Reports, Books and Booklets
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Draft Report - Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) On Plastic Pollution & The Role and Relevance of The Regional Seas Programme
(2023-11)This document has been prepared to provide a draft report for the Regional Seas Programme based on the available information both from the on-going INC process as well as the regional seas conventions and action plans for ... -
Annual Progress Report for Project for Promoting Minamata Convention on Mercury by Making the Most of Japan’s Knowledge and Experiences - (Reporting Period: July 2022 – June 2023)
(2023-09)The project for ‘Promoting Minamata Convention on Mercury by making the most of Japan’s knowledge and experiences’ passed through the midpoint and entered the latter half of the implementation period. It has made significant ... -
Workshop: Green Jobs for the Future - Skills Development, Green Jobs and Technologies to Accelerate the Circular Economy
(2023-10)To increase awareness of the required skills for circularity and seek for solutions to overcome the skills gap, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), through GO4SDGs, in partnership ... -
Progress in Sustainable Public Procurement - Main Findings and Conclusions from the 2022 Data Collection Exercise on SDG Indicator 12.7.1
(2023)Sustainable public procurement (SPP) is a strategic policy lever that can be harnessed to address critical environmental and socio-economic challenges, such as the triple planetary crisis, human and labor rights, and the ... -
Resumen de actividades por el dia internacional de protección de la capa de ozono - Cuba 2023
(2023-10-12)Cuba's activities for World Ozone Day 2023 -
Quarterly Report to the 163rd Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives April – June 2023. Advance unedited version as of 12th October 2023
(2023-09)This report provides on: 1) significant developments including i) World Environment Day (WED), ii), International Day for Biological Diversity, iii), Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas ... -
Activities Devoted to World Ozone Day in Albania - 16 September 2023
(2023-09-16)Commemoration of World Ozone Day 2023 -
Green Financing Mechanisms for MSME in Africa
(2023-01)This green financing assessment report is accompanied by Guidelines to Accelerate the Transition Towards a Circular Economy in Africa, which seek to enhance the ongoing efforts to promote green business and a circular ... -
Options and Modalities for Improved Coordination of Policies Across the Global Nitrogen Cycle
(2023)Despite multiple nitrogen-relevant UN agencies and conventions having become operational since 1972, global nitrogen waste has steadily increased over that period. Different aspects of the nitrogen cycle fall within the ... -
Resource Deck: SEA circular - Solving Plastic Pollution at Source in South-East Asia
(2023)This resource deck contains a range of knowledge products and solutions for addressing plastic pollution in South-East Asia that have been generated as part of the SEA circular project – Reducing Marine Litter by Addressing ... -
The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Nepal
(United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2021)The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Nepal analyzes the gendered impacts of climate change in the country and suggests ways to enhance and mainstream gender equality into climate-relevant sectoral policies ... -
Beat Plastic Pollution: Global Report - World Environment Day 2023
(2023-06)World Environment Day is one of the largest and most influential platforms to mobilize commitments and rally action to protect the planet. Facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it has been celebrated ... -
National Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Thailand
(2023-05)This assessment provides a preliminary quantification of the costs of not taking further action on air pollution in Thailand. It quantifies and compares the potential health costs in two alternative future scenarios, one ... -
National Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Indonesia
(2023-06)This assessment provides a preliminary quantification of the costs of not taking further action on air pollution in Indonesia. It quantifies and compares the potential health costs that come under a scenario in which no ... -
Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Cambodia
(2023-06)Through quantifying the costs of not acting on air pollution, this assessment aims to increase the evidence base to support policymakers and decision makers in Cambodia to take further action and prioritize ambitious ... -
Accelerating the Global Adoption of Energy-efficient Transformers
(2017)This report guides policy makers on how to promote energy-efficient distribution transformers and large power transformers in their national markets. It is based on U4E’s Integrated Policy Approach, which has been used ... -
Accelerating the Global Adoption of Climate-friendly and Energy-efficient Refrigerators
(2017)In 2015, in developing countries and emerging economies, residential refrigerators accounted for approximately 10 percent of global electricity consumption in households. In those countries the number of refrigerators in ... -
Accelerating the Global Adoption of Energy-efficient Electric Motors and Motor Systems
(2017)This report guides policymakers on how to promote energy-efficient motors and motor systems in their national markets. It is based on U4E’s Integrated Policy Approach, which has been applied around the world to bring about ... -
Fishers' Perception Survey on the Causes and Effects of Derelict Gillnets in the Republic of Korea
(2022-10)Marine plastic pollution is being discussed as one of the three major global crises of climate change, nature loss, and pollution. Although the amount of marine plastic litter entering the sea is relatively smaller than ... -
Report on Assessment of the Distribution of Tidal Flats in the NOWPAP Region
(2022)While seagrass/seaweed beds are a significant habitat in water in the NOWPAP region, tidal flats and salt marshes are significant on land, both serving important, irreplaceable roles in marine biodiversity conservation. ...