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GEO-6 for Youth Africa: A Wealth of Green Opportunities - Global Environment Outlook
(2019)
Africa’s sustainability future is bright. In that future, green jobs abound so much that youth unemployment is dealt a decisive blow. But for this future to materialise, young people, policymakers, private sector players, ...
Technical Summary - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
This Technical Summary synthesizes the key evidence
and messages of GEO-6. Chapter 1 sets out the context and methodological approach of the GEO-6 assessment.
It is followed by chapters that:
i) discuss the five drivers ...
GEO-6 for Youth
(2021)
GEO-6 states that unless we radically and urgently change our economies and our societies, we will not be able to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.One of the greatest challenges facing young ...
Haiti’s South Department: Major Achievements in Sustainable Development 2011-2016
(2016-06)
This fact sheet outlines the major achievements in sustainable development in Haiti from 2011 to 2016.
Factsheets on UNEP-administered Global Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(2022-09)
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) are one of the key instruments of international environmental governance and international
environmental law. They are separate treaties to which States, regional economic ...
Fourth Global Training Programme in Environmental Law
(1999)
The objectives of the training programme were:- to in-form participants about legal and institutional developments in the field of environmental law both at the international and national levels; to promote a greater ...
Handbook of Environmental Law
(1997)
This Handbook is intended to be a handy reference book of up-to-date information on environmental law. It provides a source of quick and easy reference for governments, institutions, NGOs and the public needing to use basic ...
Strengthening Collaboration and Coordination between Biodiversity and Chemicals and Waste Clusters: Synthesis
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2021)
Strengthening collaboration and coordination between biodiversity and chemicals and waste clusters
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers
(2011)
UNEP’s post-conflict environmental assessment aims to provide a better understanding of the underlying challenges facing the DRC and to help identify and develop promising opportunities to support sustainable economic ...
Life On Land: Protect, Restore, and Promote Sustainable Use of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Sustainably Manage Forests, Combat Desertification, Halt and Reverse Land Degradation, and Halt Biodiversity Loss.
(2017)
Human activity can have a detrimental effect on forests and other parts of the environment, and Goal 15 pledges to reduce or reverse these consequences to provide a more viable ecological platform for sustainable development.