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ACP MEAS 3 Digest Volume 1 Issue 9 October 2021 - A Monthly Information Digest of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
(2021-10)The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Digital technologies that work for the planet; Green approaches policy note for parliamentarians; The power of finance and technology to deliver SDGs Achieving ecosystem ... -
Africa Office Newsletter - Nov-Dec 2018
(2018-12)UN Environment Africa Office's Newsletter for the period November-December 2018. -
Behind the Global Monitoring Plan: In Conversation about Monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - UNEP/GEF Projects on Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring under the Stockholm Convention
(2019)Stories told by the people behind the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) UNEP/GEF project: “Women who are breast feeding their first-born are able to participate in the milk sampling. ... -
The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment
(26/03/2019)Big data sets and new technologies can be brought together to create new knowledge products that can provide environmental insight in near real-time. Now is the time to reimagine and supercharge environmental governance ... -
How Eco-innovation Transformed a Vietnamese Tea Trader - Eco-Innovation success story from Vietnam
(2017)Vietnamese company Hiep Thanh used to produce and trade dried tea for Middle Eastern markets. But as it faced increasingly difficult challenges – regulatory, technical and economic – it became clear that business as usual ... -
Mining Machinery Goes Green – Funvesa of Peru: Eco-Innovation Success Story from Peru
(2017)A successful producer of iron castings for Peru’s mining and cement sectors, Funvesa is a company with growing ambitions. Before eco-innovation, the business was already using iron scrap to produce its goods. But Funvesa ... -
Newsletter: ICMGP 2019 [International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant]
(2019)Overview: The 14th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2019) was organized from 8th to 13th September 2019 in Krakow, Poland. -
The Pressing Need for a Global Digital Ecosystem
(2019)Over 90 percent of all data has been generated during the last two years. Mobile devices connect five billion people. New satellite technologies image the entire surface of the earth every day. Cloud computing and AI ... -
Re-thinking Production to Boost Circular Economies
(23/10/2018)Value-retention practices such as remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair, and direct re-use could cut industrial waste by between 80 and 99 per cent in some sectors. Greenhouse gas emissions could fall by 79 to 99 per cent ... -
UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter July-August 2018
(2018-09)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter July-August 2018 -
UN Joint SDG Fund
(27/04/2020)World leaders have made ambitious commitments to achieve the SDGs. Yet, securing enough resources remains a major challenge, with developing countries facing a gap estimated between US$2.5–3 trillion per year. Financing ...