Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Country/Region "United States of America"
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2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement
(2017)The 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement provides an up-to-date overview of the scale and type of sustainable procurement activities undertaken worldwide in the past three years. It addresses a longstanding ... -
Cleaner Production Worldwide
(1995)This booklet aims to show through examples that by applying cleaner production, industry and consumers anywhere in the world can gain environmental benefits while reducing costs. The purpose of this booklet is to illustrate ... -
Climate Crisis: The Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies
(1987)Report based on the workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies, 11-13 November 1985, Lugano, Switzerland, organized and financed by the United Nations Environment ... -
The Emissions Gap Report 2017: A UN Environment Synthesis Report
(2017)The eighth UN Environment Emissions Gap Report provides an up-to-date scientific assessment of the global progress towards the emissions reductions required to be on track to meet the long-term goal of the United Nations ... -
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for North America
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for North America paints a comprehensive picture of the environmental factors contributing to human health and well-being at the regional level. Backed by a ... -
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Assessment Report for the UNEP International Resource Panel
(2016)This report finds that global material use has tripled over the past four decades, with annual global extraction of materials growing from 22 billion tonnes (1970) to 70 billion tonnes (2010). It also provides a new material ... -
Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all. -
Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative - Apex Report
(2023)Mayors of cities and towns along the Mississippi River made a commitment to reduce plastic waste in the Mississippi River Valley in September 2018. Under the leadership of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative ... -
Used Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles - Flow, Scale and Regulation
(2020)This report is a first attempt at gathering, analysing, and presenting an overview of the global trade in used vehicles for the purpose of environmental policymaking. This includes information on the supply chains, scale ... -
World heritage and tourism in a changing climate
(United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2016)This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism. It also examines the close relationship between ...
