Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by Topic "Chemicals and Pollution Action"
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4 Projects at a Glance: Kenya - Project Sheet for SWITCH Africa Green Programme
(2017)Kenya projects include: Greening SMEs Leather Clusters and Leather Tanning Industry, Enhancing Sustainable Tourism Innovation for Community Empowerment In Kenya, Up-Scaling Sustainable Commercial Production Of Medicinal ... -
Alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides: Action that can be taken to eliminate or significantly reduce the risks to health and the environment that result from the use of highly hazardous pesticides - Guidelines on Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides
(2023-09)All pesticides are designed to harm living things such as weeds, unwanted insects, fungal infections and rodents and most pesticides will also harm non-target organisms to some degree. Pesticides that have been found to ... -
Annex 1 - [Compilation of chemicals identified as associated with plastics, either known for use in plastic production or detected in plastic materials]
(2022-10)Compilation of chemical substances that function as plastic additives and other chemical constituents of plastics across various sectors based on compilation of Aurisano et al. 2021b; Wiesinger et al. 2021 and Geueke et al. 2022 -
Argentina - Project: Strengthening National Capacity for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste in Argentina - Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2022)
(2024-06)With at least 38 activities related to capacity building, the project was extremely active in strengthening the expertise for the sound management of chemicals and waste of officials and institutions. All the activities ... -
Arsenic - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
(2020-09)A two-page summary of the information on arsenic contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment and the 2019 Global Chemicals ... -
ASGM in Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Areas
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Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment - Information Notes
(2023-05)The Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment was established in 2004 to address the growing threat that environmental hazards pose to human health. This forum seeks to create greater synergy among relevant ... -
Assessment of existing and future emissions reduction from the coal sector toward the implementation of the Minamata and Stockholm Conventions - GEF project ID: 10748
(2023-10)Project Objective: To demonstrate mercury and persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions reduction potential from coal-fired power plant (CFPPs) and coal-fired industrial boiler (CFIBs) to support governments in ... -
Assessment Questionnaire - Chemicals and Waste Management Programme
(2022-12)Survey for the independent assessment of closed projects under the special programme. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Bioactive Substances
(2020-09)Pesticides are widely used biologically active compounds designed to kill target organisms. A number of pesticides have also been shown to cause adverse effects on non-target organisms. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Chemicals in Products Group 1
(2020-09)An endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters function(s) of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse health effects in an intact organism, or its progeny, or (sub)populations. -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Chemicals in Products Group 2
(2020-09)Chemicals are important components in many of the products that modern society uses and relies on. They may be released at any stage of a product’s life cycle (including production, use, recycling or reuse, end-of life ... -
Assessment Report on Issues of Concern - Metals and Metalloids
(2020-09)Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid that is ubiquitous in the Earth’s crust. It is present in various inorganic and organic forms. Arsenic and arsenic compounds are used intentionally in wood preservatives, pesticides, ... -
Belarus - Project: Establish a sustainable national infrastructure to join and support the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in the Republic of Belarus - Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2022)
(2024-06)The project developed a national register of industrial chemicals and pesticides regulated by the Rotterdam Convention. The register includes information on 74 chemicals detailing their hazardous properties, classification ... -
Benin - Project: Legal and institutional strengthening for the sound management of chemicals in Benin - Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2022)
(2024-06)The logframe of the project included training officials a) on the legislative & institutional framework for the sound management of chemicals, and b) on tools for the sound management of chemicals. The indicator for these ... -
Biodiversity and Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining - Figures and Facts
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Bisphenol A (BPA) - Assessment Report on Issues of Concern
(2020-09)A two-page summary of the information on bisphenol A (BPA) contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment and the 2019 Global ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy-making for a Pollution-free Planet
(2024-06)Pollution, including from chemicals and waste, is a global problem — deadly to humans, destructive to ecosystems and disastrous for economies. -
Burkina Faso: Project NEERE - SWITCH Africa Green
(2021)This impact sheet on Project NEERE provides a snapshot of results and achievements of the project under the Green Business Development Component of Phase I (2014-2019) of the SWITCH Africa Green programme. This component ... -
Business, Human Rights, and the Environment: Overcoming the Plastics Challenge: A Checklist for Civil Society
(2022-09)This Checklist illustrates practical steps that civil society members can take to advocate for a human rights-based approach to the plastics pollution challenge.