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Cambodia: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2013-2019 - Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Rural Communities Living in Protected Areas of Cambodia
(2019)UN Environment is helping the Government of Cambodia to build climate adaptation near 5 community protected forests across the country. These areas are extremely vulnerable to climate change due to increasingly erratic ... -
Capacity building programme related to Multilateral Environment Agreements in Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific countries – the ACP MEAs III programme: The ACP MEAs Programme starts Phase III with an added Scope
(2020)This fact sheet shows the objectives of the ACP MEAs III Programme under UNEP’s leadership, to support the ACP countries in addressing the environmental challenges they face by enhancing their capacities to fully engage ... -
Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific Countries (ACP MEAs)
(2019)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance -
Certification of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Service Technicians
(2016)Certification is the means by which a person (or enterprise), as a result of training, education, external review and assessment, receives official approval of being able to competently complete a job or task. Certification ... -
Checklist for Environmental Inspectors (Based on Serbia's Checklist KL-03-01/01 OF 21 November 2019) - Regional Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia (ECA Network)
(2020)Inspection of operator facilities to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Serbian Air Protection Law on controlled ozone-depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases -
Checklist on Auctioning of Seized Refrogerants - How to Get it Right - Regional Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia (ECA Network)
(2020)Checklist for successful auctioning of seized refrigerants -
Chemicals and Waste - Factsheet
(2017)From shampoo to toothpaste, clothing to cosmetics, and light bulbs to food, almost every product we buy involves the use of chemicals in some form or other. Of the over 100,000 chemicals in use today, a significant number ... -
Chemicals and Waste in Latin America and the Caribbean - [Factsheet]
(2020)In Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Environment and the GEF work together to strengthen national capacity for the elimination and sound management of chemicals and wastes. The GEF helps countries in developing best ... -
Children's Rights and the Environment: Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur
(2018)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance -
Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment in the ASEAN Region: Principles and Policy Guidance
(2021)What are children’s rights? Children’s rights are what every child should have or be able to do, to have a good life. They include things like the right to be safe and have a safe place to live, the right to education, and ... -
City-level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Factsheet
(2013)Global economic production is now concentrated in cities. Some 80% of global GDP is produced in cities on just 2% of the land surface, though cities depend on the flow of resources from near and far. Cities have been growing ... -
CityAdapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar [Factsheet]
(2021)The factsheet gives an overview of an Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project which is implemented by UNEP, Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) In the Asia-Pacific Region ... -
CityAdapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in El Salvador, Mexico & Jamaica 2017-2022 [Factsheet]
(2021)The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is undergoing urbanization at rates twice the global average. Furthermore, the rapid deforestation in urban areas for farming and agriculture is worsening the impacts of climate ... -
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Clearing the air: Combatting air pollution
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)Infographic highlighting different types of air pollution, causes of air pollution and how to combat these -
Climate change
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)This factsheet This factsheet highlights how the latest assessment by UNEP and World Meteorological Organization-supported Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that climate change is affecting many ... -
Climate Change - 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. -
Climate Change Adaptation - Factsheet
(2017)The climate change we are experiencing is unprecedented in human history and has dramatic implications for every aspect of life on earth. Without united efforts to adapt to climate change, the consequences for our societies ... -
Climate Change Mitigation - Factsheet
(2017)The world knows all too well the threat that climate change poses to human health, economies and the environment. United action is needed to hit the 1.5°C temperature rise target. Together, UN Environment and the GEF are ... -
Coastal Partners: Reducing Disaster Risk through Sustainable Coastal Zone Management: Eco-DRR project fact sheet: Haiti
(2014-07)This is a site fact sheet for the Haiti ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...
