Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Subject "POLLUTION"
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Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy-making for a Pollution-free Planet
(2024-06)Pollution, including from chemicals and waste, is a global problem — deadly to humans, destructive to ecosystems and disastrous for economies. -
Chemicals and Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean - [Factsheet]
(2020)In Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Environment and the GEF work together to strengthen national capacity for the elimination and sound management of chemicals and wastes. The GEF helps countries in developing best ... -
Dental Amalgam and its Impact on the Environment: Some Facts and Figures - Information for Dentists
(2013)Dental amalgam is composed of approximately 50% elemental mercury and of 50% silver-zinctin-copper alloy. Mercury is toxic to human health and environment. -
Do you have what it takes to be a Marine Debris Detective? - Join the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative in the Quad Cities!
(2021)Up to 80% of marine plastic originates on land, and rivers are a major route for litter to travel to the ocean. You can be part of the solution to combat plastic pollution along the Mississippi River by helping to collect ... -
For People and Planet: How Your Contributions Can Help Build a More Sustainable World
(2023-10)Responding to the triple planetary crisis calls for a stronger, more agile, innovative, and forward-looking UNEP, which is challenging when over 80% of funding is tightly earmarked and linked to individual projects. We are ... -
Green Economy Indonesia: Fiscal Policies to Address Pollution and Health
(2020)Indonesia has one of the highest levels of air pollution in Southeast Asia. The primary source of these pollutants is the transport sector. In DKI Jakarta, the transport sector contributes between 30 and 40% of total ... -
Greening Economies in the EU eastern Neighbhourhood: From Commitment to Results
(2018)This brochure highlights the key results and outputs of the EaP GREEN at the regional and national level for the period of 2013-18. -
Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries: Georgia
(2015)Greening economies is important because the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on which economic activity depends. Failure to adequately ... -
Health & Environment - [Factsheet]
(2020)Growing evidence and new understanding about the mounting risks to health and ecosystem degradation, as well as positive contributions to health from ecosystems services, mandates a fresh approach on health and environment ... -
Making Peace With Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies - The ‘Synthesis Report’
(2021)The report translates the current state of scientific knowledge into crisp, clear and digestible facts-based messages that the world can relate to and follow up on. The mandate is from UNEA4 resolution 23 requesting a ... -
The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative: Clean River, Clean Seas
(2020)The Mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, National Geographic Society and the University of Georgia, launch an initiative to combat plastic pollution along one of ... -
One Plastic Initiative - Ongoing Projects (as of April 2024)
(2023-12)The UNEP’s One Plastics Initiative mobilizes funding from a wide array of sources. Currently there are 14 active projects being implemented by UNEP in over 50 countries, which encompass different geographic locations, ... -
Plastic Management - Infographic
(2017)This infographic presents key information about plastics including types of plastic, plastic economy, key facts and figures as well as champion countries tackling plastic pollution. -
Proposed Case Studies: Building National and Regional Capacity to Implement Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEA) by Strengthening Planning and State of Environment Assessment and Reporting in the Pacific - INFORM
(2024-02)The Pacific Islands are hard-hit by the economic, social, and environmental costs of climate change. Despite the region’s less than 0.02 per cent contribution to the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, Pacific Island ... -
Topic Sheet: Criteria for Chemicals
(2023-05)Over 13,000 chemicals are associated to plastics (UNEP 2023), of which many are of concern. They cover additives, monomers, processing aids and non-intentionally added substances. Different approaches may be followed to ... -
Towards a Pollution Free Planet Presentation
(2023)Improving waste and wastewater management through, inter alia, minimizing material input and waste and wastewater generation, circular processes, safe recovery of secondary raw materials and progressive reduction of open ... -
Towards Zero-Pollution Cities: Making Mega Cities Resource Efficient, Inclusive, and Low Polluting - Delhi, India Case Study
(2017)Delhi, India is typical of many megacities in Asia and Africa, with large populations, swift economic growth that spurs in-migration, and an already stressed built environment with significant underserved populations lacking ... -
UNEP and the European Commission
(2022-03)UNEP and the European Commission have a strong and long-standing partnership, translating policy efforts into concrete programmatic results that advance the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNEP, including ... -
UNEP Plastics Initiative
(2023-12)To turn the tide on plastic pollution, the UNEP Plastics Initiative consolidates all UNEP's plastic-related projects, activities, actions, and results into a unified programme that leads and implements a system-wide ... -
UNEP Reports 2021: a Summary
(2022-02)