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Comoros: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2017-2022: Building Climate Resilience through Rehabilitated Watersheds, Forests and Adaptive Livelihoods
(2019)UN Environment is helping the government of the Union of Comoros to build climate resilience in 15 locations across three Comorian islands (5 in each). Families in these areas are facing severe water shortages due to ... -
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. -
Conservation and Sustainable use of Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Regulating and Supporting Ecosystem Services in Agriculture Production in Uzbekistan
(2019-01-15)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance -
Conservation and Sustainable use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services
(2019-01-15)We aim to improve livelihoods and food security of target beneficiaries through the conservation and use of tropical fruit tree genetic resources. -
Considerations for Establishing National HFC Quota System - Information Note
(2023-07-12)The Parties to the Kigali Amendment need to establish a mechanism to effectively control the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a group of greenhouse gases that are controlled under the Montreal ... -
Cooling and Climate Change
(2021)Cooling is an important component of modern life and economies. Refrigeration prolongs the shelf life, safety and quality of everything from food to vaccines, while air-conditioning makes for comfortable homes, schools and ... -
COVID-19, Wastewater, and Sanitation - COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheet 9
(2020)Raw sewage, and partially-treated wastewater, is a vehicle for spreading diseases and a potential means for COVID-19 to spread faster, for example in areas where sanitation is poor, or where the communities are exposed to ... -
Creating A Marine Protected Area Network in the Wider Caribbean
(2021)The ecosystem of the Caribbean has evolved over millions of years of geological and biological processes that have shaped the islands and marine environments of the region. These processes have created diverse and complex ... -
Cross-cutting Capacity Development
(2017)Despite population growth, increased urbanization, and accelerating climate change, we can reverse the damage that human activity has caused to our environment. With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UN ... -
Cultural and Local Climate Perspectives in Colombia
(2019)In Colombia, the local population has developed, since ancient times, knowledge systems on nature and its interaction with nature. Climate and natural phenomena like the rainbow, different classes of precipitation, atmospheric ... -
Current Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing CiP Information Exchange
(2023-07)By comparing the information objectives set in the CiP Programme and existing instruments, the following challenges and opportunities can be identified. Overarching challenges and opportunities include how to communicate, ... -
Current Use of HCFCs and HFCs - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 2
(2017)An overview of the different sectors and markets where fluorocarbon chemicals and blends are used. -
DDT: A Toxic Legacy
(2021)Only 18 countries worldwide still use Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, to control vector-borne diseases like malaria. But long-term exposure to DDT, a toxic chemical, threats the wellbeing of both humans and the ...