Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies: Recent submissions
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Plastic Material Flow and Value Chain Analysis (Thailand)
(2022-08)This report was developed as part of the SEA circular project – Reducing marine litter by addressing the management of the plastic value chain in South-East Asia – implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2022: Key Messages - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Inadequate Progress on Climate Action Makes Urgent Transformation Only Option
(2022-10)As climate impacts intensify, the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies finds that the world is still falling short of the Paris climate goals, with no ... -
Executive Summary - An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report
(2022-10)Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to tackle climate change in the short-term, as it remains in the atmosphere for far fewer years than carbon dioxide. It is for this reason that many nations have joined a global ... -
UNEP Publications Policy 2022
(2022-10)The Publications Policy (2022), together with the 2022 UNEP Publications Guidelines, will replace all previous guidance. It applies to “publications” as defined in Annex 1 of this policy. -
Nature-based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up - Summary
(2022-10)This document summarises a paper produced by UNEP synthesising the current state of knowledge and key actions to translate Nature-based Solutions (NbS) commitments into action. The full report, Nature-based Solutions: ... -
Tasks and Responsibilities of Assessment Report Co-chairs and Vice-chairs
(2022-10)Assessment report co-chairs and vice-chairs are responsible for ensuring that an assessment report is completed to the highest scientific standard. The names of all assessment report co-chairs and vice-chairs will be ... -
Information Note on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on Genetic Resources - Prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the Resumed eighteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal
(2022-09)In recent years, DNA sequencing technologies have become faster, cheaper and more accurate. Digital sequence information, or DSI, on genetic resources is used in a range of activities commercial and non-commercial such as ... -
Information Note on the Development of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - prepared by the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Resumed eighteenth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (12-16 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal)
(2022-09)This note provides an update on the negotiations towards the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The Conference of the Parties, at its fourteenth meeting, adopted the preparatory process for the ... -
African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) - Briefing Note to the AMCEN on ACEA Progress and the World Circular Economy Forum 2022 (WCEF2022)
(2022-09)In 2020, the Secretariat of the ACEA was set up after the African Development Bank agreed to serve as its host. With funding from the World Economic Forum and the Danish Development Agency, Dalberg, an international ... -
Gender Equality And Preventing Plastic Pollution - SEA Circular Issue Brief 02
(2020-03)This SEA circular Issue Brief gives an overview of the links between gender, the environment and marine pollution and discusses measures to empower women and strengthen equality for more inclusive and effective marine ... -
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Preventing Plastic Pollution - SEA Circular Issue Brief 01
(2019)The human rights implications of environmental damage are felt most acutely by disadvantaged segments of society, including rural communities and the urban poor, women, children, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, ... -
ASEAN RE-Gender Roadmap: Roadmap on Accelerating ASEAN Renewable Energy Development through Gender-Responsive Energy Policy
(2022-08)The role of the energy-gender nexus in the acceleration of renewable energy deployment in ASEAN remains underexplored. Current gender disparities severely impede the enhancement of women's roles and opportunities in the ... -
Ministerial Statement and Key Policy Messages of the Ninth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(2022-02)Ministerial statement and key policy messages -
Enhancing the Role of Environment Protection Agencies in Africa: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(2022-07)One of the core mandates of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to enhance the connection between science and policy in environmental matters through the consolidation and dissemination of credible science ... -
Rules of Procedure of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(1997-01)Rules of procedure -
Constitution of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
(1997-11)Constitution -
UNEA-Accredited Faith-based Organisations: Platform for Enhanced Coordination
(2022-07)As of June 2022, there are 58 accredited faith-based organisations to UNEA, classified within the NGO Major Group. Accredited FBOs account for approximately 10% of the total accredited organisations. At the ‘Faith for ... -
Harnessing Nature to build Climate Resilience: Scaling up the use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation - Executive Summary
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-07)Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has the potential to significantly enhance the resilience of society to climate change and could be a key part of national and global adaptation efforts. However, despite growing interest ... -
Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) for COVID-19 Recovery in the Caribbean SIDS
(2022)We are pleased to announce that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will initiate the project Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement for COVID-19 Recovery in the Caribbean SIDS in six Small Island Developing ... -
Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation - Briefing Note 9
(2022-07)Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is a strategy for adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change by harnessing nature and the services it can provide. It uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt ...
