Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Subject "AIR POLLUTION"
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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 ... -
Actions on Air Quality in Africa – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Africa per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the United ... -
Actions on Air Quality in Asia and the Pacific – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Asia Pacific per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the ... -
Actions on Air Quality in Europe and Central Asia – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Europe and Central Asia per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It ... -
Actions on Air Quality in Latin America and the Caribbean – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. ... -
Actions on Air Quality in North America – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in North America per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the ... -
Actions on Air Quality in West Asia – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in West Asia per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the ... -
Actions on Air Quality: A Global Summary of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Air Pollution - Executive Summary. Advance Draft
(2021)In 2019, 92 percent of the world’s population experienced PM2.5 concentrations in excess of the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 10 µg/m3 1 . Without policy interventions, exposure to PM2.5 would increase by ... -
Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions - Summary
(2018)This report identifies 25 clean air measures that can positively impact human health, crop yields, climate change and socio-economic development, as well as contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. ... -
Air Quality in Bishkek – Assessment of Emission Sources and Road Map for Supporting Air Quality Management: Key Messages
(2022-10)This study is the first comprehensive analysis of key emission sources and their impact on ground-level air pollution concentrations in Bishkek, thus providing decision-makers for the first time with scientific evidence ... -
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Key Messages
(2020)Governments around the world have invested about $12 trillion to counteract the economic effects of COVID-19. This investment could contribute to progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global climate ... -
The Fourth Periodic Report on the State of Acid Deposition in East Asia - Part III: Executive Summary
(2021-12)This is the Fourth Periodic Report on the State of Acid Deposition in East Asia (PRSAD4), describing the outcomes of 20 years of EANET activities (2000-2019). The PRSAD4 is comprised of three parts; Part I: Regional ... -
GEMS/Air Strategy Version.1.2022
(2022-03)This document outlines a strategy to guide the operations and workplan development of the UNEP’s Global Environment Monitoring System for Air (GEMS/Air) Programme. It takes into consideration the Programme’s developments ... -
Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa - Summary for Decision Makers
(2022-11)The Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa is the result of a scientifically underpinned process aimed at catalyzing and supporting transformative development in ... -
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". -
Smoke-haze: A Transboundary Air Pollution Issue in Southeast Asia - Foresight Brief No. 007 - March 2018
(2018)The importance of this issue lies in the fact that smoke haze pollution has been occurring for several decades in Southeast Asia and with each passing year the pollution gets worse and lasts longer (Lin et al 2017). While ... -
The UNEP Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Archive since July 2017... to the Future(s)
(2021-12)Foresight Foresight Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue. They provide a systematic way of examining possible alternative ... -
Unlocking Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies to Tackle Air Pollution
(2019)Environmentally Sound Technologies are defined as technologies that protect the environment, are less polluting, use all resources in a more sustainable manner, recycle more of their wastes and products and handle residual ... -
Voluntary Coalition of Governments and relevant Organizations for the Progressive Closure of Dumpsites in Latin America and the Caribbean: Workplan 2019-2020
(2019)https://www.unenvironment.org/regions/latin-america-and-caribbean/regional-initiatives/enabling-sound-management-chemicals-and
