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Management of Trust Funds and Earmarked Contributions: Report of the Executive Director
(2013-02-15)Report of the Executive Director -
Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry: A New Partnership Area - Business Plan
(2013)This business plan for the Cement Industry partnership area of the Global Mercury Partnership (GMP) provides a framework for developing and implementing actions in the cement industry that address the overall objective of ... -
Mercury-Containing Products Partnership Area - Business Plan
(2018)The purpose of this business plan is to provide a framework and goals for developing and implementing projects aimed at the eventual elimination of mercury use in products. The business plan is to serve as a resource for ... -
Ministerial Panel: Circularity, Sustainable Economy and Pollution Prevention
(2021)Concept note for Ministerial panel on Circularity, Sustainable Economy and Pollution Prevention -
Ministerial Panel: The Role of Nature and Ecosystems Restoration in Building a Sustainable Recovery
(2021)Concept note for the Ministerial Panel on the Role of Nature and Ecosystems Restoration in Building a Sustainable Recovery -
Ministerial Panel: “The Urgency of Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Midst of the COVID Emergency and Recovery”
(2021)As the UN Secretary General has pointed out, the COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis; it is a human crisis. However, perhaps COVID-19 opens an opportunity to review our development model. How do we make the model ... -
MPA Finance: Status and Future Directions - Discussion Paper
(2022-06)The ocean is essential to human wellbeing, however human pressures threaten the ability of the ocean to continue to provide benefits. Valued at USD 24 trillion, the ocean economy is the 7th largest global economy in GDP ... -
Multistakeholder’s Dialogue on the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP@50 celebration) - Discussion Document for Agenda Item 7
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2021-09-24)The fourth session of the Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific will take place both on-site and virtually from 5 to 7 October 2021, organized jointly by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic ... -
Municipal Natural Asset Management as a Means to Ensure the Viability of Natural Systems
(2019-07)Municipalities play a vital role both in protecting and preserving natural assets and ecosystem services and in providing citizens with core services. The MNAI team provides scientific, economic and municipal expertise ... -
The Nairobi Convention Secretariat’s Definition of “ICZM Instruments”
(2016-03-02)After the negotiations, a number of issues and definitions remained unresolved including, but not limited to: Geographical Coverage (protocol area), Objectives of the ICZM, ICZM instruments, Conservation and Rehabilitation ... -
Natural Resource Use in the Group of 20: Status, Trends, and Solutions - Errata Note
(2019)Errata note -
Nature-based Climate Solutions
(2019)In co-operation with Royal HaskoningDHV and the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries of the University of Chittagong, WUR contributed to the Deltaplan for Bangladesh, an interactive integrated plan for a futureproof ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Ecological Restoration in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province
(2019)The Xuzhou Urban Construction Key Project Office is responsible for the annual plan preparation, pre-planning, schedule scheduling, promotion coordination, supervision and assessment of the city's ecological restoration ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Flood Control Dispatch of Changjiang Reservoir Group in Response to Climate Change
(2019)Influenced by the super-strong El Nino event, the Yangtze River Basin experienced heavy rainfall and severe floods during the Meiyu period in 2016. The most serious floods occurred in the middle and lower reaches of the ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Marine Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Monitoring in Offshore
(2019)The South China Sea (SCS) is an important marginal land sea in China. Coral reefs are abundant in resources and are more susceptible to ocean acidification. According to the IPCC report, the rapid growth of global atmospheric ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: The Integration Project of Sihong County Urban and Rural Water Supply
(2019)After the overall startup in June 2015, the regional water supply project of Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province completed in June 2016. A 150,000-ton/day water purification plant was built (15,000 tons/day in the ... -
NGO Recommendations to the First Intergovernmental Consultations on Nature-based Solutions: A Conflict-Sensitive Lens: Nature-based Solutions for Peace and Security
(2023-05)The world is witnessing how there is a wide array of environmental issues linked with conflict that have profound impacts on individuals, communities and nature. Climate change has already been recognised as one of the ... -
Ocean Acidification In The Western Indian Ocean Region: A White Paper Presented At The Science To Policy Meeting for the 9th Conference of Parties
(2018)In the WIO region over 48.3 million people live within 100 km of the coast with many local communities highly depended on coastal and marine resources and associated services for their livelihood. Healthy and functioning ... -
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) ... -
Open Call Proposal - Digitalisation for Flexible and Resilient Energy Systems: On the Ground Contribution to Digital Demand-driven Electricity Network (3DEN) Initiative
(2021)In September 2021, the Italian Government in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is launching a call for pilot projects that will provide an opportunity to gain on-the-ground insights, test ...
