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Key Findings - Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation
(2020)This document presents the key findings of the report "Used Vehicles and the Environment: Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation". -
Key Findings - What’s cooking? An assessment of the potential impacts of selected novel alternatives to conventional animal products
(2023-12)This report focuses on the potential environmental, health, social and animal welfare implications of the uptake of novel meat and dairy alternatives, in particular novel plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated ... -
Key Messages - Adaptation Gap Report 2022
(2022-11)1. Climate risks are rising as global warming accelerates. Both strong mitigation and adaptation are key to help vulnerable countries and communities cope with impacts of climate change; 2. More than eight out of ten ... -
Key Messages - An Eye on Methane
(2023-12)Anthropogenic methane emissions drive roughly 30% of the global warming that we experience today. We must reduce methane emissions by about a third to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement within reach. As underscored by ... -
Key Messages - Emissions Gap Report 2023
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Key Messages - Making Peace With Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies
(2021)• Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution add up to three self-inflicted planetary crises that are closely interconnected and put the well-being of current and future generations at unacceptable risk. • Ambitious ... -
Key Messages - Preventing the Next Pandemic – Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission
(2020)This evidence-based scientific assessment has identified the following key messages for decision-makers: 1) De-risking food systems; 2) Urgency; 3) Report audience; 4) Scope of the problem; 5) Outbreak frequency and ... -
Key Messages - World Environment Day 5 June 2024
(2024-04)All over the world, ecosystems are threatened. From forests and drylands to farmlands and lakes, natural spaces on which humanity’s existence depends are reaching a tipping point. This is why World Environment Day 2024 ... -
Key Messages for Beyond 2020: Global Chemicals Outlook II - From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(2019)The global goal to minimize adverse impacts of chemicals and waste will not be achieved by 2020. Solutions exist, but more ambitious worldwide action by all stakeholders is urgently required. -
Key Scientific Findings for Lead
(2010)Excerpt from Final review of scientific information on lead, version of December 2010 -
La Dimensión ambiental en la planificación del desarrollo sostenible en Costa Rica: La aplicación de un enfoque integrado para la implementación de los ODS
(2018)Esta nota presenta información práctica respecto a las brechas, retos y áreas de oportunidad de Costa Rica para avanzar en una planificación de largo plazo que integre la dimensión ambiental y logre el desarrollo sostenible ... -
Labelling Refrigerant Cylinders: Why Set Up National Legislation on Labelling Refrigerant Cylinders?
(2021)This technical brief encourages Governments and National Ozone Officers to establish or amend national legislation requiring mandatory labelling of refrigerant cylinders and explains what information should be included ... -
Lagos Non-Motorised Transport Policy: Empowering pedestrians and cyclists for a better city
(2018-01)The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on behalf of the Lagos State Government (LSG) has initiated the process of creating a Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Policy to guide the implementation of high ... -
Lake Urmia: Signs of Recovery - Foresight Brief No. 004 - November 2017
(2017)Lake Urmia, located in a mountainous region between the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran is one of the country’s most important ecosystems. Recent indications are that the lake is recovering. The ... -
Land-use Planning and Integrated Approaches to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. UN-REDD Programme Info Brief Global
(2024-02)The planet and its resources are under pressure. Forests, agricultural land and other natural resources are increasingly subject to conflict, and negotiation is needed on multiple land uses and between users. Integrated ... -
Lao PDR - Building Resilience of Urban Populations with Ecosystem-based Solutions: Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) - Brief
(2023-02)The Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) of the project “Building resilience of urban populations with ecosystem based solutions in Lao PDR” has described the requirements for the establishment of a project-specific ...