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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 ... -
Outcome of the First Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance: Chair's Summary - Second Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance
(2020-05-21)At the fifteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), held in Cairo in 2015, in the Cairo Declaration on Managing Africa’s Natural Capital for Sustainable Development and Poverty ... -
Outcomes of the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, Preparations for the Sixth Session, and the UNEP@50 Commemoration: Note by the Secretariat
(2022-07-18)The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, convened under the theme “Strengthening actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, ... -
Overview of Questionnaire Survey on the Needs on Mercury Waste Management (as of November 26th 2020)
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An Overview of the Implementation of the Caribbean Node of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter
(2017-02-07)In 2015, the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) through the Global Programme of Action (GPA) based in Nairobi, Kenya and the Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention based in Kingston, Jamaica partnered ... -
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 ...
