Browsing Publications and Documents by Topic "Resource Efficiency"
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176% Rise in Metal Prices, 260% Rise in Energy Prices Marks Era of Soaring Costs as Resources Decline
(2014)New resource productivity opportunities can save world up to US$3.7 trillion annually and protect future economic growth – study by International Resource Panel -
Advancing Green Business through Policies and Green Financing: Parallel sessions for Advancing Green Business and Promoting Circular Economy in Africa - SWITCH Africa Green
(2020)Advancing green business through policies and green financing -
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Sixteenth Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment
(29/06/2017)African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Sixteenth Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment -
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Seventh Special Session: Report of the Ministerial Meeting
(18/10/2018)This report also contains the Nairobi Declaration on Turning Environmental Policies into Action through Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges in Africa. Additionally, decisions adopted: Decision SS.VII/1: ... -
African Ministerial Statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Adopted at the African Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(2001)African Ministerial Statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development -
Agenda Item 3: Draft Outline Document for the Ministerial Outcome Document of the 2019 UN Environment Assembly - Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production.
(2018-09)The political message from the Ministers will be informed by the 6th Global Environment Outlook report on key environmental challenges as well as the report of the International Resource Panel on the global status of ... -
Annexes a l’examen du PNUE de la proposition de projet Phoenix en Haïti
(2014)UNEP has been requested by the Government of Haiti to conduct an independent review of the proposed Phoenix Waste to Energy project. The scope of this proposed project includes waste collection from Port au Prince and other ... -
Annotations to the Provisional Agenda: African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Seventh Special Session - Ministerial Meeting
(11/09/2018)Annotations to the provisional agenda- Ministerial segment -
Circular Economy: South Africa
(2020)The South African government recognizes the role of the CE in developing a sustainable, low carbon, resource efficient and globally competitive economy. The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries is mandated to ... -
Climate Change, Clean Technology and Green Growth Opportunities in Africa - Note by the Secretariat
(2010)Climate change, as the United Nations Secretary-General has said, is “the defining challenge of our generation”. Its potential consequences for economic and social well-being are so profound that many have preferred to ... -
Conclusions and Recommendations of the Intersessional Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
(06/11/2019)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/un-environment-event/intersessional-meeting-forum-ministers-environment-latin-america-and -
Conference Report of the ‘GEF International Waters Science Conference 2012’ (IWSC 2012) : Setting the International Waters Science Agenda for the next Decade
(26/09/2012)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of the UNDP/UNEP Global Environment Facility (GEF) IW:LEARN program and numerous partners held the first Global Environment ‘GEF International Waters Science ... -
Consultative Meeting on Environment and Economics : Summary Record - Environmental Economics Series Paper No.4
(1992-02)The Consultative Meeting on Environment and Economics was sponsored by UNEP in order to solicit expert advice on how the discipline of economics can assist UNEP better fulfil its catalytic, coordinating, consensus-building ... -
Cooperation and Joint Reporting by SWITCH Africa Green and the One Planet Network - SWITCH Africa Green
(2020)Cooperation and Joint Reporting by SWITCH Africa Green and the One Planet Network -
Crop Genetic Resources of Africa Volume II: Proceedings of an International Conference on Crop Genetic Resources of Africa
(1991)Worldwide, food crops are increasing their yields but from ever fewer varieties. The genetic base of the world's food supply is shrinking, at an ever faster rate. -
Dams and Development Project Issue Based Workshop 1: Comprehensive Options Assessment of Dams and their Alternatives – Case Studies. Organized by UNEP-DPP, supported by GTZ, SIDA, The World Bank
(2004)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Dams and Development Project (DDP) convened an issue-based workshop on comprehensive options assessment, which was the second Strategic Priority identified by the World ... -
[Decisions of the fourteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment]
(2012)This decision includes: Decision 14/1: Africa’s post Rio+20 strategy for sustainable development; Decision 14/2: Strengthening and upgrading the United Nations Environment Programme; Decision 14/3: Review of the action ... -
Declaración de los Grupos Principales para la XXI Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe (Buenos Aires, 2018)
(12/10/2018)Declaración de los Grupos Principales para la XXI Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe (Buenos Aires, 2018). -
Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth – Press Release
(2011)The report analyzes the concept of improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate, also known as “decoupling.” The report stresses the need for massive investment in technological, financial ...