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A Handbook to Estimate Climatological Concentration Deposit and Horizontal Fluxes of Pollutants on a Regional Scale - Technical Report
(1979)It is now recognized that the air transport of pollutants to distances outside of urban and local industrial areas must be considered for a number of environmental problems. Two general types of problems arise.. In the ... -
Handbook: Developing National ASGM Formalization Strategies within National Action Plans
(2018)This document aims to assist countries to develop artisanal and small-scale gold mining formalization strategies as part of their National Action Plans under the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The target audience is ... -
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Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the Risks & Impacts of Financing Non-renewable Extractive Industries - Deep-Sea Mining
(2022-05)This briefing paper discusses the potential risks associated with plans to mine the deep seabed of minerals, and how financial institutions should respond to the deep-sea mining sector. The briefing paper aims to provide ... -
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the Risks & Impacts of Financing Non-renewable Extractive Industries - Dredging & Marine Aggregate Extraction
(2022-05)This briefing discusses the potential risks associated with dredging and the extraction of marine aggregates, and how financial institutions should engage with and respond to this sector. The briefing paper aims to provide ... -
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the Risks & Impacts of Financing Non-renewable Extractive Industries - Offshore Oil & Gas
(2022-05)This briefing paper discusses the potential risks associated with the exploration and production of offshore petroleum resources (oil and gas), and how financial institutions should engage with and respond to this sector. ... -
Harmful Substances and Hazardous Waste - United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP, 2010)Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management. -
Harmonizing Marine Litter Monitoring in the Wider Caribbean Region: A Hybrid Approach
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2019)This study aims to contribute to the development of a monitoring scheme for marine litter in the WCR, with a focus on monitoring visible marine litter on the shoreline - litter that derives from rivers, ocean currents, ... -
Harnessing Nature to Build Climate Resilience: Scaling Up the Use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
(2022-07)Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has the potential to significantly enhance the resilience of society to climate change and could be a key part of national and global adaptation efforts. However, despite growing interest ... -
Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all. -
Harnessing Resources for the Sustainable Development Goals
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Harnessing the Blue Economy for Eastern Africa’s development
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Harvesting the heavens A manual for participatory training in rainwater harvesting
(UNEP, 2004)A manual for participatory training in the rain water harvesting. -
Harvesting the heavens guidelines for rainwater harvesting in pacific island countries
(UNEP, 2005)Rainwater harvesting has not been given the attention it deserves and is often looked at as a last resort. It can be used as a backup and a supplementary source for conventional water supplies. The implementation of a ... -
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Hazard and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HCVCA) Toolkit: The Afghanistan Resilience Consortium’s Guide to Assessing community Resilience and Vulnerability to Natural Hazards and Climate Change in Afghanistan
(2017-12)The following Hazard and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HCVCA) toolkit has been developed based on in country experience applying community-based and participatory tools with more than 450 communities ...