Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "UNITED KINGDOM"
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Assessment of Urban Air Quality
(1988)The overall purpose of this report is: - to continue the ongoing process of producing periodic evaluations of the global air pollution situation in urban areas; - to continue to develop and advance the techniques used for ... -
City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Annex: Case Studies from Selected Cities
(2013)These cases were selected to showcase innovative and visionary approaches to sustainable infrastructure change across a broad range of contexts, and are intended to demonstrate the abundance of options available that could ... -
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS): Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(1994)Part I of this Addendum to the Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Nairobi, 1994) contains all of the reports on implementation received from Parties prior to and during that meeting. They ... -
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS): Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(1993)Part I of this Addendum to the Proceedings of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, 1991) contains all of the reports received from Parties prior to and during that meeting. They have been reproduced ... -
Country Level Impacts of Climate Change (CLICC) Project: Proposed CLICC Template – UK Pilot DRAFT 03/12/2015
The UK CLICC template presented here is at a first stage of development and has been populated with a variety of already published government information sources and supporting working papers. It is intended that this ... -
The Critical Role of Global Food Consumption Patterns in Achieving Sustainable Food Systems and Food for All. A UNEP Discussion Paper
The paper provides an overview of global food consumption trends. It describes how significantly changing patterns in food consumption – worldwide – are having profound effects on health, the agroecological resource base ... -
Electronics Cleaning, Degreasing, and Dry Cleaning Solvents Technical Options Report: Summary Report
(1989)The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer restricts the production and consumption of some ozone-depleting chemicals. Chlorofluorocarbon 1, l,2-trichloro-1,2 ,2-trifluoroethane, commonly referred to ... -
Environmental Education in the United Kingdom Universities and Polytechnics : A Compendium - Marc Report Number 8
(1978)This compendium is produced by the Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC) as a background to its programme on the development of education and training in environmental monitoring and assessment relevant to the ... -
Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century – Final Report
(2019)This report describes how the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment practice and decision making is an increasingly standard part of the regulatory and legal requirements for ... -
Gems-Water: Report of a Workshop on Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment - Report Series No. 12
(23/03/1992)The workshop on water quality monitoring and assessment, held in Arusha, Tanzania from 23 March to 3 April 1992, mainly for the Nile riparian countries, is one of the many activities conducted during the first two years ... -
Handbook of Environmental Legislation and Machinery
(1983)The handbook should serve the following purposes: - as a base for UNEP'S advice on the establishment of sound environmental machinery and legislation as a basis of better environmental management; - as a source of ... -
The Impact of Water-Based Drilling Mud Discharges on the Environment: An Overview
(1985)The first well drilled in the United States was in the year 1859 in the state of Pennsylvania. Since then about 2.7 million onshore wells have been drilled in the U.S. onshore drilling presently continues at an annual rate ... -
The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement: Eight Illustrative Case Studies
(2012)The SPP impact study is a joint project of UNEP and of the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on SPP. The study aims at demonstrating the benefits of sustainable public procurement on developing, developed and in transition ... -
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Control of Existing Chemicals Under the Patronage of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(1981)Proceedings of a workshop on the control of existing chemicals. -
Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances 1986-1995
(1997)This report contains data on the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), as reported to the Secretariat by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer during the ... -
Report of the Second Intergovernmental Conference "Biodiversity in Europe"
(2002)The Second Intergovernmental Conference "Biodiversity in Europe", held from 24 to 28 February 2002 in Budapest, Hungary, was an important step on the way towards enhanced regional cooperation in the field of biodiversity ... -
Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment Volume Two
(1991)In the last two decades, the evolution of international environmental law has kept pace with the accelerating momentum of international agreements to protect the environment. -
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean Region, developed in partnership with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, reviews the status and trends in ocean governance in the Western Indian ... -
Sustainability Reporting in the Financial Sector: A Governmental Approach
(2017)This report takes a detailed look at reporting by the financial sector. It explores the variety of laws, regulations, codes and voluntary initiatives that have driven reporting, illustrated through case studies.