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2024 World Ozone Day Reports - Asia and the Pacific
(2024-11-29)World Ozone Day, observed annually on September 16th, is a pivotal event to raise awareness and catalyze action to protect the ozone layer, our planet’s protective shield. Since its inception following the adoption of the ... -
Bonn Declaration for a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
(2023-09)Declaration from the ministers, heads of delegation, and stakeholder leaders, gathered in Bonn, Germany, during the high-level segment of the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, on 28 and ... -
Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
(2024-11)The aim of the Framework is to prevent or, where prevention is not feasible, minimize harm from chemicals and waste to protect the environment and human health, including that of vulnerable groups and workers. The Framework ... -
Quarterly Report to the 168th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives - Advance Unedited Version: July – September 2024
(2024-11)This report aims to provide the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with an update on key global, regional and national developments during the third quarter of 2024, in implementation ... -
Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility: A Commitment Towards a Better Walking and Cycling Environment for People and Planet - First Edition
(2024-11)The Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) is a comprehensive framework aimed at transforming mobility across Africa by prioritising the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and other non-motorized transport users. ... -
UNEP Planetary Funds Biennial Report 2023–2024
(2024-10)The three UNEP Planetary Funds – the UNEP Climate Fund, UNEP Nature Fund and UNEP Pollution Fund – were launched in 2022 at UNEP’s 50th anniversary. As a flexible alternative to earmarked funds open to a wide range ... -
[Informe de actividades del Día Mundial de la Capa de Ozono - 16 Septiembre de 2024, Colombia]
(2024-10)The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone ... -
Annual Progress Report for Project for Promoting Minamata Convention on Mercury by Making the Most of Japan’s Knowledge and Experiences - (Reporting Period: July 2023 – June 2024)
(2024-09)Project for ‘Promoting Minamata Convention on Mercury by making the most of Japan’s knowledge and experiences’ has turned around the key cornerstone to focus more on illegal mercury trade issue which was highlighted at ... -
World Ozone Day Report 2024 - Africa region
(2024-10)World Ozone Day, observed annually on September 16th, is a pivotal event aimed at raising awareness and catalyzing action to protect the ozone layer, our planet’s protective shield. Since its inception following the ... -
Report on the events dedicated to International Ozone Day - Kyrgyzstan
(2024-09)Kyrgyzstan's World Ozone Day report. In 2024 the Ozone Center of Kyrgyzstan held several events dedicated to World Ozone Day. -
Annex - Chemicals and Waste Issues of Concern: A summary analysis of stakeholders’ views on priorities for further work and potential further international action
(2024-10)This annex presents detailed summaries of the written submissions for each issue of concern discussed in the main report entitled Chemicals and Waste Issues of Concern: A summary analysis of stakeholders’ views on priorities ... -
Sea Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution - Annual Progress Report 2023
(2023)This Annual Report presents key achievements in 2023 and the strategic leveraging of resources to scale up the project impact. It highlights the project’s pivotal leadership in shaping the regional discourse on combatting ... -
Developing Key Performance Indicators for Monitoring, Follow-up, and Evaluation of Waste Management Activities - SwitchMed II Project in Egypt, Policy Component
(2024-06)This activity was executed under the EU-funded SwitchMed programme (policy component), coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and implemented in Egypt by the Ministry of Environment in collaboration ... -
Financial Mechanisms to Reduce Consumption of Single-use Plastic Bags Scoping Study in Egyptian Context - SwitchMed II Project in Egypt, Policy Component
(2024-06)Financial and economic instruments are increasingly being used to tackle the unchecked consumption and production of single-use plastics, in particular single-use plastic bags (SUPBs). Product taxation, Extended Producer ... -
Report on the Launch of the Blue Economy Roadmap for Advancing Marine and Coastal Eco-Practices in Egypt - SwitchMed II Project in Egypt, Policy Component
(2024-06)On February 15th, 2024, Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, in partnership with the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), held the ... -
Plastic Production Transformation in Egypt: Impact Assessment of Measures and Initiatives on Material Flows - SwitchMed II Project in Egypt, Policy Component
(2024-06)This report highlights existing material flows of plastics and plastic products (“cradle to grave”) in Egypt, an important country with economy in transi on. Impacts on these flows from na onal and interna onal ini a ves, ... -
Blue Economy Roadmap-Advancing Marine and Coastal Eco-Practices in Egypt - SwitchMed II Project
(2024)The roadmap serves multiple purposes, including aligning with the national blue economy framework, outlining the Ministry of Environment›s priorities in coastal and marine eco-tourism, synergizing with Line Ministries, ... -
Single-use Plastic Bags Awareness Action Plan - SwitchMed II Project in Egypt, Policy Component
(2024-06)This document offers a suggested road map for the implementation of Single-Use Plastic Bags (SUPBs) Strategy in Egypt, framed by the Ministry of Environment (MOE). The main purpose is to provide support to the Government ... -
Appendix 9: Assessment of National Capacity on POPs Monitoring and Technical Support to Strengthen Regional Coordination on Sustainable Monitoring of POPs in the Asia Pacific Region
(2023-07)Enhancing the national capacity for monitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs) among member Parties of the Stockholm Convention is a critical strategy to promote the global monitoring plan for POPs. This strategy can ...