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Guidelines for Conducting Integrated Environmental Assessments [2017]
(2017)
United Nations Environment Programme is pleased to provide new Guidelines for Conducting Integrated Environmental Assessments. With the leadership of the Assessment Methodologies, Data and Information Group under the Global ...
Guidelines for national waste management strategies: moving from challenges to opportunities
(2013)
This publication outlines a possible process and poses questions that countries may wish to consider as they develop integrated national waste management strategies. It outlines the reasons for a national waste management ...
Eco-i Manual: Eco Innovation Implementation Process
(2016)
The Eco-I manual introduces the methodology for the implementation of eco-innovation within small and medium sized companies in developing and emerging economies. The manual presents the core eco-innovation process and ...
Environmental Courts & Tribunals - A Guide for Policy Makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
With over 1,200 environmental courts and tribunals now operating worldwide at the national and state/provincial level, this guide shares concise, practical advice and best practices to make them more effective, updating ...
Eco-i Manual - Chemicals Supplement
(2017)
The sector specific supplement for chemicals value chains is an integral part of the Eco-I manual, as it applies the eco-innovation methodology with all its phases and activities on the chemicals value chain. Valuable ...
Greening Universities Toolkit: Transforming Universities into Green and Sustainable Campuses: A toolkit for Implementers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)
The focus of this Toolkit is to help address that gap – to provide University staff and students with a selection of strategies, tools and resources, gleaned from the literature, from global case studies and from practice ...
Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Emission Inventory Manual
(2013)
Atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) are widespread layers of regional scale plumes of air pollution consisting of a mixture of anthropogenic sulfate, nitrate, organics, black carbon, dust, and fly ash particles. Recent scientific ...
Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information: Global Guidance on Making Effective Environmental, Social and Economic Claims, to Empower and Enable Consumer Choice
(2017)
The Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information aim to provide value chain and public sector professionals with clear guidance on how to make effective, trustworthy claims to consumers, on product-related ...
Manual for the refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians and engineers: post phase-out period of CFCs and beginning of phase-out of HCFCs
(UNEP, 2010)
The manual provides new approaches to prevent emissions of CFCs during the operation and servicing of equipment and catalogues steps to recycle the CFCs and retrofit the equipment. The manual also contains the guidelines ...
IEA Training Manual Volume Two: Themes: Climate Change Vulnerability and Impact Assessment in Cities
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2011)
The objectives of this module are to complement the GEO Cities Methodology to assist government and other institutions that are supporting climate change adaptation either from a technical or a policy perspective. It is ...