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Huge Iceberg Breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) December 2010
(2010-12)Glaciers are naturally dynamic, slowly changing in shape and size as they move. When a glacier enters the sea, new icebergs form as pieces break off, or calve, from the glacier. How much calving occurs depends on the ... -
Human health and the environment : UNEP Post 2015 Note 3
(2014)Ensuring a clean and healthy environment, through effective environmental management, will provide multiple benefits to society and the economy. -
Human Induced Harmful Algal Blooms - Environment Alert Bulletin 12
(2008-05)The occurrence of coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs) over the last several decades has become a worldwide environmental concern. Some of these HABs are caused by anthropogenic nutrient pollution and can harm whole marine ... -
Illegal Oil Discharge in European Seas - Environment Alert Bulletin 7
(2006-02)One-third of global marine oil transportation passes through European waters. Not only oil tankers, but various other cargo ships pose a constant threat of small to medium-scale oil pollution from illegal dumping of oily ... -
Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances: Is there a hole in the Montreal Protocol? - OzonAction Newsletter Special Supplement Number 6
(2001-09)This special supplement to the OzonAction Newsletter was assembled to provide information and assistance, particularly to developing nations, to help win the battle against illegal ODS trade. Through unified international ... -
Impacts of Summer 2003 Heat Wave in Europe - Environment Alert Bulletin 2
(2003-03)The extreme drought and heat wave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003 had enormous adverse social, economic and environmental effects, such as the death of thousands of vulnerable elderly people, the destruction of large ... -
Implementing Principle 10 and the Bali Guidelines in Africa - UNEP Perspectives No. 16
(2015)This paper on the Rio Principle 10 and the Guidelines on the Development of National Legislation, Access to Information and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (hereafter referred to as the Bali Guidelines) describes ... -
Integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development : How to achieve a balanced, ambitious and inclusive framework : UNEP Post 2015 Note 1
(2014)Growth and prosperity are being achieved at the expense of the planet’s life support systems, and at the expense of greater inequality. Disasters are reversing development gains. The three dimensions of sustainable development ... -
Integration and universality key to post-2015 sustainable agenda : UNEP Post 2015 Note 8
An unprecedented series of decisions by governments since the 2012 Rio+20 conference has yielded progress towards a universal commitment to achieve sustainable development. The year 2015 will see additional efforts to ... -
It is Time for Biodiversity - Faith for Earth Newsletter 21 June 2022
(2022-06-21)An overview of faith-based engagement at the fourth meeting of the open-ended working group on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention for Biological Diversity. -
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment--From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012) - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) May 2012
(2012-05)In 1992, the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, was convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to address the state of the environment and sustainable development. ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Allbaro (Online Waste Disposal Verification System)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2008)In 1999, the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) introduced a waste disposal verification system to prevent illegal waste disposal. When the system was first introduced, paper vouchers were used. The system allowed ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Asbestos Damage Relief System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)Use of asbestos and products containing asbestos is banned in Korea because it was scientifically proven to cause malignant diseases such as cancer. But asbestos-related diseases have been found to occur among ordinary ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)After the recognition of national ownership of biological resources pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), competition between nations has been intensifying to acquire biological resources. The Korean ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Development of Experts in the Water Sector through the Integrated Operation of the Local Water Supply and Sanitation System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)The Korean government finalized the water industry development plan (Feb. 2006) focusing on restructuring and building up the competitiveness of the water and sanitation sector and developing the water industry to transform ... -
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 - Environmental Technology Development and Distribution Policies
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2005)In the Korean Act on Environmental Technology Development and Support in Korea, environmental technology is defined as \"technology necessary for preserving and managing the environment including the enhancement of ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Establishment of the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2008)Ministry of Environment (MOE) opened the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) to support the sound management and conservation of biological resources and to train new taxonomists. The institute currently ...
