UNEP Publications Pre-2023: Recent submissions
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Net Zero Carbon Scenarios for the Energy Sector in West Asia
(2022-11)Achieving the net-zero emissions target as a global pathway entails a complete decarbonization of the energy sector by the middle of the century, implying that fossil fuels will play a limited role in future. West Asian ... -
2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero‑emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
(2022-11)Decarbonizing the buildings sector by 2050 is critical to delivering these emission cuts – and to addressing the wider triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. ... -
Making Good on the Glasgow Climate Pact: A Call to Action to Achieve One Gigaton of Emissions Reductions from Forests by 2025
(2022-11)The Glasgow commitments build upon numerous existing international initiatives on nature and climate. The Bonn Challenge and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which aim to accelerate action for restoration ... -
Mercury from Oil and Gas - UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Study Report
(2022-11)The report, aims to present a compilation of available knowledge on the life cycle of mercury in crude oil and natural gas, to better understand the behaviour and emission and release pathways of mercury, particularly ... -
Global Methane Assessment: 2030 Baseline Report
(2022-11)This report is a product of the Global Methane Assessment (GMA) that details projections of anthropogenic methane emissions through 2030 under various baseline scenarios and assesses the climate benefits of achieving the ... -
Online Annexes – Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk
(2022-11)These annexes include: Annex 2.A: Data sources used to assess the status of national adaptation planning worldwide and the presence of quantified targets; Annex 2.B: Examples of quantified targets; Annex 2.C: Inclusiveness; ... -
Sports for Nature: Setting a Baseline – Handbook
(2022-11)The handbook demonstrates how sport has the potential to be a critical partner for change. It highlights the urgency and dependency of sport on nature, demonstrating the opportunities already underway – with guidance and ... -
Gender Mainstreaming in the Montreal Protocol: Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2022-11)Taking into account that women and girls constitute half of the world’s population and, therefore, represent half of the potential and innovation necessary to face the “triple planetary crisis” — climate change, nature and ... -
Air Quality in Bishkek: Assessment of Emission Sources and Road map for Supporting Air Quality Management
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)This report focuses on presenting the scientific background of air quality in Bishkek based on data analysis of available air quality monitoring data from Bishkek, and using this evidence base, presents a roadmap including ... -
Executive Summary — Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk
(2022-11)The report finds that global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation are increasing incrementally. However, they are not keeping pace with increasing climate risks. Yes, over 80 per cent of countries ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow - Climate Adaptation Failure Puts World at Risk
(2022-11)Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity, The international community must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a transformation of energy, industry, transport, food systems, financial systems ... -
Global Goal on Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #6
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-11)Successful adaptation results in increased resilience and adaptive capacity and reduced vulnerability in the context of a changing climate. Article 7.1 of the Paris Agreement established a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) ... -
Executive Summary — Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(2022-10)This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is testimony to inadequate action on the global climate crisis, and is a call for the rapid transformation of societies. Since the twenty-sixth United Nations Climate ... -
Is Natural Gas a Good Investment for Latin America and the Caribbean? From Economic to Employment and Climate Impacts of the Power Sector
(2022-10)This report reveals that an expansion of renewable energy in the power sector in Latin America and the Caribbean instead of continuing a fossil fuel path, including natural gas, would be by far the best choice. The region ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window - Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(2022-10)This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is a testimony to inaction on the global climate crisis. In just eight years, global GHG emissions must be reduced by 30 to 45 per cent compared to where they are headed ... -
COVID-19: A Warning - Addressing Environmental Threats and the Risk of Future Pandemics in Asia and the Pacific
(2022-10)This scientific review begins with the history of humans and zoonoses and provides clarity on the issues of zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases. It then presents the seven anthropogenic drivers of zoonotic disease ... -
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report
(2022-10)Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to tackle climate change in the short-term, as it remains in the atmosphere for far fewer years than carbon dioxide. It is for this reason that many nations have joined a global ... -
One Health Joint Action Plan of Action (2022-2026): Working together for the Health of Humans, Animals, Plants and the Environment
(2022-10)The scope of the OH JPA is guided by the imperative for an inclusive One Health approach to addressing the health threats of humans, animals and plants in an integrated manner, while promoting environment and biodiversity ... -
Communication to Combat Forest Crime in the Lower Mekong and in China: A Handbook Based on the Findings of the Knowledge, Attitude, Practices Survey on Illegal Logging and Illegal Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong and in China
(2022-10)The Lower Mekong region is rich in biodiversity and forests that are vital for carbon storage. But illegal logging and illegal trade worth billions of dollars each year are causing extensive deforestation and harm to its ... -
Nature-based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up
(2022-10)This report aims to inform NbS-related initiatives and discussions on NbS at global, regional, and national levels, with a focus on how NbS can be scaled up to more effectively address social, economic, and environmental ...
