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Transboundary lakes and reservoirs: Status and future trends - Volume 2: Lake basins and reservoirs
(2016)
This document - volume 2 summary for policy makers - highlights the main findings a global baseline assessment of 204 transboundary lake and reservoirs, including delineation of their basins, and identifies 53 threats to ...
Assessing Mineral Resources in Society: Metal recycling - Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure - Summary
(2013)
A Product-Centric approach is necessary to promote metals recycling in the 21st century. This means the application of economically viable technology and methods throughout the recovery chain to extract metals from the ...
The open ocean: Status and trends volume 5 - Summary for policy makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
The Open Ocean Assessment provides a baseline review of issues linking human well-being with the status of the open ocean through the themes of governance, climate change, ocean ecosystems, fisheries, pollution, and ...
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ can Support a Green Economy: Summary for Policy Makers
(UNEP, 2014)
This summary report highlights key findings from the report of the international resource panel: building natural capital: How REDD+ can support a Green Economy. It should be read in conjunction with the full report.
Food Systems and Natural Resources: Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)
The IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart ...
Effectiveness of Policy Interventions relating to the Illegal and Unsustainable Wildlife Trade - Policy Brief
(2019)
The Policy brief summarizes the findings of an investigation into the effectiveness of policy interventions addressing illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade, including legislative and enforcement measures, measures to ...
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 ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2017 - Executive Summary
(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 ...
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018 - Executive Summary
(2018)
The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ...
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Summary for Policymakers
(2016)
Growing concern about assuring affordable, equitable and environmentally sustainable access to natural resources is well founded. Global use of natural resources has accelerated during the past decade and emissions and ...