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Partner Application for Lead Paint Alliance - ASTM International
(2023-03)ASTM International is a global leader in the development of voluntary consensus technical standards across 90 industry sectors. Several ASTM International standards – developed and maintained by ASTM Committee D01 on Paint ... -
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) – Strengthening Scientific Competence in Lower Income Countries through Access to Environmental Research - Three-day Capacity-building Concept Note
(2023-03)This note presents an overview of a three-day training (multiple sessions) on the access and use of electronic scientific information resources available through the Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) ... -
Annotated Provisional Agenda - UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen Second meeting
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Informative Document for the 2nd Meeting of the UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen: Note on the ad hoc Task Team to examine the possible terms of reference for an Interconvention Nitrogen Coordination Mechanism (INCOM).
(2023)Note on the ad hoc Task Team to examine the possible terms of reference for an Interconvention Nitrogen Coordination Mechanism (INCOM). -
Terms of Reference of the UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen
(2023)Terms of reference of the UNEP working group on nitrogen. -
Discussion Paper on Options for Facilitating Improved Coordination of Policies Across the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Implementing United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/14 and UNEA Resolution 5/2 on Sustainable Nitrogen Management
(2023)Discussion paper on options for facilitating improved coordination of policies across the global nitrogen cycle: Implementing United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/14 and UNEA Resolution 5/2 on sustainable ... -
Application: Call for Project Proposal on Addressing Unique Drivers of United States Household Food Waste
(2022-12)Call for project proposal on addressing unique drivers of United States household food waste. -
Application: Call for Project Proposal on Systemic Drivers of Food Loss and Waste in the United States
(2022-12)Call for project proposal on systemic drivers of food loss and waste in the United States -
Addressing Unique Drivers of United States Household Food Waste
(2022-12)Objective: Recommend strategies and tools to reduce household food waste in the United States, based upon a comparative analysis of households in the United States and in other developed countries with less per capita food waste. -
Systemic Drivers of Food Loss and Waste in the United States
(2022-12)Objective: Identify unique systemic drivers of food loss and waste in the United States and recommend strategies to address these unique drivers. -
Background Document for Agenda Item 2: Preparations for the special session on the commemoration of the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP@50) - [World Environment Situation Room (WESR)]
(2021-11)This note serves as a background document for consideration of agenda item 2: Preparations for the special session on the commemoration of the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP@50), sub-item (a) ... -
Description of GEO-7 Proposed Support Services
(2022-11)Member States in Resolution 5/3 decided that the “Global Environment Outlook process should identify intergovernmentally defined needs and terms for the provision of support for capacity-building, knowledge generation and ... -
Youth Position Paper for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board Meeting, Egypt - November 2022
(2022-11)The involvement of youth in the UN Decade and #GenerationRestoration movement is critically important, not only for the sustainability of restoration initiatives beyond 2030 but also for the promotion of intergenerational ... -
Study Report on Mercury from Non-ferrous Metals Mining and Smelting for Consideration by the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group at Its Thirteenth Meeting - Note by the Secretariat
(2022-11)The Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) decided at its tenth meeting (Geneva, 23 November 2019) to initiate work on mercury from non-ferrous metals mining and smelting. The final version of the study report is attached to the ... -
Study Report on Mercury from Oil and Gas for Consideration by the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group at its Thirteenth Meeting - Note by the Secretariat
(2022-11)https://www.unep.org/globalmercurypartnership/events/unep-event/partnership-advisory-group-meeting-13 -
Concept Note and Programme - SWITCH Africa Green Regional Validation Meeting: “Guidelines for Accelerating the Transition towards a Circular Economy in Africa and Assessment of Green Financing Mechanisms for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa”: 24-25 August 2022 Accra, Ghana
(2022-08)The overall objective of the regional validation meeting is to provide a platform for various stakeholders in the region to review and validate the two raft reports to ensure they capture the relevant inputs following the ... -
ALC Laboratorio del Futuro en Innovación y Política Soluciones a prueba del futuro para PYMES ecológicas - 13 de octubre de 2022 | 9:00 am - 12: 30 pm (UTC-5) | Digital
(2022-09)Principales objetivos y resultados El objetivo de la serie Laboratorio del Futuro es • Apoyar el diseño de soluciones a prueba del futuro que atiendan las necesidades de las PYMES para adoptar la innovación para la ... -
Towards a Regional Cooperation Framework on Advancing the Biodiversity Economy in Africa - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, AMCEN/17/L.3 para.24
(2022-09)During the 17th AMCEN Ordinary Session, the Conference tasked the AMCEN Secretariat to develop a regional cooperation framework on advancing a “Biodiversity Economy”. The AMCEN Secretariat has since engaged UNEP, the South ...