Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Topic "Resource Efficiency"
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2019 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emissions, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2019)The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and ... -
Assessing Mineral Resources in Society: Metal Stocks & Recycling Rates
(2011)This booklet summarizes the first two reports of the Global Metals Flows Group - Metal Stocks in Society: Scientific Synthesis and The Recycling Rates of Metals: A Status Report. UNEP's International Resource Panel for ... -
The Clean Energy Voyage 2: Closer to the Destination
(2015)From dirty to clean, from finite to renewable and from costly to profitable: the stakes are high, but people are inspired and clean energy is an idea whose time has come. As the world prepares to reach a historic agreement ... -
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus on Africa and Sustainable Cities
(2011)Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political ambition remains firmly in place and may be widening. ... -
Decoupling 2: Technologies, Opportunities and Policy Options - Summary for Policy Makers
(2014)The report highlights existing technological possibilities, for developing and developed countries, and their economic advantages. It shows that there is growing evidence that decoupling will be one of the next big ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2020
(2020-11)As in previous years, this report assesses the gap between estimated future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if countries implement their climate mitigation pledges and the global emission levels from least-cost ... -
Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation: The Case of the Eastern Caspian Region
(2008)In the past, the notion of security was pri- marily conceived in terms of neutralizing military threats to the territorial integrity and political independence of a state. However, in recent decades, it has been considerably ... -
Europe’s Environment: The Seventh Pan-European Environmental Assessment
(2022-10)The seventh pan-European environmental assessment gives an insight into the progress achieved in environmental protection, a cornerstone of life and human health, but also highlights the numerous challenges that need to ... -
GEO-6 Key Messages
(2019-07)As an outcome of the negotiation meeting of the summary for policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook, held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 January 2019, the Bureau of the meeting was requested to finalize a “key ... -
Guidance on Organizational Life Cycle Assessment
(2015)This report, Guidance on Organizational Life Cycle Assessment, is a milestone in measuring and improving environmental impacts and efficient use of resources at the organization level. It goes beyond assessing individual ... -
Measuring the Performance of Green Economic Development in the Republic of Moldova: National Report based on the OECD set of Green Growth Indicators
(2017)The green growth concept has been promoted in the Republic of Moldova as a model of social and economic development for economic growth, improved human well-being and social equity. Its goal is to achieve a low-carbon, ... -
Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
(United Nations, 2008)This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint Capacity-Building Task Force on Trade, ... -
Pachamama: Our Earth, Our Future. By young people of the world - Based on GEO-2000 - the Global Environment Outlook Report of the United Nations Environment Programme
(1999)This book is a perfect introduction for young people to the environmental challenges that await us in the 21st century. Based on the United Nations Environment Programme's authoritative Global Environment Outlook, it ... -
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future
(2020)This report addresses the opportunities for material efficiency in homes and cars of the G7, with results also shown for China and India. We chose to focus the assessment on specific, widely used products because only a ... -
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future - Implications for Business Leaders in Housing and Mobility
(2020)This document highlights and contextualizes findings from the International Resource Panel report Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future. It provides a starting point ... -
State of Biodiversity in West Asia: A Mid-Term Review of Progress Towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
(2016)This report draws on a set of regional indicators, information from fifth national reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), other government reports, case studies and published literature, to provide a ... -
The State of the World’s Forests 2020: Forests, Biodiversity and People
(2020)This edition of SOFO examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage them, to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. It assesses progress to date in meeting global targets and ... -
Tackling Global Challenges through Triangular Cooperation: Achieving Sustainable Development and Eradicating Poverty through the Green Economy
(JICA-RI, 2013)This two-part volume is the joint work of an international team of experts and contains essays on triangular cooperation. -
UNEP in 2021: Planetary Action: Climate, Nature, Chemicals & Pollution [Annual Report]
(2022-01)2021 was a year in which environmental issues reached an unprecedented prominence on the global stage. The eyes of the world focused on the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. While ...
