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Environmental Law in UNEP
(1991)
The thrust of UNEP's environmental law activity comes from the decisions of its Governing Council and is strengthened by such major UNEP programme documents as the "In-depth Review of Environmental Law" (pertaining to ...
Sudan: First State of Environment and Outlook Report 2020: Environment for Peace and Sustainable Development
The overall objective of the Sudan First State of the
Environment and Outlook 2020 Report (SoE) is to
document and to assess the current status of the
environment in Sudan and to propose scenarios and
policy options. ...
Focus on your World: Photographs from the United Nations Environment Programme
(2000)
effects of global warming. This mainly occurs as the result of the build-up in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases. Scientists have identified global warming as a major threat to the future of ...
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory - 2021 Report
(2021)
Methane Matters - Curbing methane emissions from fossil fuels matters. And it matters under any plausible decarbonisation scenario. UNEP promotes a rapid transition away from fossil fuels but recognizes the climate importance ...
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future - Summary for Policymakers
This report conducts a rigorous assessment of the contribution of material efficiency to GHG abatement strategies. More concretely, it assesses the reduction potential of GHG emissions from material efficiency strategies ...
Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
Every year a network of scientists, experts and institutions across the world work with UN Environment to identify and analyze emerging issues that will have profound effects on our society, economy and environment. The ...
New Financial Mechanisms for Clean Energy Investments in Latin America
(2023-05)
UNEP’s Finance Unit and Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean have commissioned this work to map out regional needs for clean energy investments in Latin America and demonstrate that through an innovative ...
Progress on Ambient Water Quality: Tracking SDG 6 Series - Global Indicator 6.3.2 Updates and Acceleration Needs
Through the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6), the United Nations seeks to support countries in monitoring water- and sanitation-related issues within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for ...
Learning to Manage Land Sustainably with Climate Change Mitigation Co-benefits: Lessons from the Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Mitigation Co-benefits (SLM-CCMC) Project
(2021)
The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Mitigation Co-benefits (SLM-CCMC) project used and improved on carbon and
greenhouse gas accounting tools to make it easier for SLM practitioners to estimate the climate ...
Advancing Delivery on Decarbonisation Targets: The Second Progress report of the Net-zero Asset Owner Alliance
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-09)
The Alliance’s activities are characterised by a combination of ambition, leadership, and an abiding commitment to collaboration. As this report reveals, recent years have witnessed a growing number of asset owners embrace ...