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Programme Capacity building workshop - Advancing effective Multilateral Environmental Agreements implementation in Central Asia: Promoting synergies and rights-based approaches to combat pollution
(2025-06)This is a Draft Programme for the Advancing effective MEA implementation in Central Asia: Promoting synergies and rights-based approaches to combat pollution Workshop that will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. -
Regional Seas Programme-related UN resolutions
(2025-06)Regional Seas Programme-related UN resolutions -
Financing the Responsible Supply of Energy Transition Minerals for Sustainable Development [Coming Soon]
(2025-06)This report shows that an increase in demand for energy transition minerals will require a financial investment in their production of up to $US 450 bn from 2022- 2030 and up to $US 800 bn by 2040. Such investment will ... -
Sustainable Procurement Guidelines for Data Centres and Servers [Coming Soon]
(2025-06)Data centres in developing countries are set to grow rapidly due to economic expansion, rising data demand and increasing data sovereignty needs. However, these facilities are highly energy-intensive. Despite efficiency ... -
The Great Gobi National Park: a Refuge for Rare Animals of the Central Asian Deserts
(1986)This book describes how the reserve was created and discusses the problems encountered in protecting the unique wildlife of the Gobi Desert. The authors participated personally in the implementation of this international ... -
Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs) and the BBNJ Agreement - From Global Aspirations to Regional Implementation: Exploring the intersection between Regional Seas and the BBNJ Agreement
(2025-05)The policy brief is aimed at informing representatives of RSCAP Member States and other decision makers about opportunities for cooperation and possible complementary benefits of ratification. The review focuses on the ... -
Report of the Fourteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties (cop14) to the Abidjan Convention
(2025-05)The fourteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Atlantic Coast of West, Central ... -
COP14 Decisions
(2025-05)The fourteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Atlantic Coast of West, Central ... -
Land Use Finance Impact Hub - Country Factsheet: Investor guide to environmental and social opportunities and risks - Lower Mekong Region [Coming Soon]
(2025-06)The Lower Mekong Region fact sheet is the third in a series, following Indonesia and Brazil. It summarises the environmental and social challenges and opportunities associated with investing in the sustainable land use ... -
Regional Seas Strategic Directions 2026-2029/2030 [Draft]
(2025-05)RSSD (2026-2029) provides a solid basis for measurable action towards achieving its vision of “prosperous and climate resilient seas and their respective coastal regions with biologically diverse, healthy, productive, ... -
Regional Seas Programme contributions to achieving the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF)
(2025-05)Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs) play a pivotal role in turning these global commitments into regionally grounded action. Through decades of collaboration, RSCAPs have built trust, expertise, and shared ... -
Coastal adaptation vision paper – Conservatoire du littoral (France)
(2025-05)This document aims to unveil their potential to leverage coastal adaptation. To this end, it focuses on: (i) integrating coastal issues into Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs), (ii) offering potential ... -
RSCAP Vision and Roadmap towards KM-GBF 30x30 MPA-OECM Target
(2025-06)This Roadmap sets out a unified path to position the Regional Seas Programme as a driver of impactful marine conservation. It proposes concrete actions and milestones to scale up Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other ... -
Regional Seas Programme Progress Towards Global Targets for Marine and Coastal Conservation and Restoration
(2025-05)The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive review of progress by Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs) towards global targets for the conservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems, ... -
Revised tentative schedule of work of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Global Framework on Chemicals – for a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste
(2025-06)The annex to the present note contains a tentative schedule of work for the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Global Framework on Chemicals. The tentative schedule of work has been agreed by the Bureau ... -
Global Framework on Chemicals Fund - Note by Secretariat
(2025-04)The annex to the present note contains a detailed overview of the first round of applications to the Global Framework on Chemicals Fund as well as the current composition and terms of reference of the Executive Board of ... -
Logistical Note - General information about Nice
(2025-05)Logistical Note - Twenty-fourth Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans -
RSCAPs Statement to UNOC 3 Ocean Action Panel 8: Promoting and supporting all forms of cooperation, especially at the regional and sub regional level – Advanced copy
(2025-05)Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs) Statement to UNOC 3 Ocean Action Panel 8: Promoting and supporting all forms of cooperation, especially at the regional and sub regional level – Advanced copy -
Multi-country meeting on elimination of mercury added skin lightening (SLPs) - Agenda
(2025-06)https://www.unep.org/events/workshop/customs-training-enhance-monitoring-trade-mercury-and-mercury-compounds -
Sub-regional Customs Training to Enhance Monitoring of Trade of Mercury, Mercury Compounds and Mercury-added Skin Lightening Products - Concept Note and Tentative Programme Agenda
(2025-06)This regional training initiative aims to equip customs officers, environmental regulators, and law enforcement agencies with the necessary tools to detect and control mercury trade. Key areas of focus include regulatory ...
