Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Country/Region "Asia and the Pacific"
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Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards - 2022: Fighting Transboundary Crimes that affect the Environment - Information Note
(2022-05)The Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards (hereafter the ‘Awards’) publicly recognize and celebrate excellence in enforcement by government officials and institutions or teams combating transboundary crimes that affect the ... -
Building Better Cities: ASEAN Looks to the Future
(2018)The rapid growth of urbanization signals a significant demographic shift that will change the way people live and the way our human settlements function. New infrastructure and systems are needed to support the growing ... -
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 ... -
Global Opportunities for Long-term Development of the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector
(2018-12)One page brochure about the Global Opportunities for Long-term Development of the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector (GEF GOLD) programme -
Implementing UNEA Resolution 4/19 on Mineral Resource Governance: Regional Summary Asia Pacific
(2020)This report describes the outcomes of the Asia Pacific consultations conducted on the implementation of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/19 on Mineral Resource Governance. Six consultative meetings ... -
Plastics Impacts on Human Health in the Pacific Region
(2021)Once produced, plastics never disappear. They are released into the environment, where they break up into tiny (micro and nano-sized) fragments. They leach toxic chemicals and gases at every stage of their life cycle and ... -
Plastics Pollution Policy Gaps in the Pacific Region
(2021)Pacific Islands policy frameworks do not capture the full life cycle of plastics. Yet, plastics emit greenhouse gases and ozone depleting chemicals, create marine litter, shed microplastics, and leach toxic chemicals ... -
Plastics, Marine Litter, and Climate in the Pacific Region
(2021)Global plastics production is a significant contributor to climate change impacts in the Pacific Islands region. Ninety-nine percent of plastics come from fossil fuels, and plastics production is estimated to produce >400 ... -
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 ... -
Seed Capital Assistance Facility - [Factsheet]
(2020)The Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF) is a multi-donor trust fund managed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and backed by the German Federal Environment Ministry together with the British Department ... -
Towards Full Compliance with the Montreal Protocol: A Tool-Kit of Policy Instruments for National Ozone Units
(2005)A series of factsheets developed by the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) team located in UNEP's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) to address developing countries' priority questions related to compliance ... -
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Energy Finance - [Factsheet]
(2019)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Energy Finance work fosters increased engagement of the finance community in the low-carbon development and sustainable energy sectors. The Energy Finance team works with ... -
United under One Health to promote a Holistic Approach to Food Safety in Asia and the Pacific
(2022-06)Beyond production, food may be contaminated during storage, processing or transportation, and in the kitchen or consumer levels. In other words, food contamination may happen at any stage of the food chain. Tackling health ... -
Virtual Event Series: The Asia Regional NDC Clinic - Session 1 – Building Affordable Resilient Housing for Coastal Communities
(2021)Improving housing resilience to climate change, however, is easier to be said than be done. It requires a spectrum of policy measures, some, such as secure land tenureship has been a socioeconomic contest in developing ... -
What Can We Do about Marine Litter
(2007)
