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Using Global Biodiversity Indicators and Underlying Data to Support NBSAP Development and National Reporting: Roadmap to Support NBSAP Practitioners
(2015)
The main objective of this Roadmap is to provide support and guidance to national biodiversity practitioners in the use of the global indicators and/or their underlying datasets in the development and implementation of ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015: A UNEP Synthesis Report [Advance Copy]
(2015)
This sixth UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides a scientific assessment of the mitigation contributions from the submitted INDCs. As in the previous reports, it then compares the resulting emission levels in 2030 with what ...
Strategic Action Programme to Address Pollution from Land Based Activities (SAP-MED) and Related National Action Plans (NAP): Implementation Status 2000–2015
(2015)
This report summarizes the progress achieved on SAP-MED and NAP implementation, including identification of remaining challenges. It highlights several gaps related to the implementation of the NAPs, increasing trends of ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015 – Executive Summary
(2015)
The year 2015 has the potential to become a turning point in global efforts to transform the prevailing social and economic development paradigm into a more sustainable one. The global community reached agreement in September ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities: Stories of Change
(Rhodes University Environmental Learning Research Centre, Grahamstown, 2015)
Manual of Marine and Coastal Datasets of Biodiversity Importance: An Introduction to Key Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Datasets
(ISBN: 978-92-807-3500-0, 2015)
Knowledge of marine and coastal datasets tends to be fragmented and/or difficult to access for the non-expert or ad hoc data user. To address this lack of information, this document provides an overview of global marine ...
UNEP-WCMC annual report 2015: Report on achievements for the year 2015;Putting biodiversity at the heart of decision-making
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2015)
UNEP-WCMC annual report. Since the late twentieth century, the global community has profoundly changed its understanding of environmental sustainability. From initial acknowledgement that biodiversity could be lost, we ...
Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal
(2015)
The Practical Sourcebook aims to enhance the capacity of governments and other relevant stakeholders to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner.
UNEP guidance: On the development of legal and institutional infrastructures and measures for recovering costs of national administration for sound management of chemicals
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
The design and implementation of comprehensive and coherent legal frameworks and related institutional arrangements for management of chemicals, including sustainable financing options is a cornerstone in achieving the ...
The role of forests in a green economy transformation in Africa
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2015)
This report explores the role of forests in a green economy transformation in Africa. Its aim is to present policymakers with a strong rationale for linking forests and REDD+ planning with green economy planning and ...