Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Topic "Chemicals and Pollution Action"
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Environmental Guidelines for the Direct Reduction Route to Steel Making
(1983)The electric arc furnace and the development of the mini-steel mill, along with direct reduction, has enabled countries to install for themselves steel making capacities for 60 to 70% of the capital cost required for an ... -
Environmental Guidelines for the Motor Vehicle and its Use - UNEP Industry & Environment Guidelines Series, Volume 2
(1981)The environmental aspects of the motor vehicle and its use were first brought under review by UNEP at the Seminar on the Motor Vehicle and the Environment, held in 1976. Material gathered in association with the Seminar ... -
The Environmental Impact of the Conflict in Ukraine: A Preliminary Review
(2022-10)UNEP is mandated to assist countries, upon request, with pollution mitigation and control in areas affected by armed conflict or terrorism. Responding to a request by the Government of Ukraine, this report was drafted as ... -
Environmental Law in UNEP
(1991)The thrust of UNEP's environmental law activity comes from the decisions of its Governing Council and is strengthened by such major UNEP programme documents as the "In-depth Review of Environmental Law" (pertaining to ... -
Environmental Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry Volume 1
(1981)This 2-volume publication on Environmental Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry provides a useful base of environmental information and data relating to the industry. It is expected that this publication will enable ... -
Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond
(1988)Environmental problems cut across a range of policy issues and are mostly rooted in inappropriate development patterns. Consequently, environmental issues, goals and actions cannot be framed in isolation from the development ... -
Environmentally Sound Management of Toxic Chemicals : Task Managers Report for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
(1994)UNCED acknowledged the large number of national and international initiatives concerned with chemical safety. However it saw a need for, and proposed that, international cooperation relating to the environmentally sound ... -
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory - 2021 Report
(2021)Methane Matters - Curbing methane emissions from fossil fuels matters. And it matters under any plausible decarbonisation scenario. UNEP promotes a rapid transition away from fossil fuels but recognizes the climate importance ... -
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report
(2022-10)Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to tackle climate change in the short-term, as it remains in the atmosphere for far fewer years than carbon dioxide. It is for this reason that many nations have joined a global ... -
Flexible and Rigid Foams: Sourcebook of Technologies for Protecting the Ozone Layer - September 1996 Update
(1996)As the polymer foam manufacturing industry world-wide is a small and relatively well -defined group of companies, it is highly unlikely that manufacturers have failed to learn something of the need for the phase-out of the ... -
From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution - Synthesis
(2021)Key Findings: 1. Marine litter, including plastics and microplastics, has grown drastically and is projected to more than double by 2030. 2. Marine litter and plastics are a grave threat to all marine life and are influencing ... -
Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2019)Every year a network of scientists, experts and institutions across the world work with UN Environment to identify and analyze emerging issues that will have profound effects on our society, economy and environment. The ... -
Future E-Waste Scenarios
(Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative; United Nations University; United Nations Environment Programme, 2019)UNU-Vie SCYCLE, StEP Initiative, and UNEP IETC have been working on E-Waste issues greatly and initiated an activity to assess the foresight challenges in the E-Waste stream to develop policy-level discussions on the ... -
Future Proofing Infrastructure to Address the Climate Biodiversity and Pollution Crises: GEO for Business Brief 5
(2021)Infrastructure is both impacted by and impacts the environment in various feedback loops. Between 1998 and 2017, climate-related disasters accounted for 91 per cent of all recorded disasters, with floods being 43 per cent ... -
Gender and Waste Nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal
(2019)Over the past few years, the issue of gender in waste management has received increasing attention, highlighting that waste production and management is not gender neutral. In fact, existing gender inequalities, responsibilities ... -
GEO-6 for Youth
(2021)GEO-6 states that unless we radically and urgently change our economies and our societies, we will not be able to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.One of the greatest challenges facing young ... -
GEO-6 for Youth Africa: A Wealth of Green Opportunities - Global Environment Outlook
(2019)Africa’s sustainability future is bright. In that future, green jobs abound so much that youth unemployment is dealt a decisive blow. But for this future to materialise, young people, policymakers, private sector players, ... -
Global Chemicals and Waste Indicator Review Document
(2021)The Global Chemicals and Waste Indicator Review Document aims to strengthen the knowledge base of chemicals and hazardous waste and enhance the capacity of selected countries to track progress towards related SDG indicators ... -
Global Chemicals Outlook II - From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(2019)The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other ...