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Animal Genetic Resources Information No. 4
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Are you Engaged in Stockholm+50 - Faith for Earth Newsletter 22 March 2022
(2022-03)Happy World Water Day. The world's religions and spiritual traditions unanimously acknowledge water as a source of life. Each respects water as a blessing and a gift from (the) God(s), honour its sacred origin, and ... -
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At the Post-2015 Sustainability Crossroads: Too Vital to Fail, Avoiding Too Complicated To Succeed: Business Perspectives and Priorities - UNEP Perspectives No. 15
(2014)This paper will provide business perspectives on the convergence of the UN Post- 2015 Development Agenda, the UN climate change negotiations and UNEP’s strengthened role as the central UN environmental agency. -
Athabasca Oil Sands, Require Massive Investments and Energy and Produce Massive Amounts of Oil and CO2 — Alberta, Canada - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) January 2011
(2011-01)The Athabasca Oil Sands region of Alberta, Canada forms the second-largest deposit of recoverable oil in the world after Saudi Arabia (Whitfield and others 2010). The energy and environmental costs of extracting oil from ... -
Bagmati Zone, Nepal: Maps and Graphics – GRID Case Study Series No. 6
(1992)Nepal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities have been conducted to demonstrate the use of Geographic Information System technology for the planning process in Nepal and establish GIS capabilities at ICIMOD. -
Balancing economic development and protecting the cradle of mankind - Lake Turkana basin: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - June 2013
(2013)A number of transboundary water agreements exist in Africa. However, many of these agreements are limited to larger basins such as the Nile, Niger, Senegal or Volta. There are very few international river basin agreements ... -
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Building Back Greener in the Post-COVID-19 Era - Perspective Issue 42
(2023-01)In this paper, the Green Economy Coalition pulls together recommendations and findings from our green recovery work during COVID and examines what insights from around the world can be applied to the current multiple ... -
Building the Big Picture for a Green Economy - UNEP Perspectives No. 9
(2013)This is the story of building a practical vision for the future, one that is described by a common language and defined by a shared set of priorities. That vision is for a green, fair economy that helps to lift people out ... -
Caulerpa Taxifolia, a Growing Menace for the Temperate Marine Environment - Environment Alert Bulletin 1
(2004-01)For the first time in history, a genetically altered seaweed is colonising very large areas of the marine environment in an uncontrollable way. The green alga, mutated by exposure to chemicals and ultraviolet light, has ... -
Citizens’ Advisory Councils to Enhance Civil Society Oversight of Resource Industries - UNEP Perspectives No. 10
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)The establishment of Citizens’ Advisory Councils is fundamental to industry’s “social license to operate,” genuine corporate social responsibility, citizen empowerment, environmental justice, government legitimacy, and ... -
Climate change and sustainable development: views from the South
(UNEP, 2002)Kyoto protocol was always an imperfect and has been made all the more imperfect by the fact that world's largest polluter has decided to stay out of the consensus and those who have joined demanded and received changes ... -
Coastal Degradation Leaves the Caribbean in Troubled Waters - Environment Alert Bulletin 11
(2008-02)Recent assessments in the Caribbean indicate that suspended solids in the coastal and marine environment are already leading to severe environmental impacts in the region(a). Key economic sectors are threatened by sedimentation ... -
Cooling Keeps Food Fresh: World Refrigeration Day, 26 June 2022 - OzoNews Volume XXII
(2022-06-26)Cooling Keeps Food Fresh is a global campaign launched by The United Nations Environment Programme, OzonAction, Chefs4thePlanet, and Global Food Cold Chain Council, to celebrate World Refrigeration Day, June 26. The campaign ... -
Cyclone Phailin in India: Early Warning and Timely Actions Saved Lives: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2013
(2013)This issue focuses on the lessons learned from Cyclone Phailin and how they can be applied to other disasters such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan. -
The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2011
(2011-08)A few decades ago, it was said that the debate on nuclear power had "reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies" (Kitschelt 1986). However, the controversy over nuclear power has resurfaced ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 12, 1985
(1985)Desertification Control is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and to present ...
