Non-technical Handbooks, Guidelines, Manuals, Toolkits
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A Practical Guide to 1.5°C Scenarios for Financial Users: A deep-dive into the IPCC-assessed 1.5°C scenarios with no or limited overshoot [Coming Soon]
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2025-01)This report by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) serves as a practitioner’s guide to understanding the key attributes of IPCC-assessed scenario pathways that limit temperature rise to ... -
Guidebook on Mainstreaming Gender in the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-05)This Guidebook on Mainstreaming Gender in the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (hereinafter referred to as the guidebook) has been developed to help advance the agenda of gender equality and women’s empowerment under ... -
Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)This Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation report analyses the flow and scale of used heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from three major used HDVs ... -
Nature-based Infrastructure: How natural infrastructure solutions can address sustainable development challenges and the triple planetary crisis
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)This report analyzes the potential contribution of nature-based infrastructure (NbI) solutions to the SDGs, Paris Agreement, and Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It identifies five ‘functions’ through which nature can ... -
Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Ceiling Fans
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)Ceiling fans are a low-cost cooling option which enhance greater indoor comfort with a power consumption typically less than 90 watts compared to room AC systems which typically have a consumption of around 1500 watts. ... -
Model Quality and Performance Guidelines for Off-Grid Refrigerating Appliances
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)Refrigerating appliances are among the most desirable but expensive appliances that small enterprises and households aspire to own once electricity becomes available and incomes rise beyond subsistence. While research ... -
Environmental Data, Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals - The Case Study of Guyana
(2023-07)A healthy environment is a precondition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To be able to meet environmental objectives, Governments need accurate and reliable environmental data. In Guyana, UNEP worked with ... -
Environmental Data, Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals - The case study of Colombia
(2023-07)A healthy environment is a precondition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To be able to meet environmental objectives, Governments need accurate and reliable environmental data. In Colombia, the work was ... -
Environmental Data, Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals - The case study of Burkina Faso
(2023-07)A healthy environment is a precondition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To be able to meet environmental objectives, Governments need accurate and reliable environmental data. In Burkina Faso, UNEP worked ... -
Environmental Data, Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals - The Case Study of Bangladesh
(2023-07)A healthy environment is a precondition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To be able to meet environmental objectives, Governments need accurate and reliable environmental data. In Bangladesh, UNEP worked ... -
Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions - A Practical Toolbox User Guide
(United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme and Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2023-10)The “building circularity into NDCs” user guide and digital toolbox aim to support countries to assess, prioritize, implement and track circular economy interventions for increased ambition and implementation of their NDCs. ... -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Good Practices to Prevent Plastic Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas Region: Untia, Makassar, Indonesia - Women Empowerment - COBSEA Case Study Series
(2023-08)With support from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) piloted training and capacity building among low income women in Untia, Indonesia, in partnership ... -
COBSEA Ghost Gear Toolbox
(2023-08)The aim of the toolbox is to provide tools and guidance on environmentally sound and inclusive ghost gear prevention, mitigation, and management for the East Asian Seas region and share good practices for replication. The ... -
The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook - Shifting the narrative: A Guide to Aligning Fashion Communication to the 1.5-Degree Climate Target and Wider Sustainability Goals
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-06)The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook (short: the Playbook) aims to provide a shared vision, principles and guidance on how to align consumer-facing communication across the global fashion industry with sustainability ... -
Guide on Ambient Air Quality Legislation - Air Pollution Series
(2023-05)Embedding ambient air quality standards (AAQS) in legislation is an important foundation for effective national air quality governance. Legislation can establish institutional responsibility for air quality standards, set ... -
Driving Finance for Sustainable Food Systems: A Roadmap to Implementation for Financial Institutions and Policy Makers
(2023-04)Food systems play a central role in all societies and are fundamental to sustainable development. Sustainable food systems (SFS) are vital to addressing issues of food security, social equity, poverty alleviation and healthy ...
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