Browsing Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Papua New Guinea"
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A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ... -
Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific region. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 29
The Action Plan is intended to provide a framework for environmentally sound planning and management, suited to the needs and conditions of the countries and people in the region, and to enhance their own environmental ... -
Adapting to Climate Change in the Pacific: the PACC Programme
The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme began in 2009 a s a regional response to the climate change threat.It is currently the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the region, with activities ... -
Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2013: Investing in Asia and the Pacific's Future
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2013)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Sustainability Report has been issued every 2 years since 2007. The current Sustainability Report contains selected performance highlights of ADB's operations and corporate footprint during ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2001 Update
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2001)The Asian Development Outlook 2001 Update examines the economic effects of the terror attacks on the United States and its aftermath on developing Asia and the Pacific economies. The 2001 Update: appraises the global ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2002: Preferential Trade Agreements in Asia and the Pacific
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2002)This 14th edition of the Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive analysis of 41 economies in Asia and the Pacific, based on the Asian Development Bank's in-depth knowledge of the region. For the first time, the ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2004: Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2004)The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 41 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. On the basis of the Asian Development Bank's unique knowledge of the region, this 16th ... -
Asian Environment Outlook 2005: Making Profits, Protecting Our Planet: Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Performance in Asia and the Pacific
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2005)This book is the second in the Asian Environment Outlook (AEO) series published by ADB. It centers on the critical missing ingredient in the pursuit of a sustainable future for Asia and the Pacific-that of a fully engaged ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Environmental Impact of Large-Scale Mining in Papua New Guinea: Mining Residue Disposal by the Ok Tedi Copper-Gold Mine
The Ok Tedi copper-gold mine, located in the eastern part of the central mountain range of New Guinea, discharges daily approximately 80,000 tons of ore processing residues and a similar volume of waste rock and overburden ... -
Fossil Fuel Abatement for Diesel-Based Power Systems: An Action to Meeting SDG 13 through Sustainable Electricity
(2019)This proposal is a concerted effort as a Contribution Action in achieving “SDG-Goal 13: Climate Action - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in ... -
A Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management Volume 3: Case Studies
(2018)This volume illustrates various case studies from around the world, detailing how steps from the Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management have been incorporated in freshwater ecosystem initiatives. It is intended to ... -
Gap Analysis on Article 15 Reporting Requirements and Data and Information Generated under Article 7 (NIP) Development under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Integrated Stockholm Toolkit to Improve the Transmission of Information Under Articles 07 and 15
The main objectives of the analysis are to identify and compile: the data and information, both qualitative and quantitative, i) requested to be included within the Article 15 reporting; ii) requested to be included ... -
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change
(2020)This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ... -
Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change - Report Summary
(2020)This report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate and security are linked (section II), and shares – through a series of brief case studies – practical examples of empirical research, ... -
Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States : Outlook - GEO SIDS
(2014)GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States through ... -
Industries and Enforcement of Environmental Law in Africa: Industry Experts Review Environmental Practice
(1997)This volume presents the actual presentations by representatives of industries from ten African countries on the question of rational management of the environment and natural re-sources. Among them were representatives ... -
Informing climate-resilient development: the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in PACC programme - experiences and lessons learned in the application of CBA to PACC demonstation projects (PTR2)
This report has been developed to summarise and communicate the key outputs and learnings of the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) work programme as part of the Global Environment Facility's Special Climate Change Fund (GEF-SCCF) ... -
Informing climate-resilient development: the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in PACC programme - experiences and lessons learned on capacity building (PTR1)
This report sets out the evaluation findings of the capacity-building components of the PACC CBA work programme. A separate report, PACC Technical Report no. 2, sythesises the CBA reports completed under the work programme, ... -
Integrated SC Toolkit to Improve the Transmission of Information under Articles 07 and 15: Inception workshop Working Group Country - Cambodia and Papua New Guinea
https://www.unenvironment.org/events/workshop/global-inception-workshop-un-environmentgef-project-integrated-sc-toolkit-improve