Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Author "Law Division"
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1. Introduction - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)This introductory chapter reviews how the implementation gap in environmental law came to be, defines environmental rule of law, discusses its benefits, considers how it can be achieved and how it evolved, and reviews the ... -
2. Institutions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)This chapter reviews the critical role that institutions play in environmental rule of law and the key opportunities for building more effective environmental institutions. In particular, the chapter highlights the need ... -
2020 Annual Report of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development: Engaging with Religion and Faith-based Actors on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (2021)The UN Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (UN IATF-R) was established in 2010, at the behest of eight UN principals, as a platform for knowledge exchange and management, capacity building, ... -
2021 Annual Report of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development: Engaging with Religion and Faith-based Actors on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (2022-10)Annual Report of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development for Engaging with Religion and Faith-based Actors on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda -
3. Civic Engagement - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment ProgrammeEnvironmental rule of law requires a whole-of-society approach. While substantial emphasis is naturally placed on strengthening governmental institutions at the national, regional, and local levels, civil society also plays ... -
4. Rights - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)After decades of rapid development of environment-related rights, government, companies, courts, and citizens in many places are still grappling with transforming these words on paper into meaningful and lasting environmental ... -
5. Justice - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)This chapter reviews “justice” broadly and discusses disputes over resources, the impact of resource use and pollution on communities and the environment, and government enforcement of environmental laws. Often, the terms ... -
6. Future Directions - Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
United Nations Environment Programme (2019, 2019)This chapter highlights four key opportunities for improving environmental rule of law: capitalizing on linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals; engaging diverse actors; conducting a regular assessment of the ... -
Achievements & Highlights: 10th Anniversary of the Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia
United Nations Environment Programme (2013)The 10th anniversary brochure of the ECA network reflects a decade of network operation and aims to share major achievements, case studies and highlights to provide inspiration for countries within and outside the region. -
Activities Devoted to World Ozone Day in Albania - 16 September 2023
Vokshi, Mimoza (2023-09-16)Commemoration of World Ozone Day 2023 -
Advancing Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability: Rio+20 and the World Congress of Chief Justices, Attorneys General and Auditors General
United Nations Environment Programme (2012-11)Key contributions to the Congress. Speeches, articles, the Rio+20 Declaration on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability and other documents that encase the critical importance behind the World Congress’ ... -
Advancing Kigali Goals through HVACR - Industria Formazione International Special Issue 2022-23
Law Division (Centro Studi Galileo and Renewable Energy Institute, 2022-11)The eighth edition of the International Special Issue, Advancing Kigali Goals through HVACR produced by Centro Studi Galileo is a compilation of invaluable articles from leading global associations and experts, including ... -
African Elephant Fund: Transforming Strategies into Action
United Nations Environment Programme (2017-10)The African Elephant Fund, which is a partnership venture between the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, donor ... -
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Volume II: Draft Management Plan
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (United Nations Environment Programme, 1993)The Agreement will include the families of birds which are traditionally treated as waterbirds, following the definitions of "waterfowl" and "wetland" in the Ramsar Convention, and which contain migratory species, following ... -
An Analysis of Earth System Approach to the Global Pact for the Environment - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 Chapter 4
Kumar, Devika (University of Eastern Finland, 2020)‘Earth system’ refers to Earth’s physical, chemical and biological processes interacting with one another. The system consists of the land, oceans, atmosphere and poles. It also includes the planet’s natural cycles – the ... -
Annex 3 – Further Details on the Options for Action
United Nations Environment Programme (2021)The following text expands on the options for action set out in the body of the report (from page 39), using the same numbering. First the summary from the text is repeated and then further detail set out as a number of ... -
An Assessment of Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Decision-making in Asia-Pacific - Technical Briefing Paper prepared for Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Environment
United Nations Environment Programme; Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2021)The objective of this assessment is to provide an overview of good practices that have emerged in relation to the implementation, protection and promotion of procedural access rights to enable the right to a safe, clean ... -
Assessment of Information Exchange Mechanisms Used in Cases of Illegal Shipments of Waste
IMPEL Network; European Union; United Nations Environment Programme (2020)Work package 4 of the WasteForce project is aiming at supporting international operational networking between the EU and the Asia-Pacific region through information-sharing activities and dedicated training materials. The ... -
Assessment of post-2010 National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
United Nations Environment ProgrammeThis assessment report gives a snapshot of how countries have progressed in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans development and national implementation since the pre-2010 National Biodiversity Strategies and ... -
Background: The African Elephant Action Plan
United Nations Environment Programme; African Elephant Fundhttps://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance