Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Topic "Chemicals and Pollution Action"
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4 Projects at a Glance: Kenya - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Kenya projects include: Greening SMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry, Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment In Kenya, Up-Scaling Sustainable Commercial Production Of Medicinal ... -
Aerial and ground-based measurements of coal mine methane emissions in Poland
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Aerial measurements of emissions in Oman
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Airborne Measurements from the Nord Stream Gas Leaks
(2024-10)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides: Action that can be taken to eliminate or significantly reduce the risks to health and the environment that result from the use of highly hazardous pesticides - Guidelines on Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides
(2023-09)All pesticides are designed to harm living things such as weeds, unwanted insects, fungal infections and rodents and most pesticides will also harm non-target organisms to some degree. Pesticides that have been found to ... -
Annex 1 - [Compilation of chemicals identified as associated with plastics, either known for use in plastic production or detected in plastic materials]
(2022-10)Compilation of chemical substances that function as plastic additives and other chemical constituents of plastics across various sectors based on compilation of Aurisano et al. 2021b; Wiesinger et al. 2021 and Geueke et al. 2022 -
Argentina - Project: Strengthening National Capacity for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste in Argentina - Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2022)
(2024-06)With at least 38 activities related to capacity building, the project was extremely active in strengthening the expertise for the sound management of chemicals and waste of officials and institutions. All the activities ... -
Arsenic - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
(2020-09)A two-page summary of the information on arsenic contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment and the 2019 Global Chemicals ... -
ASGM in Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Areas
(2024-05)https://www.unep.org/globalmercurypartnership -
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 ... -
Assessing current coal mine methane emissions quantification literature to inform future studies
(2024-11)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Assessment of existing and future emissions reduction from the coal sector toward the implementation of the Minamata and Stockholm Conventions - GEF project ID: 10748
(2023-10)Project Objective: To demonstrate mercury and persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions reduction potential from coal-fired power plant (CFPPs) and coal-fired industrial boiler (CFIBs) to support governments in ... -
Assessment Questionnaire - Chemicals and Waste Management Programme
(2022-12)Survey for the independent assessment of closed projects under the special programme. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Bioactive Substances
(2020-09)Pesticides are widely used biologically active compounds designed to kill target organisms. A number of pesticides have also been shown to cause adverse effects on non-target organisms. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Chemicals in Products Group 1
(2020-09)An endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse health effects in an intact organism, or its progeny, or (sub)populations. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Chemicals in Products Group 2
(2020-09)Chemicals are important components in many of the products that modern society uses and relies on. They may be released at any stage of a product’s life cycle (including production, use, recycling or reuse, end-of life ... -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Metals and Metalloids
(2020-09)Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid that is ubiquitous in the Earth’s crust. It is present in various inorganic and organic forms. Arsenic and arsenic compounds are used intentionally in wood preservatives, pesticides, ... -
Audit Questionnaire Mercury: Health 6, 2nd Edition, March 2006
(2006)The purpose of this document is to produce a self-assessment guideline to evaluate the health risk management performance of a Chlor-Alkali plant with regard to mercury. This paper can be also used for external audits. It ... -
Australia Bowen Basin Pilot
(2024-10)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ... -
Baseline Scoping Study Emissions in Nigeria
(2024-10)UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory supports measurement and research studies around the world to close the knowledge gap on methane emissions and provide policy-relevant insights to decisionmakers. The ...
