UNEP Publications: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Strengthening Environmental Management and Reducing Pollution Risks from the Oil and Gas Sector in Uganda
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)In 2017, UNEP undertook an institutional capacity needs assessment (CNA) to evaluate environmental governance and management within the oil and gas sector in Uganda and developed a draft CNA report. An update to this ... -
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 ... -
Global Bioeconomy Assessment: Coordinated Efforts of Policy, Innovation, and Sustainability for a Greener Future
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)The bioeconomy, also known as the bio-based economy, refers to the economic activity involving the use of biotechnology and biomass in producing goods, services or energy. It aims to reduce the dependence on fossil ... -
Green economic recovery: Mobilizing investments towards a low-emission, climate-resilient economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)The project "Green Economic Recovery: Mobilizing investments towards a low-emission and climate-resilient economy in Latin America and the Caribbean" aimed to support selected LAC countries (Argentina, Costa Rica, ... -
People-centric Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A case study from Sudan
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)Ecosystems and people in Sudan are severely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Increasing temperatures, variable rainfall, expanding desertification, and sea level rise threaten biodiversity, livelihoods and the ... -
Restoring Climate-resilient Mangroves and Communities: A case study from Djibouti
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)Mangrove forest represents a critical ecosystem to build resilience against climate change impacts along Djibouti’s coastal zones. Mangroves provide a natural defense against extreme weather events and buffer against sea ... -
A Watershed Approach in Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A case study from Latin America and the Caribbean
(2024-04)80% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in cities, and the number is growing. Cities rely on healthy ecosystems to function and for the well-being of the population. However, rapid and often uncoordinated ... -
Gender-responsive Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A case study from El Salvador
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)Coffee represents the backbone of the economy in El Salvador, with the vast majority produced by small-scale farmers. Almost 80% farmers cultivate on small plots of less than 3.5 hectares. However, changing temperatures ... -
Financing Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities: A case study from Mexico
(2024-04)Mexico was among the first nations to introduce climate legislation under the General Law on Climate Change in 2012. It submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention ... -
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 ... -
Playing for the Planet Annual Impact Report 2023
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-03)The Playing for the Planet Alliance, facilitated by UNEP, has continued to demonstrate its ability to drive home the importance of tackling the environmental crises head on amongst members, the wider games industry, and ... -
Digital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainability
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-03)The report examines common information challenges stakeholders face when making decisions related to environmental sustainability and explores the role that Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can play as a key part of the ... -
Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction - Beyond foundations: Mainstreaming sustainable solutions to cut emissions from the buildings sector
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-03)The Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction (Buildings-GSR), a report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), provides an annual ... -
A Decade of Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Lessons from the United Nations Environment Programme - Policy Brief
(2024-03)Over the past decade, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has embraced Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) in supporting climate change response projects across the world. The adoption by UNEP of the EbA approach ... -
Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 - Beyond an age of waste: Turning Rubbish into a Resource
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)The Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 is a collective effort of UNEP and the International Solid Waste Association. It was published in response to Resolution 2/7 from the second session (UNEP/EA.2/RES.7) of the United ... -
Planning action on nature: Using spatial planning approaches to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - Conceptual guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)The aim of this report is to demonstrate how spatial planning approaches can be used to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework specifically focusing on the marine realm. Practical ... -
Global Resources Outlook 2024 - Bend the trend: Pathways to a Liveable Planet as Resource Use Spikes
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)The world is in the midst of a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the ... -
Technical Guidelines - Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future in Residential Construction Sector in Indonesia
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)This study is based on the workshop series conducted in December 2022 (online) and March 2023 (offline in Jakarta) involving stakeholders from the public sector, business, industry association, academia, and non-government ... -
Technical Guidelines - Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future in Construction Sector in Mexico
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)The efficiency of the management of resources in attendance to climate change is a key issue for the articulation of climate agendas, sustainable production and consumption, industrial environmental regulation and initiatives ...
