Browsing Serials by SDGs "SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation"
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A New Eye in the Sky: Eco-drones: UNEP Global eEnvironmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2013
(2013)UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a regular basis across UNEPs focus areas. The ... -
Ancient Water is Used to Irrigate a Desert—Murzuq Basin, Libya - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) October 2010
(2010-10)Libya relies on groundwater to meet 95 per cent of its water requirements; it is primarily "fossil water" from non-recharging aquifers such as the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, the North-Western Sahara Aquifer System ... -
Balancing economic development and protecting the cradle of mankind - Lake Turkana basin: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - June 2013
(2013)A number of transboundary water agreements exist in Africa. However, many of these agreements are limited to larger basins such as the Nile, Niger, Senegal or Volta. There are very few international river basin agreements ... -
Cyclone Phailin in India: Early Warning and Timely Actions Saved Lives: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2013
(2013)This issue focuses on the lessons learned from Cyclone Phailin and how they can be applied to other disasters such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan. -
The Faith We Share and The World We Want - UNEP Perspectives No. 21
(2016-04)Successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will require healthy, resilient and sustainable local communities everywhere. Focusing on the health, resilience and sustainability of local communities ... -
Forecasting and Early Warning of Dust Storms: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - February 2013
(2013)Dust storms can have high interannual, as well as annual and decadal, variability, thus it is important that more research is conducted over longer periods of time to analyze trends and associated storm severity. With ... -
From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ... -
Gender and Environment: Empowering Rural Women: Access to Land and Natural Resources - SDG Policy Brief No. 002
(2018)Women constitute approximately half of the rural labour force and are economically active in each subsector of the rural economy. Their livelihoods are often based on access to and control over natural resources. The ... -
A Glass Half Empty: Regions at Risk Due to Groundwater Depletion - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) January 2012
(2012-01)The tiny fraction of freshwater not bound up in ice sheets and glaciers comprises only a very small fraction of total global water volume (about 0.79 %) (1). Global use of that freshwater, however, has been growing at ... -
Human health and the environment : UNEP Post 2015 Note 3
(2014)Ensuring a clean and healthy environment, through effective environmental management, will provide multiple benefits to society and the economy. -
Integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development : How to achieve a balanced, ambitious and inclusive framework : UNEP Post 2015 Note 1
(2014)Growth and prosperity are being achieved at the expense of the planet’s life support systems, and at the expense of greater inequality. Disasters are reversing development gains. The three dimensions of sustainable development ... -
Integration and universality key to post-2015 sustainable agenda : UNEP Post 2015 Note 8
An unprecedented series of decisions by governments since the 2012 Rio+20 conference has yielded progress towards a universal commitment to achieve sustainable development. The year 2015 will see additional efforts to ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)After the recognition of national ownership of biological resources pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), competition between nations has been intensifying to acquire biological resources. The Korean ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Emission Reduction Program for In-Use Diesel Vehicles
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2008)Air pollution in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) is 1.3-1.4 times higher than non-SMA regions in terms of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10). Vehicles are responsible for more than 65% of total PM10 ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)In the latter half of the 20th century, rapid industrialization and population growth aggravated environmental problems such as the depletion of resources, global warming, and destruction of the natural environment, giving ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Policies for Fuel Switching
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas have been indispensable commodities for the economy since long ago. Electricity, which is essential to daily life, is mostly generated from these fossil fuels. Fuels for automobiles ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Integrated Management System for Sewerage Facilities and BTL Project for Sewage Pipe in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2005)In last a few decades since 1960s, the economic growth and national development of Korea are rapidly achieved, however these have resulted in a number of environmental problems. For example, the high growth of industralization ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea’s National Green Growth Strategy and Environmental Policy
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2009)On August 15, 2008, during a presidential address to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea, Low-carbon Green Growth was declared as a national vision for the next 60 years. The Low-carbon ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Metal Waste Recycling Plans
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)It is expected that the amount of metal waste generation would be increased over time. Although precious metals and other nonferrous metals retrievable in metal wastes have huge economic value, such precious metals have ...
