Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Topic "Chemicals and Pollution Action"
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30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022
(2023-01)Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures. By doing so, it enables individuals, organisations ... -
Action plan for Regional Cooperation on Chemicals and Waste Management 2021-2024: Latin America and the Caribbean
(2020)This Action Plan intends to define the cooperation priorities for the period 2021-2024, including a Work Programme with specific activities to be implemented during 2021-2022. It was prepared using a similar methodology ... -
Actions on Air Quality in Asia and the Pacific – Executive Summary
(2021)This report provides a review of policy actions of Member States in Asia Pacific per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It complements the ... -
Air Quality in Bishkek – Assessment of Emission Sources and Road Map for Supporting Air Quality Management: Key Messages
(2022-10)This study is the first comprehensive analysis of key emission sources and their impact on ground-level air pollution concentrations in Bishkek, thus providing decision-makers for the first time with scientific evidence ... -
Business Plan of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area (2022-2024)
(2022-02)Following priority actions were identified under the current objective: a. Identify and disseminate measures to prevent the generation of and promote environmentally sound source separation, storage, collection, transportation, ... -
Business Plan of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area - March 2020
(2020)This Business Plan describes the main objectives and activities of the Mercury Waste Management Partnership Area of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership. It serves as a planning and ... -
Chemicals in Plastics - A Summary and Key Findings
(2023-05)“Chemicals in Plastics: A Summary and Key Findings” has been prepared on the basis of the “Chemicals in Plastics: A Technical Report” .developed by UNEP in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the ... -
Cold Chain Technology Brief: Vaccines
(2021)This note provides an overview of the vaccine cold chain in general and COVID-19 in particular, its requirements and challenges. First, the effects of temperature on these vaccines, old and new, and their storage and ... -
Disaster Waste Management Policy/Strategy Nepal
(2019)This Disaster waste management policy and Strategy is expected to contribute for Eco friendly reconstruction and new construction works via the reuse of disaster debris. Thus, the Nation would be capable to achieve Economic ... -
Economic Instruments for Managing Environmentally Harmful Products in Moldova: Current Practices and Policy Recommendations
(2015)The project’s objective was to help the government of the Republic of Moldova to improve the design of existing instruments and develop new ones in order to provide incentives for both reducing pollution by environmentally ... -
Economic Instruments for Managing Environmentally Harmful Products in Ukraine: Current Practices and Policy Recommendations
(2015)Its objective was to help the government of Ukraine to improve the design of existing instruments and develop new ones in order to provide incentives for both reducing pollution and introducing greener. -
Environmental Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance - Summary for Policymakers
(2022-02)For decades antimicrobials have contributed to the reduction of infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants, saving lives and increasing productivity. Their effectiveness is now in jeopardy. Antimicrobial resistance ... -
Environmental Sustainability Report: The Third United Nations Environment Assembly - A Carbon Neutral and Green Event. Executive Summary
(2018-01)On the occasion of the Third United Nations Environment Assembly, whose overarching theme was “Towards a Pollution-Free Planet”, the UN Environment Programme decided to lead by example and show how environmental sustainability ... -
Executive Summary - An Eye on Methane: The road to radical transparency - International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
(2023-12)A methane data revolution is just around the corner, making it possible to move beyond generic emission factors that attempt to estimate the release of methane pollution, and to replace them with more accurate empirical ... -
Faith for Earth Initiative - Achievement Report 2021/2022 [Summary]
(2023-04)A summary of the Faith for Earth Initiatives Achievements in 2021 and 2022. A longer report is available as well (https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42358) -
For People and Planet: The United Nations Environment Programme strategy for tackling climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste from 2022—2025
In its decision 4/1, the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) requested the Executive Director of UNEP to submit for consideration and approval by the Environment Assembly ... -
Frontiers Report 2022 - Key Messages
(2022-02)Each edition of the Frontiers report introduces selected emerging environmental issues that present distinct challenges and require tailored solutions. These issues have profound effects on our society, economy and ecosystems. ... -
The Future of Electric Vehicles and Material Resources: A Foresight Brief
(2020)The main goals of this foresight brief are to: • highlight major opportunities and challenges in the mainstreaming of EVs, • examine the sustainability case of EVs by focusing on material resources, and • offer policy ...