Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Country/Region "United States of America"
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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. -
Adapting to Climate Change in the Pacific: the PACC Programme
The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme began in 2009 a s a regional response to the climate change threat.It is currently the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the region, with activities ... -
Addressing the Used Vehicles Market: Potential Strategies for Importing and Exporting Countries to Improve Safety, Fuel Economy and Emissions Impacts - A Report of the Used Vehicles Working Group of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)
(2019)This report is prepared by a Working Group of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles and seeks to provide a menu of potential strategies that importing and exporting countries may use to regulate cleaner and safer ... -
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development in the United States of America . Inquiry Working Paper 16/100
(2016-01)This working paper identifies the implications of time for investment in sustainability for both the public and the private sectors. It also explores the issue of the interplay between public benefits and investment decisions ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Case Studies on Tailings Management
(1998)With the cooperation of a large number of experts, ICME has compiled this collection of case studies of tailings management practices in operations in many parts of the world. The first section provides the reader with an ... -
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 ... -
Compendium of Technologies for the Recovery of Materials / Energy from End of Life (EoL) Tyres - Final Report
(2016)This compendium describes, the environmental soundly way to recover materials and energy from waste tyres. General and specific technologies for the recovery of materials/energy from waste tyres are introduced to the target ... -
Compendium of Technologies for the Recovery of Materials from WEEE / E-waste
(2017)This compendium describes information on commercially available or near commercially available technologies and associated techniques for resource recovery from WEEE/e-waste and subsequent treatment of residual wastes. The ... -
Economic Impact of the Effects of Pollution on the Coastal Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regions of the United States of America - FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.172
(1977)This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of impact were considered: production of oil and ... -
The Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Case Study and Exercise Source Book
(Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction and Center for Natural Resources and Development, 2014-05)This ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) case study booklet is designed as a guided learning resource and supports a problem-based learning approach. The booklet enables masters ... -
Environmental and Safety Incidents concerning Tailings Dams at Mines: Results of a Survey for the Years 1980-1996
(1996)This study aims to identify and to annotate major incidents involving mine tailings dams since 1980. Although mining in some form takes place in almost every country, it was not feasible, within the time constraints of 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 ... -
Exposure Monitoring of Nitrogen Dioxide: An International Pilot Study Within the WHO/UNEP Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) Programme
(1991)The UNEP/WHO Human Exposure Assessment Locations (HEAL) project was developed as part of the WHO Health-Related Monitoring Programme, which was started in 1973 and originally comprised urban air monitoring, water quality ... -
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 ... -
Financial System Impact of Disruptive Innovation
This report examines disruptive innovations and their implications for the design of a green and inclusive financial system – innovations driven by top-down, centralised innovation in policy and regulation or by bottom-up, ... -
A Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management Volume 3: Case Studies
(2018)This volume illustrates various case studies from around the world, detailing how steps from the Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management have been incorporated in freshwater ecosystem initiatives. It is intended to ...