Browsing Serials by Topic "Resource Efficiency"
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Amazonian Deforestation Slowing but May Already be at a Tipping Point Mato Grosso, Brazil - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) 2011
(2011)At the beginning of the 20th century, roughly 80 percent of the 5 million km2 "Legal Amazon" region of Brazil was forested (Kirby and others 2006). Highways built in the 1950s and 1960s, along with government incentives ... -
Desertification Control Number 8, June 1983
(1983)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 ... -
GEO Matters - June 2020
(2020)The Act #ForNature Global Online Forum took place on 7-10 June 2020. This forum brought together citizens, government and non-governmental organizations, businesses and scientific institutions from around the globe to ... -
GEO Matters August 2021
(31/08/2021)The still unfolding effects of the COVID-19 global health pandemic has presented humankind with new challenges, emphasized fundamental truths and enhanced need for critical review of human interaction with nature. For ... -
GEO Matters January 2020
(2020-01)2019 was a flagship year for UNEP’s flagship environmental assessment, the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6). After nearly 2 ½ years of working with more than 150 authors, 25 governments and 25 expert scientists, ... -
GEO Matters November - December 2021
(2021-12)The GEO for Business Brief titled ‘Future-proofing infrastructure for climate resilience’ published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to better inform, engage and stimulate positive action from business ... -
GEO Matters September 2019
(2019-09)The Inception Meeting of the Advisory Committee for GEO for Business was held in Paris, France on 24 September 2019 at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The meeting’s objective was to approve ... -
GEO Matters September 2021
(2021-09)The third Business Brief entitled The Role of Business in Transforming Food Systems was launched virtually through a LinkedIn live event and zoom webinar on 16 September 2021 with the support of UNEP-WCMC and the UNEP ... -
One Planet, How Many People? A Review of Earth’s Carrying Capacity - A Discussion Paper for the Year of RIO+20 - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) June 2012
(2012-06)It is estimated that global population reached seven billion in late 2011 or early 2012. As global population has doubled since the 1960s, per capita GDP has grown to more than ten times what it was then. The human impact ... -
SDG 12 Issue Brief: Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
(2018)Sustainable Development Goal 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns promotes increased human well-being while decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation. -
UNEP Publications July-December 2021
(2022-02)This is a compilation featuring a selection of publications and reports produced by UNEP from July to December 2021.
