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Back to Earth – Using Natural Processes to Turn CO2 Permanently into Rock
(2019)The CarbFix collaborative research project, led by Reykjavik Energy, centers around one of the world's largest geothermal power plants in Hellisheidi, Iceland. Industrial scale application of the CarbFix process has been ... -
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) ... -
Background Paper for the Ministerial Consultations: Environmental Challenges within Sustainable Development and the Contribution of the United Nations Environment Programme to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Production: Discussion Paper by the Executive Director
(2013-01-07)The ministerial round tables will examine the ways in which global environmental goals can be integrated together with social and economicgoals into sustainable development goals that place people at the centre of sustainable ... -
Background Paper Prepared by UNEP to Support the Intergovernmental Consultations on Nature-based Solutions
(2023-04)This paper contains background information to inform the intergovernmental consultations on nature-based solutions. UNEP was requested to convene these consultations in United Nations Environment Assembly Resolution 5/5 ... -
Background Papers for the Ministerial Consultations: Universal Membership of the United Nations Environment Programme: Discussion Paper Presented by the Executive Director
(2013-01-02)The present paper is intended as a briefing for ministers in connection with the first parallel round-table discussion on the universal membership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It covers the following ... -
Bamboo for Climate Change
(2019)The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) is a multilateral development organisation which promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan. It is currently made up of 44 Member states, ... -
Bankable Water Solutions (BWS) - Engaging with the Nature-Based Solutions coalition for the Climate Action Summit
(2019)Investors, banks and private companies are investing heavily in water-related infrastructure and they are hungry to invest in more sustainable water projects, but there is no pipeline of viable projects. WWF is taking ... -
Beirut Port Explosion Advisory Note on Debris Management Options: Draft for Consultation
(2021-02)The objective of this Advisory Note is to help government and UN stakeholders in making informed decisions on the cost-effective and sustainable management of debris arising from the 4th August 2020 Beirut Port Explosion. ... -
Belt and Road Initiative Green Development Coalition
(2019)BRIGC is an open, inclusive and voluntary international network which aims to incorporate green development into the Belt and Road Initiative, promote international consensus and collective actions on the development of ... -
Bern II Co-Leads Paper: Moving the Synergies -agenda forward in the context of the Negotiations on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Version of 28-12-2020
(2020)The objective of the second consultation workshop of the biodiversity-related conventions on the GBF (Bern II) is for Parties, Secretariats and other stakeholders to reflect on the best way to involve biodiversity-related ... -
Bern II – The Second MEA Consultation Workshop on post-2020: Concept Note
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Biennial Programme of Work and Budget for 2012–2013: Progress Report on Accountability and Financial and Administrative Arrangements Between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Multilateral Environmental Agreements for which it Provides the Secretariat or Performs Secretariat Functions: Report of the Executive Director
(2011-12-06)The present report presents an overview of steps taken by the United Nations Environment Programme since the twenty-sixth session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in consultation with relevant ... -
Biennial programme of work and budget for 2012–2013: Report of the Executive Director: Addendum: Results of the Review of the Needs and Potential of Regional Offices
(2011-12-14)Addendum: Results of the review of the needs and potential of regional offices -
Biodiversity and Climate Change
(2019)Biodiversity is as important as climate change and both must be treated with equal importance. Climate change is a major factor in the erosion of biodiversity. Changes in atmospheric temperature and precipitation, ocean ... -
Blue Lifelines for a Secure Sahel (BLiSS)
(2019)BLiSS will connect interventions for wetlands and drylands to reverse land degradation and build community resilience to climate change in the Sahel. Vision: Sahelian communities become more secure and resilient to climate ... -
Brainstorming Group Discussion
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Bringing Concrete to Life - Enhancing Natural Processes on Concrete Based Coastal and Marine Infrastructure (CMI)
(2019)The ecological engineering of shorelines schemes is an evolving discipline (Mitsch., 2012) with the aim of building more inclusive, resilient and safe coastal and marine structures for people and nature that maximize ... -
Bringing into Full Play the Function of Marine Carbon Sequestration and Developing Marine Carbon Sequestration Economy
(2019)Bio-pump and micro-bio-carbon pump are two important ways of ocean carbon storage. They have not only important scientific significance, but also broad application prospects. It can be used to increase carbon sink, so as ... -
Bringing the 2015 Summits Home : An Action Agenda for Legislators
(GLOBE International, 2016-07)This discussion paper is the result of a year-long collaboration between UNEP and GLOBE International to foster more integrated policymaking and legislative action on key sustainability challenges facing the global community. ... -
Building a global soil movement through philanthropic investment
(2019)The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is an alliance of 25 philanthropic foundations, which invests in projects on all five continents. The Global Alliance works with its members and with others to transform global ...