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Resource Efficiency - 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. -
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future - [Factsheet]
(2020)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 ... -
"Restoration Begins with Me!": Commemorating the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in the Caribbean
(2021)This booklet summarizes the result of the "Restoration Begins with Me!" campaign in the Caribbean, to commemorate the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UNEP Caribbean Sub-Regional Office (CSRO), the ... -
Restoration Seed Capital Facility: Bridging the Finance Gap for Forest Landscape Restoration
(2020)The United Nations Environment Programme is setting up a novel facility, which will support fund managers active in this space to increase investment into Forest Landscape Restoration through three pillars of support: Fund ... -
Reuse Portal: Building a Global Platform for Scaling Reuse
(2022-02)With only 9% of global plastic waste being recycled, managing waste once it's generated is not nearly enough. How can we scale waste prevention solutions focused on reuse? WWF, the UN Environment Programme and the World ... -
A Revenue Generation Approach for SCP (Sustainable Consumption and Production) Dissemination in Kenya
(2019)The project will contribute to reducing the environmental footprint of Kenyan MSMEs in agribusiness and with specific regard to the mango, coffee and dairy sectors while strengthening their ability to compete on local ... -
River Partners: Managing Watersheds for Flood Risk Reduction and Water Quality: Eco-DRR project fact sheet: Democratic Republic of Congo
(2014-07)This is a site fact sheet for the Democratic Republic of the Congo ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key ... -
Road Map for Establishing a National Eco-labelling System by Transposing Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament of the Council of 25 November 2009
(2021)The EU Eco-label system was established in 1992. The overall objective of the Eco-label system is to promote products with a low impact on the environment compared to similar products, thus contributing to the efficient ... -
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The Role and Experience of Women in Plastic Waste Management
(2022-12)This sector is operated on unregulated, purely market driven demand and supply, and often employs thousands of individuals in any urban context. Women constitute a sizeable portion of the informal plastic waste management ... -
Russian Logo for Think Eat Save Campaign
(2014)Included are the Russian logos for the Think Eat Save Campaign, in colour and black, and in PDF, EPA, AI. There is the standard logo and a UN Environment logo for World Environment Day. -
Rwanda Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2016-2022
(2022-03)The project’s main approaches are to: strengthen the capacity of institutions to plan and implement ecosystem-based adaptation; restore degraded ecosystems; and promote climate-resilient livelihoods in Kayonza, Bugesera, ... -
Rwanda: Early Warning Climate Forecasting 2010-2015
(2019)UN Environment is helping the government of Rwanda to build the climate resilience of people living near the Gishwati area through the project "Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and ... -
Safe Use of HCFC Alternatives in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Flammable Refrigerants
(2015)Factsheet: As the phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) progresses, it is expected that there will be a considerably higher uptake, in particular in developing countries of ‘alternative refrigerants’, such as ... -
Safe Use of HCFC Alternatives in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Higher Pressure Refrigerants
(2015)As the phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) progresses, it is expected that there will be a considerably higher uptake, in particular in developing countries, of ‘alternative refrigerants’, such as hydrocarbons, ... -
Safe Use of HCFC Alternatives in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Higher toxicity refrigerants
(2015-07-01)As the phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) progresses, it is expected that there will be a considerably higher uptake, in particular in developing countries, of ‘alternative refrigerants’, such as hydrocarbons, ... -
A Safe(r) Circular Economy for Plastics in the Pacific Region
(2021)Plastics pollution, including marine litter, is a global social, economic, and environmental emergency requiring urgent attention. Plastics are produced from fossil fuels, and once released into the environment, they never ... -
Sand and dust storms
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)This factsheet highlights how sand and dust storms are a global environmental problem that affects the health and livelihoods of millions of people across the world. -
Sarah Nakanyika: A Woman Leading Cooling Advancement in Zambia
(2024-03)Sarah Nakanyika's story in commemoration of International Women's Day, 8 March 2024. -
Sargassum Influx Champions: Civil Society on the frontline
(2021)Civil society organisations (CSOs) have an important role to play in shifting mindsets to view sargassum as an opportunity rather than a threat