformation agenda for food, land and water systems by: Developing aspirational, long-term targets and pathways that set clear direction ... -
Food Circle: SwitchMed II in Lebanon - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2023-12)Globally, in 2019, approximately 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated, enough to mitigate the global challenge of meeting the increased demand for food due to the growing world population, according to UNEPs ... -
Food Delivery: Promoting Sustainability throughout the Food Delivery Value Chain
(2022-08)This case study demonstrates market-based solutions towards “less plastic wasted”, exemplary solutions for transformational changes in the way plastic is managed in the value supply chain. Circular Economy approaches, ... -
Food Loss and Waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ Nexus - Foresight Brief No. 020 November 2020
(2020)Food loss and waste, occurring on different stages of food production, distribution and consumption cycles, is now a truly global phenomenon. It results in humanity losing about one-third of total food produce and ca. ¼ ... -
Food Loss and Waste Reduction for Climate Action - FAO contribution to the Nature Based Solutions Workstream for the Climate Action Summit
FAO, through its Technical Cooperation Programme, has laid a good foundation in countries across the globe to apply systemic approaches to address the reduction of FLW. This included supporting the public sector to develop ... -
Food Loss Prevention in Perishable Crops
(1981)This publication is primarily intended for policy-makers, planners, development corporations and potential investors in the developing countries, although it could conveniently be used as background material for training courses ... -
Food Security in the Horn of Africa: The Implications of a Drier Hotter and More Crowded Future: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2011
Nearly 44 per cent of the population in the Horn of Africa is already subject to extreme food shortages. What will happen if the population continues to grow and climate change exacerbates the harsh conditions?