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Moving towards a climate neutral UN
(2011)
In October 2007 the UN Chief Executives Board approved the UN Climate Neutral Strategy, which committed all UN agencies, funds and programmes to move towards climate neutrality within the wider context of greening the UN. ...
UNEP 2011 annual report
(UNEP, 2012)
2011 proved a landmark year in which many of the transformational reforms, launched in 2008, really began to bear fruit in terms of a transition to a results-based, more effective and more responsive UNEP. This is a ...
Protecting arctic biodiversity: limitations and strengths of environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2010)
The Arctic region is characterized by some of the largest continuous intact ecosystems on the planet, but is facing increasingly larger threats. These threats include the full range of stressors known from other parts of ...
Youthxchange climate change and lifestyles guidebook
(UNEP, 2011)
The YouthXchange guidebook on climate change and lifestyles is the first in a series of thematic guidebooks supporting the YouthXchange Initiative. The thematic guidebooks take into account challenges, opportunities, good ...
Livelihood security: Climate Change, Conflict and Migration in the Sahel
(2011)
The Sahelian countries (CILSS) are among the poorest countries in the world with the most degraded environments. They are also among the countries that are the most vulnerable to the estimated effects of climate change. ...
Guidebook On National Legislation For Adaptation To Climate Change
(2011)
This Guidebook, which is based on the outcome of a UNEP pilot project that was carried out in three South East Asian countries in 2009-2010 - Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam - is intended to serve as a tool to help decision-makers ...
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for Latin America and the Caribbean
(2016)
This regional Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report,the fourth for Latin America and the Caribbean (with theprevious GEO regional assessment for LAC published in2010), places emphasis on identifying some of the mostworrying ...
Sustainable Consumption and Production: a Handbook for Policymakers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This Handbook is an output of UNEP’s work towards the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). This global edition is based on a pilot edition for Asia and the ...
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific paints a comprehensive picture of the environmental factors contributing to human health and well-being at the regional level. Backed ...
Sahel atlas of changing landscapes: tracing trends and variations in vegetation cover and soil condition
(UNEP, 2012)
This atlas aims to illustrate a rigorous scientific basis for understanding processes of landscape change in the Sahel and describes landscapes climate vegetation and trends in vegetation and soil health. The atlas provides ...