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GRIDs Network - Global Resource Information Database Centers: UNEP Environmental Data Centres in Support to Environmental Governance and Policies
(2024-02)One of UNEP’s key roles is to keep the World Environment under review for enhancing the science-policy interface and endorsement of the Global Environment Outlook. In this context, a resolution asked UNEP to upscale its ... -
GRIDs Network Services: UNEP Environmental Data Centres in support to environmental governance and policies
(2022-07)The Global Resource Information Database (GRID) is a worldwide network of environmental data centres created by UNEP in the mid-1980s. GRID-Centres are made of a team of data scientists who on top of their technical expertise ... -
A Guide to the Famous Trees of Gigiri
(2012)Nairobi has been home to UNEP since 1973 and the organisation moved to Gigiri - the site of a former coffee farm - in 1975. Over the intervening years, these beautifully landscaped gardens and nature sites have also become ... -
Guidebook for Environmentally Efficient Restaurants and Dining Establishments: SwitchMed in Israel - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)Better environmental performance by businesses, restaurants and eateries in particular, attracts new environmental conscience customers who take sustainability into account when making their choices. Under the SwitchMed ... -
Guidelines on Best Practices to Preserve Organic Matter and Moisture Content in Soils: SwitchMed in Palestine - SwitchMed Programme [FactSheet]
(2020)Soil as the main medium for agriculture, the protection and the sustainable utilization of it are significant for the promotion of sustainable production and consumption in Palestine. Jointly developed by the Environmental ... -
Guidelines to Biological Control of Agricultural Pests: SwitchMed in Palestine - SwitchMed Programme [FactSheet]
(2020)The Guidelines sheds light on the use of biological control as a safe alternative to the various agricultural chemicals. The preparation and publication of the Guidelines is a first step towards a promising strategic goal ... -
GWP, CO2(e) and the Basket of HFCs - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 3
(2017)This fact sheet shows the importance of understanding how ‘tonnes CO2 equivalent’ is calculated and gives the GWP values for substances controlled under the Kigali Amendment. -
GWP-ODP Calculator - Updated and Improved!
(2020)The new and updated UNEP OzonAction GWP-ODP Calculator application will help you to convert between values in metric tonnes, ozone depleting potential (ODP) tonnes and CO2-equivalent tonnes of substances controlled by the ... -
Haiti: Increasing Haiti’s Resilience to Natural Disasters and Promoting Sustainable Practices: 2008-2022
(2022-08)UNEP’s work in Haiti aims at building effective community resilience models through promoting nature-based solutions to disasters risk reduction and sustainable development. This goal implies to work on a broad range of ... -
Haiti’s South Department: Major Achievements in Sustainable Development 2011-2016
(2016-06)This fact sheet outlines the major achievements in sustainable development in Haiti from 2011 to 2016. -
Harmful Substances and Hazardous Waste - 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. -
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Hazardous Substances in the Life Cycle of Electrical and Electronic Products (HSLEEP) - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
(2020-09)A two-page summary of the information on hazardous substances in the life cycle of electrical and electronic products (HSLEEP) contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues ... -
The HCFC Quota and Licence Tracker Desktop Application
(2020)The HCFC Quota and Licence Tracker Desktop Application is a simple but powerful tool designed to assist National Ozone Officers in Article 5 countries in their daily work. The tracker enables the planning, calculating, ... -
HCFCs in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector: How to prepare for the phase down
(2011)UNEP DTIE OzonAction has come out with two new flyers to provide stakelholders with a general overview and basic information on HCFC phaseout. This flyer addresses HCFCs in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector. ... -
Health & Environment - [Factsheet]
(2020)Growing evidence and new understanding about the mounting risks to health and ecosystem degradation, as well as positive contributions to health from ecosystems services, mandates a fresh approach on health and environment ... -
Healthy environment, healthy people
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)The factsheets highlights Why addressing the links between environment and health is important and why it matters -
The Heat Is On: Emissions Gap Report 2021
(2021)In 2021, as climate impacts intensified around the world, and the IPCC warned we have a 50% chance of surpassing 1.5°C within two decades, there was still hope that COP26 could become a turning point on climate action. ... -
HFC Baselines and Phase-down Timetable - OzonAction Kigali Fact Sheet 5
(2017)This fact sheet shows the four country groupings under the Kigali Amendment and provides a summary of the timetables and explains how to calculate the HFC baseline. -
Hg Mercury - Factsheet
(2019)