Browsing UNEP Publications by Country/Region "Asia and the Pacific"
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2050 Electronic and Electrical Waste Outlook in West Asia
(2023-03)This Outlook provides projections for e-waste generation and challenges of managing e-waste in an economically diverse West Asia region. It also provides a stepwise approach for countries to manage e-waste in an environmentally ... -
Clean Air and Climate Solutions for ASEAN
(2025-03)Air pollution is a critical environmental challenge in Southeast Asia, affecting millions of lives. This report outlines a strategic approach to improving air quality while also combatting climate change in the ASEAN region. ... -
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 ... -
Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention in the Asian 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, ... -
Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention in the Pacific Islands Region - Regional Report
(2024-04)This report addresses activities and results in support of the global monitoring plan (GMP) as stipulated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and coordinated by the United Nations Environment ... -
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 ... -
Environmental Rule of Law and Human Rights in Asia Pacific: Supporting the Protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders - Working Paper
(2023-02)This Working Paper presents trends in the application of the environmental rule of law and human rights in Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on the protection of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs). This Working ... -
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 ... -
Resilience for All: Enabling Transformative Implementation - 8th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum: Summary Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)Over the past two decades, Resilience has served as a unifying theme for the APAN Forums. The past years have seen significant efforts towards generating knowledge and information on climate change adaptation at the global ... -
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 ... -
Sustainable Digitalization and the Triple Planetary Crisis in West Asia
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-07)There are three key environmental crises that are uniquely challenging for the West Asia region, these are the climate change crisis, the pollution, and waste crisis, and the biodiversity loss crisis. Digitalization will ... -
Training Package for Mercury Flow Analysis to Identify and Monitor National Mercury Situation in its Entire Life Cycle - Users' Manual Ver. 1.1
(United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 2023-04)The ‘Training package for mercury flow analysis to identify and monitor national mercury situation in its entire life cycle’ addresses the economic activities, such as mercury trade, production, use (sales), and manufacturing, ... -
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 ... -
Transboundary landscape management tools and key strategies in the Lancang-Mekong region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)This report aims to collect, analyse and disseminate the knowledge base for practitioners and policymakers on tools, key strategies and good practices on integrated ecosystem management in connection with livelihoods in ... -
Trends and Outlook of Natural Resource Use in West Asia
(2023-06)This piece of work is framed by the set of initiatives rolled out by the Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) in West Asia to enhance the knowledge and capacity of policymakers. It is the first ...
