Browsing Serials by SDGs "SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation"
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Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Emission Reduction Program for In-Use Diesel Vehicles
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2008)Air pollution in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) is 1.3-1.4 times higher than non-SMA regions in terms of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10). Vehicles are responsible for more than 65% of total PM10 ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)In the latter half of the 20th century, rapid industrialization and population growth aggravated environmental problems such as the depletion of resources, global warming, and destruction of the natural environment, giving ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Policies for Fuel Switching
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas have been indispensable commodities for the economy since long ago. Electricity, which is essential to daily life, is mostly generated from these fossil fuels. Fuels for automobiles ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Integrated Management System for Sewerage Facilities and BTL Project for Sewage Pipe in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2005)In last a few decades since 1960s, the economic growth and national development of Korea are rapidly achieved, however these have resulted in a number of environmental problems. For example, the high growth of industralization ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea’s National Green Growth Strategy and Environmental Policy
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2009)On August 15, 2008, during a presidential address to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea, Low-carbon Green Growth was declared as a national vision for the next 60 years. The Low-carbon ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Metal Waste Recycling Plans
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)It is expected that the amount of metal waste generation would be increased over time. Although precious metals and other nonferrous metals retrievable in metal wastes have huge economic value, such precious metals have ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Recyclable Resources Market in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)Lately, the optimized waste management system has moved into its stabilization phase, but the quantity of wastes continues to increase, thus accentuating the need to reinforce a policy for promoting the recycling of wastes. ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Volume-Based Waste Fee System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2003)In order to reduce waste generation at the source and maximize waste recycling, the Korean government introduced the Volume-Based Waste Fee (VBWF) system in 1995. In Korea, local municipalities have a responsibility to ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Water Quality Monitoring Using IT
(Ministry of Environment Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)The water quality monitoring systems based on Water Quality Tele-Monitoring System (Water TMS) and Internet Protocol-Ubiquitous Sensor Network (IP-USN) are the representative IT based water management systems in Korea. ... -
Lessons from UNEA -2: Ensure Broader, Deeper Engagement in a Focused UNEA -3: Voices from Civil Society - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 22
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-09)The second session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-2) took place in May 2016, as a true mult-stakeholder event, bringing together an unprecedented number of representatives from governments, civil society, ... -
Mangrove Forest Cover Fading Fast - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - August 2013
(2013)The uniquely adapted mangrove forests on the marine-terrestrial interface preserve coastline integrity by buffering wave energy from marine processes. The ecosystem services they provide and their support for coastal ... -
Municipal Solid Waste: Is it Garbage or Gold?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - October 2013
(2013)Waste management has become an issue of growing global concern as urban populations continue to increase and consumption patterns change. The health and environmental implications associated with garbage disposal are ... -
The Need for Numbers--Goals, Targets and Indicators for the Environment - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) March 2012
(2012-03)In the run-up to the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20), it has become increasingly clear that we need to put "sustainable development" into practice by setting time ... -
Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties for Rio+20 - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 3
(2012)The objective of initiating the Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties is to assist civil society actors to get organized, to generate a collective vision representative of the global people’s aspirations and wellbeing, and to ... -
Saving the Great Migrations: Declining Wildebeest in East Africa?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2013
(2013)This issue is about the great migrations of wildebeest in East Africa. -
SDG 6 Issue Brief: Ensuring Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all – con rms the importance of water and sanitation in the global political agenda. Building on the ... -
Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda: Why Environmental Sustainability and Gender Equality are so important to Reducing Poverty and Inequalities - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 17
(2015)On September 25th 2015, the Heads of States of the UN’s 193 member states adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and its 17 “Sustainable Development Goals. This is the result of two policy processes that ... -
Transnational Environmental Crime - A Common Crime in need of Better Enforcement: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - January 2013
(2013)Environmental crime typically refers to any breach of a national or international environmental law or convention that exists to ensure the conservation and sustainability of the world's environment. Five areas are considered ... -