UNEP Publications: Recent submissions
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Global Monitoring Plan on POPs: Sustainability analysis - Synthesis Report (Coming soon)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)The Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a framework that enables collection of comparable monitoring data from all regions of the world to evaluate the ... -
Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)This Assessment presents an updated emissions budget, new projections of ozone, climate and air quality impacts under different scenarios, and the most recent evaluations of effectiveness and costs of abatement measures ... -
Caspian Sea Fluctuations and Climate Change: Coordinated research is needed to understand how climate change is impacting Caspian Sea levels - Working paper
The Caspian Sea’s water levels are declining. While the science of Caspian Sea fluctuations is complex, there is growing evidence that substantial further declines will occur in the next 50 years, with impacts on the ... -
Knowledge Gaps and Policy Needs to Tackle Loss and Damage - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #8
(2024-11)This Policy Brief contributes to the goal of operationalizing loss and damage solutions and guiding global policies on the issues by identifying potential areas where science can readily support loss and damage solutions. ... -
An Eye on Methane 2024 - Invisible but not unseen: How data-driven tools can turn the tide on methane emissions – if we use them
(2024-11)This publication takes stock of the progress made to harness a methane data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction at a global scale. It finds that engagement with the systems built to reduce emissions has not ... -
Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water - As fires and floods hit the poor hardest, it is time for the world to step up adaptation actions
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)The Adaptation Gap Report (AGR) series provides an annual assessment on progress in adaptation planning, implementation and finance to inform key processes, notably under the UNFCCC. In line with this, the AGR 2024 continues ... -
Caucasus Environment Outlook - Second edition
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)The second edition of the Caucasus Environment Outlook (CEO-2) emphasizes in its nine chapters the importance of regional environmental monitoring through a participatory and consultative approach. It explores the latest ... -
A Policymakers’ guide to Life Cycle Assessment - Policy Brief (Coming soon)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)This policy brief focuses on the application of generic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to inform problem and policy framing. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines a life cycle as “consecutive ... -
From Grey to Green: Better Data to Finance Nature in Cities - State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2024
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)The State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2024 report: From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, highlights the need for better data and tools to help cities integrate Nature based Solutions (NbS) into ... -
Latest News from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership - October 2024
(2024-10)Through this edition, find out more about latest international conferences, workshops and webinars, including partnership areas meetings, as well as the recent planetGOLD Global Forum, as well as the sixteenth International ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! is the 15th edition in a series that brings together many of the world’s top climate scientists to look at future trends in greenhouse gas emissions and provide ... -
Institutional Capacity Needs Assessment towards Strengthening Sustainable Ocean Governance in Ghana
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)The main objective of the Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) are as follows: • To identify the key capacity needs of the Environment Directorate in the MESTI, EPA and LUSPA in carrying out their relevant mandates. • To provide ... -
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 ... -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) end-to-end: The Environmental Impact of the Full AI Lifecycle Needs to be Comprehensively Assessed - Issue Note
(2024-09)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United ... -
Driving policy change towards sustainable urban food systems: Upscaling Urban and Peri-urban agriculture in Brazil
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)TEEB AgriFood Brazil aims to inform decision-making processes by assessing and developing pathways for scaling up sustainable agriculture within and around cities. To bridge this gap, it is crucial to identify and analyze ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector in Thailand
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)The TEEB AgriFood analysis focusses on five key rice management practices that promote sustainability were selected to represent the essential compliance requirements of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard (SRP ... -
Vehicle tyre particles in the environment - Foresight Brief No. 034 September 2024
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)Tyre-wear particles are one of the most abundant types of primary microplastics discharged into the environment. During their degradation in the environment, various tyre components are released, including some chemicals ... -
Applying TEEB for Agriculture and Food to Inform Food System Policy: Modeling Guidance and Case Studies
(2024-09)This guide is a ‘how-to’ guide and proof of concept, i.e., (i) how to formulate the policy scenarios that TEEB Agrifood is applied to, (ii) what data, methods and disciplinary expertise are required, (iii) what is the ... -
Progress on Water-related Ecosystems: Mid-term Status of SDG Indicator 6.6.1 and Acceleration Needs with a Special Focus on Biodiversity
(2024-08)This report shines a light on the state of freshwater ecosystems today. Through EO data we can observe when and where ecosystems are degraded and although no comprehensive suite of data exist for each and every ecosystem ... -
Progress on Ambient Water Quality: Mid-term Status of SDG Indicator 6.3.2 and Acceleration Needs, with a Special Focus on Health
(2024-08)This report presents the latest results and findings from the 2023 data drive for SDG Indicator 6.3.2 on ambient water quality, and provides key messages on water quality monitoring and assessment and highlights acceleration ...
