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Reducing the scale and impact of climate change
(2016)
UNEP’s Climate Change subprogramme helps countries to pursue low-emission development pathways and boost their adaptation and resilience capacities. We provide this support by addressing the different elements of the climate ...
Disasters and Conflicts - United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP, 2010)
Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management.
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 ...
E-waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana): From Grave to Cradle
(2019)
Fuelled by the accelerated pace of digitalisation and the rise of a global middle-income class, the market for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is expanding rapidly. In Ghana, the vast majority of e-waste is managed ...
Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries: Ukraine
(2014)
Greening economies is important because risks to further development are rising worldwide as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on ...
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 ...
Connect: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into the Heart of Government Decision Making
(2019-01-15)
We help countries achieve sustainable development by bringing biodiversity information to the heart of government decision making using
actionable biodiversity information.
World Refrigeration Day - Refrigerants for Life: How Refrigerants Affect Modern Life
(2019)
Modern life relies significantly on applications and systems of refrigeration and air-conditioning. Nowadays it is almost impossible to
find a building or facility without cooling, heating, or chilling applications. The ...
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 ...
World Refrigeration Day - Refrigerants for Life
(2019)
World Refrigeration Day sticker