Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Country/Region "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
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Actions on Air Quality: Policies & Programmes for Improving Air quality around the World
(UNEP, 2016)This publication provides a snapshot of the progress being made to adopt and implement key actions that can significantly improve air quality. -
Air Quality Management and Assessment Capabilities in 20 Major Cities
(1996)This report assesses the components required for effective air quality management: the information inputs which are required for decision-making; how these inputs are used and how to measure their comprehensiveness, ... -
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development: the coming financial climate: The inquiry’s 4th progress report
(UNEP, 2015)Across the world, a growing number of governments, regulators, standard-setters and market actors are starting to incorporate sustainability factors into the rules that govern the financial system. The Inquiry was established ... -
An In-depth Look at the United Kingdom Integrated Permitting System
(US Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Innovation, 2008)This report is the culmination of a two-year effort to research, assess, and document the United Kingdom (UK) integrated permitting system. The report is based on literature reviews and research along with site visits ... -
April 2012 - March 2013 St. Helena State of the Environment Report
(St Helena Government, 2013)To find out how our environment is faring, St. Helena’s first ever State of the Environment Report has been created. This report hopes to provide a snapshot of the environment of St Helena over the 2012/13 financial year. ... -
Assessment of Urban Air Quality
(1988)The overall purpose of this report is: - to continue the ongoing process of producing periodic evaluations of the global air pollution situation in urban areas; - to continue to develop and advance the techniques used for ... -
City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Annex: Case Studies from Selected Cities
(2013)These cases were selected to showcase innovative and visionary approaches to sustainable infrastructure change across a broad range of contexts, and are intended to demonstrate the abundance of options available that could ... -
Delivering the Green Economy Through Financial Policy: Technical Paper
(2014)The paper aims to provide a solid overview of the current status quo and to serve as a basis for discussion among regulators, financers and political decision makers on whether financial regulation should be used as an ... -
Environmental Education in the United Kingdom Universities and Polytechnics : A Compendium - Marc Report Number 8
(1978)This compendium is produced by the Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC) as a background to its programme on the development of education and training in environmental monitoring and assessment relevant to the ... -
Environmental Quality Standards - Compiled as a Supplement of the Assignment Report entitled Environmental Pollution Control Programme
(1981)These standards were obtained from various sources including thoses available at the UNEP Regional Office,, Bangkok, the Office of the National Environment Board of the Government of Thailand, etc. Sources of information ... -
Environmental Risk and Commercial Banks: Discussion Paper
(1994)The purpose of this discussion paper is to provide lenders -- particularly lenders that have recently begun to address environmental issues -- with a "snapshot" of some key issues. It begins with an overview of current and ... -
Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century – Final Report
(2019)This report describes how the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment practice and decision making is an increasingly standard part of the regulatory and legal requirements for ... -
From Evidence to Opportunity: State of the Environment for Northern Ireland 2013
(The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), 2013)From Evidence to Opportunity” is Northern Ireland’s second State of the Environment report. The first report “Our environment, our heritage, our future” was published in 2008 and presented baseline indicators across six ... -
ILAC Costa Rica
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)Observatorio del Desarrollo, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2005)El monitoreo del progreso en procura de las metas establecidas por la Iniciativa Latinoamericana y Caribeña para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ILAC), que se documenta en el presente informe, busca contribuir a hacer patente ... -
The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement: Eight Illustrative Case Studies
(2012)The SPP impact study is a joint project of UNEP and of the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on SPP. The study aims at demonstrating the benefits of sustainable public procurement on developing, developed and in transition ... -
Joint FAO/WHO Food and Animal Feed Contamination Monitoring Programme: Summary of Data Received from Collaborating Centres 1977 to 1980 Part A Countries
(1981)Residue data on several contaminants (organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, lead, cadmium, and aflatoxins) in selected foods were collected from designated Collaborating Centres in twenty countries during a preliminary or ... -
Leadership now: UK companies and the global environmental challenge
(CDP Worldwide, 2014)This report explores some of the key areas in which companies are addressing environmental issues, including those outlined in the AR5 -
Lower-GWP Alternatives in Commercial and Transport Refrigeration: An Expanded Compilation of Propane, CO2, Ammonia and HFO Case Studies
(2016)The present publication comprises an expanded and updated compilation of case studies on lower-GWP energy efficient alternatives and technologies in the commercial refrigeration as well as the transport refrigeration ... -
Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report, January
(The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)Central Statistics and Research Branch (CSRB), 2009)In January 2009 a new ‘Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report,’ was launched. This report follows on from ‘Our Environment, Our Heritage, Our Future: State of the Environment Report for Northern Ireland’ which ... -
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean
(2020)The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean Region, developed in partnership with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, reviews the status and trends in ocean governance in the Western Indian ...