Browsing UNEP Publications by SDGs "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being"
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Annex 4.1. Updated Evidence on the Estimated Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation - The Adaptation Gap Report 2018
(2018)This annex describes material prepared to support Chapter 4 of the Adaptation Gap Report 2018 -
Annex chapter 3. An Exploratory Analysis of the Suitability of Indicators to Track Progress in Adaptation - The Adaptation Gap Report 2018
(2018)This annex describes material prepared to support Chapter 3 of the Adaptation Gap Report 2018 (hereafter ARG2018). It takes up the question of whether there are feasible and robust indicators, based on the aggregation of ... -
Apell Worldwide
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1995)Following various technological accidents in both highly industrialised and industrialising countries which resulted in adverse impacts on the environment, the United Nations Environment Programme Industry and Environment ... -
Asia-Pacific Environment Outlook 2
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2001)This report analyzes the state of changes of environment and natural resources that took place over the last hundred years. Time series data on land, forest, biodiversirv, water, marine and atmosphere revealed the alarming ... -
Assessing Environmental Impacts: A Global Review of Legislation
(2018)This report provides an overview of the current status of national legislation and institutional arrangements of relevance to EIAs and SEAs across the globe, as well as emerging issues and trends. It does this primarily ... -
Assessing Global Resource Use: A System Approach to Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction
(2017)This report focuses on the state and trends of ‘material’ resource use (biomass, fossil fuels, metals and non-metallic minerals), with further types of resources (land/water) and greenhouse gas emissions remaining as major ... -
Assessing Global Resource Use: A System Approach to Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction - Summary for Policymakers
(2017)This interim report of the International Resource Panel provides a first glimpse at a new evidence base that can inform precisely this kind of integrated policymaking. It presents up-to-date information on material resources ... -
Assessing Mineral Resources in Society: Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles - Summary
(2013)The global metals production shows tremendous impact on the world’s energy use, as primary metals production is responsible for 7 – 8 % of the total global energy use. Furthermore primary metal production causes severe ... -
Assessing the Risk of Genetic Damage
(1992)The major objective of the study was to develop a series of principles and recommendations that may serve as the basis for assessing the genotoxic hazards of environmental agents. It was considered that such principles and ... -
Assessment of Options for Strengthening the Science-policy Interface at the International Level for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
(2020)This report seeks to facilitate and inform discussions on strengthening the science-policy interface for chemicals and waste management and thus support and promote science-based local, national, regional and global action ... -
Atlas of our changing environment - a manual
(UNEP, 2014)This publication provides a step-by step guide for analysing and packaging time-series satellite imagery for communicating visual environmental changes on the ground to a wide variety of audiences. The manual is based on ... -
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their disposal
(UNEP, 1998)Protocol on liability and compensation for damage resulting from transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal -
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate
(2021)We can no longer deny that we are a part of our environment, which we are degrading at an alarming rate. In order to embark on a more sustainable pathway, we need both to conserve and restore ecosystems. This report makes ... -
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: an environmental review
(UNEP, 2008)This report is about the environmental measures that were introduced during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. This included waste management, cleaner transport systems and water treatment, as well as new urban green belts ... -
Bi-ennial Global Interlaboratory Assessment on Persistent Organic Pollutants - Second Round 2012/2013
(2014)This second Biennial Global Interlaboratory Assessment on Persistent Organic Pollutants was organized in 2012/2013 and was implemented with funds from the European Union through ENRTP and the Global Environment Facility. ... -
Biodegradable Plastics and Marine Litter: Misconceptions, Concerns and Impacts on Marine Environments
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)This briefing paper provides a concise summary of some of the key issues surrounding the biodegradability of plastics in the oceans. It explores whether the adoption of biodegradable plastics will reduce the impact of ... -
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 ... -
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. -
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' ...
