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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 ... -
Phasing Out of Open Burning of Waste in Africa - Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment. Eighteenth Session
(2022-07-15)The 10-year implementation plan for 2014–2023 for Agenda 2063 of the African Union has set an ambitious aspiration that by 2023 African cities will recycle at least 50 per cent of the waste they generate. While most African ... -
Plastics in Agriculture: Sources and Impacts - Working Paper
(2021-12)This working paper is an initial assessment of the potential impact of plastics used in agriculture. The paper focuses primarily on identifying sources of plastics and examining the fate of plastic residue in agricultural ... -
Policy on Stakeholder Engagement: Report of the Executive Director
(2016-03-10)The present report presents the outcome of the informal open-ended consultations held by the President of the United Nations Environment Assembly with Member States. The aim of the consultations was to formulate new proposals ... -
Policy Perspectives on Pollution-Free Planet - Second Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific. Bangkok, 5-8 September 2017 [Draft]
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017)The flip side of the impressive economic growth is Asia-Pacific has witnessed over the last few decades is increasing levels of pollution and depletion of natural resources. Huge volumes of gaseous, liquid and solid ... -
Preventing Conflict in Resource-rich Countries: The Extractive Industries Value Chain as a Framework for Conflict Prevention
(2015)The report’s main objective is to examine the potential opportunities for conflict prevention (both post and pre-conflict) along the extractive industries value chain. This paper aims to demonstrate the feasibility and ... -
Priorities for Implementation by the Parties and the Secretariat since the Entry into Force of the Protocol, including Priorities for the STAC
(2001)As the SPAW Protocol has entered into force, and the work of implementation is entering the next phase, it is necessary to review the decisions and recommendations of the four ISTAC meetings and the provisions of the ... -
Programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018‒2019 Report of the Executive Director [Approved]
(2016)The present report sets out the proposed programme of work and budget for the biennium 2018–2019, reflecting the outcome of consultations with the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment ... -
Progress in the Development of an African Ocean Governance Strategy: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Eighteenth Session
(2022-07-15)Despite the recognition that Africa’s oceans are some of the richest environmental resources in the world, their importance as a source of income for steering the growth of African economies is yet to be fully tapped. A ... -
Progress in the implementation of resolution 4/23 entitled “Keeping the world environment under review: enhancing the United Nations Environment Programme science-policy interface and endorsement of the Global Environment Outlook”: results of the consultation on the findings of the feasibility study on the financial, administrative and collaborative consequences of the recommended options and approaches for the future of the Global Environment Outlook: Note by the Secretariat
(2021-12)Note by the secretariat 1. In its resolution 4/23, entitled “Keeping the world environment under review: enhancing the United Nations Environment Programme science-policy interface and endorsement of the Global Environment ... -
Progress in the Implementation of Resolution 4/23 on Keeping the World Environment Under Review: Feasibility Study on the Financial, Administrative and Collaborative Consequences of the Recommended Options and Approaches for the Future of the Global Environment Outlook: Note by the Secretariat
(2021-11)Note by the secretariat 1. Following up on its interim report to the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme at the online meeting of its fifth session (UNEP/EA.5/24), the steering ... -
Progress in the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities at the International, Regional and National Levels during the period 2019–2021: Note by the Secretariat
(2021-12)The Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA), adopted through the Washington Declaration in 1995, is a multilateral environmental mechanism aimed at preventing ... -
Progress Report on the Implementation of decision 26/5 on the 10-year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Report of the Executive Director
(2011-12-16)Pursuant to paragraph 9 of Governing Council decision 26/5 of 24 February 2011, the report provides information on the implementation of the decision in anticipation of the United Nations Environment Programme contribution ... -
Progress reports mandated by the Governing Council at previous sessions: Coordination across the United Nations system, including the Environment Management Group: Report by the Executive Director
(2013-01-17)Pursuant to paragraph 4 of decision SS.XII/2 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, the present document provides a progress report on the work of the Environment Management Group. It presents ... -
Progress reports mandated by the Governing Council at previous sessions: Report by the Executive Director
(2012-12-04)The present report provides information on the following subjects, as mandated by the Governing Council in decisions adopted at previous sessions: (a) Implementation of decision 26/14 on the Global Environment Monitoring ... -
Promoting Ecosystems for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
(2015)The main focus of the paper is to examine potential areas of integration and synergy, highlighting how sustainable ecosystems management approaches help facilitate integration of CCA and DRR. A total of 38 (Eco-DRR, EBA ... -
Proposal from Netherlands Antilles concerning the Bottle-nosed Dolphin
(2001)This report contains detailed information, in writing and visual, for a future dolphin project on Curaçao at the Sea Aquarium. Already for several years the Curaçao Sea Aquarium is preparing for a dolphin project to expand ... -
Proposal: Choose Pollution as the Theme For UNEA 3
(Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, 2016-11-14)Proposal by Global Alliance on Health and Pollution -
Proposed Biennial Programme of Work and Budget for 2014–2015: Addendum: Overview of changes resulting from General Assembly resolution 67/213 and the regular budget of the United Nations
(2013-02-13)Proposed Biennial Programme of Work and Budget for 2014–2015
