Browsing UNEP Publications by Country/Region "Africa"
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Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention in the African Region - Regional Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are characterized by certain toxic properties which include resistance to degradation in the environment, bioaccumulation across food chains and long-range transportation though air, ... -
Ecosystem-based Adaptation - Stakeholder Dialogue Report
(2023-04)Ecosystem-based adaptation is an approach that uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change. For example, protecting coastal habitats like mangroves provides natural ... -
Food Waste Index Report 2024. Think Eat Save: Tracking Progress to Halve Global Food Waste
(2024-03)To galvanize the necessary action on food waste reduction to achieve SDG 12.3, it is crucial to understand how much food waste there is. Measuring food waste enables countries to understand the scale of the problem – and ... -
Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Action Plan for the Disposal of Polycholorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Southern Africa - Disposal of PCB oils contained in transformers and disposal of capacitors containing PCBs in Southern Africa (GEF Project 5532)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-08)The GEF project entitled “Disposal of PCB oils contained in transformers and disposal of capacitors containing PCBs in Southern Africa” aims to reduce environmental and human health risks from PCB releases in 12 countries: ... -
Inclusive Wealth Africa 2024: Moving beyond GDP
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-10)IWR Africa 2023 presents three key messages: • The renewable natural capital of African countries is in historic decline and there is no room for its mismanagement. A significant proportion of the African population relies ... -
Polychlorinated Biphenyls Phase-out Plan: Disposal of PCB Oils contained in Transformers and Disposal of Capacitors containing PCBs in Southern Africa (GEF Project 5532)
(2023-04)Towards meeting the Stockholm Convention obligations of (1) phasing out the use of PCB by 2025 and (2) making determined efforts designed to lead to ESM of waste liquid containing PCB and equipment contaminated with PCB ... -
Results of Air Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants - Sectoral Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)The Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) under the Stockholm Convention on POPs is a tool that collects information on POPs in the environment and in humans. The GMP is a key component of the effectiveness evaluation of the ... -
Results of Water Monitoring on Persistent Organic Pollutants - Sectoral Report
(2024-04)This report summarizes and assesses the results from four regional UNEP/GEF GMP2 projects coordinated and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to support implementation of the global monitoring ... -
Training Report: Capacity Building on POPs Monitoring in Biota and Abiotic Matrices in the Africa, Asia, Pacific and GRULAC Regions
(2024-09)Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to evaluate the effectiveness of the Convention, including a Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) to collect comparable and consistent data on ...
