Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Subject "HEALTH"
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Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment - Information Notes
(2023-05)The Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment was established in 2004 to address the growing threat that environmental hazards pose to human health. This forum seeks to create greater synergy among relevant ... -
Global Environmental Governance - UNEP Factsheet
(2020)It is important that both the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) we support remain active and engaged, and that global environmental governance continues to ... -
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 ... -
How the Montreal Protocol Protects Health
(2014-11-26)The need to protect human health was the driving force behind the establishment of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987). ... -
Plastics Impacts on Human Health in the Pacific Region
(2021)Once produced, plastics never disappear. They are released into the environment, where they break up into tiny (micro and nano-sized) fragments. They leach toxic chemicals and gases at every stage of their life cycle and ... -
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 ... -
Zoonotic Diseases - UNEP Factsheet
(2020)Unless we act to protect habitat and biodiversity loss, says United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, Inger Andersen, pandemics could become a new normal in this century. In response, UNEP is seeking ...