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5 Projects at a Glance: Ghana - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)
The overall objective is to develop a sustainable e-waste management system which makes e-waste re-usable and recycling. The project aims to establish a structured approach to e-waste Education/Publicity, collection, ...
Technical Issues: High Ambient Temperature - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 9
(2017)
This fact sheet discusses some of the technical issues related to the operation of air-conditioning systems at high / extremely high ambient temperature
Climate change
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
This factsheet This factsheet highlights how the latest assessment by UNEP and World Meteorological Organization-supported Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that climate change is affecting many ...
Lead: What can you do? [Infographic]
(2016)
Lead is a widely used metal that is harmful to human health and the environment
Agro-biodiversity Conservation and Man and the Biosphere Reserves in Cuba: Bridging Managed and Natural Landscapes
(2019-01-15)
We support the conservation of diversity within and around protected areas through mainstreaming agro-biodiversity into the management of
Cuban Man and Biosphere Reserve system.
2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement
(2017)
The 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement provides an up-to-date overview of the scale and type of sustainable procurement activities undertaken worldwide in the past three years. It addresses a longstanding ...
Mountain Partners: Increasing Community Resilience in Response to Severe Winters and Floods: Eco-DRR Project Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
(2014-07)
This is a site fact sheet for the Afghanistan ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...
Coastal Partners: Reducing Disaster Risk through Sustainable Coastal Zone Management: Eco-DRR project fact sheet: Haiti
(2014-07)
This is a site fact sheet for the Haiti ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...
How Metals Determine Our Lives
(2011)
Recycling rates of metals are far lower than potential for reuse. Less than one-third of 60 studied have a recycling rate above 50 per cent, though many are crucial to clean technologies such as batteries for hybrid cars ...
Climate Change - United Nations Environment Programme
(2010)
Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management.