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2023 Syria Earthquake – Preliminary Debris Quantification and Optioneering for selected sites in Aleppo
(2023-04)This initial quantification of earthquake generated debris selected towns and villages in Aleppo is derived from building footprint data and damage assessments from Microsoft. This data was combined with an above surface ... -
2023 Syria Earthquake – Preliminary Debris Quantification and Optioneering for selected sites in Latakia Governorate
(2023-04)UNEP initial quantification of earthquake generated debris in selected towns and villages in Latakia Governorate is derived from building footprint data provided by Microsoft and damage assessment data from UNOSAT. Two ... -
2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake – Preliminary Debris Quantification and Optioneering for Kahramanmaras Province
(2023-02)Kahramanmaras province, Turkey: UNEP initial quantification of earthquake generated debris in four cities in Kahramanmaras province in Türkiye is derived from building footprint data provided by Microsoft along with satellite ... -
2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake – Preliminary Debris Quantification and Optioneering for selected sites in Northwest Syria
(2023-03)UNEP initial quantification of earthquake generated debris in selected towns and villages in Northwest Syria based on damage assessment and building footprint data provided by UNOPS/UNDP along with satellite imagery. Two ... -
30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022
(2023-01)Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures. By doing so, it enables individuals, organisations ... -
4 Million Trees in 4 years Initiative (4MT4Y)
(2019)In the fight against climate change and protecting our environment and rich biodiversity, the Fijian Government is embarking on the ‘4 million trees in 4 years initiative’(4MT4Y) as it recognizes the important service that ... -
4 Projects at a Glance: Kenya - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Kenya projects include: Greening SMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry, Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment In Kenya, Up-Scaling Sustainable Commercial Production Of Medicinal ... -
6 Projects at a Glance: Uganda - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Projects from Uganda include Upscaling Generation, Commercialization and Utilization of Biomass Waste-based Green Energy Sources in Uganda, Demand-side Management of Water Use in Micro, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises in ... -
Accelerating Adaptation by Spurring a Paradigm Shift in Water Engineering in Indonesia, with Replication in Asia and Globally
(2019)It is MMAF’s ambition to spur a paradigm shift in hydraulic engineering in Indonesia, Asia and ultimately worldwide through the establishment of a BwN platform, to convene public private and civil society actors in the ... -
ACP MEAs 3 Digest Volume 1 Issue 5 June2021 - A Monthly Information Digest of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
(2021-06)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the African, Caribbean and the Pacific Multilateral Environmental Agreements Programme III (ACP-MEAs III) Monthly Digests that provide collation of ... -
Action plan for the Caribbean of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region
(2010-06-01)The Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, born out of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention), came into force in ... -
Actors of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) - Declaration
(2022-12)Actors of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) declaration form -
Adaptation de la gestion des zones côtières au changement climatique en tenant compte des écosystèmes et des moyens de subsistance (PAZC) – Madagascar
(2019)Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’Environnement (ONU Environnement) a mandaté une revue indépendante de mi-parcours du projet financé par le Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial, intitulé « Adaptation de la gestion des ... -
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018 - Executive Summary
(2018)The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed
The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) series provides an annual science-based assessment of the global progress on adaptation planning, financing, and implementation. It also explores options for enhancing and advancing ... -
Addressing Climate-related Security Risks: Conflict Sensitivity for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods - Monitoring & Evaluation Note
(2022-07)This M&E note supports the monitoring and evaluation of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods. It accompanies ... -
Addressing Climate-related Security Risks: Conflict Sensitivity for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods - Toolbox
(2022-07)This toolbox accompanies the “Addressing Climate- Related Security Risks” Guidance Note which supports the development of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change ... -
Addressing Smallholder Resilience in Coffee Production in the Central Highlands, Viet Nam: The Business Case for Intercropped Coffee Production - Executive Summary
(2020)Coffee production in the Central Highlands faces a multitude of challenges; decades of intensive cultivation and expansion onto marginal land has degraded the soil quality and left smallholders less resilient to both climate ... -
Africa Environment Outlook for Business: Our Environment Our Health
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-08)AEO for Business aims to identify and document options for stimulating the linkages between business and environmental sustainability in Africa while augmenting their benefits to people, nature, and economies and achieving ... -
African Ocean Governance Strategy: Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to carry out a scoping study and gap analysis that examines existing ocean governance mechanism; and to provide recommendations that may provide elements of a concise African Strategy on ocean ...