Browsing UNEP Publications by Title
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Capacity building for sustainable development: an overview of UNEP environmental capacity development initiatives
(UNEP, 2002)This publication details the broad scope of UNEP's capacity building for wise environmental management. -
Carbon Pools and Multiple Benefits of Mangroves in Central Africa: Assessment for REDD+
(2014)This report presents the results of a study carried out to assess the carbon pools, ecosystem services and multiple benefits of the mangroves in the Central African countries of Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo (RoC) and ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(, 1999)The Caribbean Environment Outlook (CEO) is part of a UNEP project to produce state of the environment assessments for the countries of the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands. The objective of the CEO is ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook: special edition for the International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action
(UNEP, 2005)The Caribbean Environment Outlook assesses the state of the environment in the Caribbean SIDS and Low-Lying Coastal States in terms of the environmental concerns identified in the BPOA and the driving forces of the ... -
Carpathians Environment Outlook, 2007
(UNEP, 2007)This publication is an integrated assessment on the state of, and trend related to, the environment of the Carpathian Mountains. -
The Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity: A Record of the Negotiations
(2000)The present volume serves as an excellent reference point in this respect. By reflecting the differing views during the genesis of the Protocol and painstakingly charting the negotiation of individual provisions, including ... -
Case studies on alternatives to methyl bromide, Volume 2: technologies with low environmental impact in countries with economies in transition
(UNEP, 2003)UNEP has compiled this document of six case studies to encourage farmers, extension agencies, researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders from the CEIT region to examine environmentally sustainable techniques, ... -
Case studies on alternatives to methyl bromide: technologies with low environmental impact
(UNEP, 2000)Provides methyl bromide users with information that will assist them in selecting commercially available, low impact (i.e., environmentally friendly) alternatives to methyl bromide. This publication is comprised of 18 ... -
Casebook on innovative activities for achieving sustainable development In Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)The casebook shares not only lessons from project innovations and implementation, but successful initial and long-term project results in pilot communities. It identifi es an array of crucial project factors, highlighting ... -
Catalysing Science-Based Policy Action on Sustainable Consumption and Production: The Value-Chain Approach & its Application to Food, Construction and Textiles
(2021)This report, requested by countries at the Fourth meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, provides an overview of how the value chain approach has been applied to the information of the International Resource ... -
Central Asia Waste Management Outlook
(2017)Central Asia is transforming itself from a region bogged down by mining and industrial waste legacies and poor municipal waste management to a safer and more pleasant place to live through site clean-ups and increasingly ... -
Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary - Marine Mammal Technical Report Number 3
(1991)The contributions in this volume represent some of the work that has been (or is being) carried out on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean. The limitations of the research documented will be apparent. We believe, however, that ... -
Changing Finance to Catalyze Transformation: How Financial Institutions can Accelerate the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy - GEO for Business Brief 6
(2021)The brief will address how financial services can be realigned to play a transformational role in achieving the environmental dimensions of the SDGs and related international agreements. It aims to inform, challenge, and ... -
Changing production patterns: learning from the experience of national cleaner production centres
(UNEP, 2002)Guidelines to establish cleaner production centres. Topics include: Setting up an NCPC, NCPC activities, integrating cleaner Production, financial sustainability, and frequently asked questions. -
Chapter 1. Antimicrobial Resistance: Investigating the Environmental Dimension - Frontiers 2017: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2017)Antibiotic pharmaceuticals are used around the world to treat and prevent bacterial infections in humans, animals and even plants. They have also been used widely as growth promoters to increase meat production, although ... -
Chapter 1. Listening to Cities: From Noisy Environments to Positive Soundscapes - Frontiers 2022 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2022-02)Sounds are complex physical phenomena originating in the vibration from a source that propagates energy into a medium as an acoustic wave. Sounds happen continuously and are everywhere: there is no such thing as 'silence' ... -
Chapter 1. Scoping the Emissions Gap Report 2017 - The Emissions Gap Report 2017
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017)The assessment builds on all available information, including that reviewed by the IPCC in its fifth assessment report, as well as more recent scientific studies. The assessment production process has been transparent and ... -
Chapter 1. Synthetic Biology: Re-engineering the environment - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2019)The world is facing unprecedented challenges to a healthy and sustainable future. Habitat destruction, invasive species, and overexploitation are contributing to immense biodiversity loss. Unsustainable, extractive industry ... -
Chapter 1. The Financial Sector: A Linchpin to Advance Sustainable Development - UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2016)The UNEP Frontiers 2016 edition presents six emerging issues. It highlights, for example, that the global significance of the financial sector should not confine itself only to enhancing global economic growth, but also ... -
Chapter 1: Background - Measuring Progress: Water-related Ecosystems and the SDGs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-03)The Measuring Progress series explores the relationship between environmental indicators and economic or social indicators. In this report, data availability for one thematic area was considered to further explore possible ...
