Browsing UNEP Publications by Author "Law Division"
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Activities of UNEP in the Field of Environmental Law in 1991
(1992)Since its creation in 1972, UNEP has been very active in the development of environmental law. UNEP can point to the fact that under its auspices tour major global binding agreements - the 1985 Vienna Convention for the ... -
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 ... -
Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Emission Inventory Manual
(2013)Atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) are widespread layers of regional scale plumes of air pollution consisting of a mixture of anthropogenic sulfate, nitrate, organics, black carbon, dust, and fly ash particles. Recent scientific ... -
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
(2010-10)This publication underscores that environmental audits, such as those conducted by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) can and do play a crucial and vital role with regard to the implementation of MEAs and can evaluate whether ... -
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(2010-10)The publication intends to ensure that existing compliance and non-compliance regimes are documented in one source to assist and support any future negotiations on the revision of existing regimes or the creation of new ones. -
COVID19 and Impacts on Environmental Human Rights Defenders and Environmental Protection in Southeast Asia
(2022-03)This report examines the positive and negative impacts of the decrees, laws and other government policies on environmental rights that were either enacted in response to COVID-19 or passed during the pandemic. This rapid ... -
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 5 - Report on the Development and Harmonization of Laws on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
(1999)Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ... -
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 7: Report on the Development and Harmonization of Laws Relating to Forestry
(1999)Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ... -
El Medio Ambiente: Un Dialogo Entre las Naciones
(1985)Este informe senala los peligros que amenazan a La humanidad, a consecuencia de Ia pérdida a gran escala de La fertilidad del suelo, de alcances sin precedentes dado que más de un tercio de Ia superficie de Ia tierra está ... -
Elaboration of Options for Enhancing Synergies among Biodiversity related Conventions
(2016-03)The options for enhancing synergies between the biodiversity-related conventions (focusing on the global level) set forth in the present paper respond to calls by the governing bodies of conventions, theUnited Nations and ... -
Enforcement Strategies for Combatting the Illegal Trade in HCFCs and Methyl Bromide
(2013)This booklet is intended to be an easy-to-use resource for ozone officers and others who will be involved in the detection, prevention, and prosecution of smuggling in HCFCs and methylbromide. Ozone officers and enforcement ... -
Enhancing cooperation among the seven biodiversity related agreements and conventions at national level using the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
(2016-04)This paper builds on UNEP actions promoting synergies and cooperation among the biodiversity Conventions, including the ‘Options Paper’ that has been published in 2016 and various Decisions of governing bodies of the ... -
Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions: Experiences from the Global South: Workshop Proceedings and Country Reports
(2016-09)Over the past few years, UN Environment has led a multi-stakeholder process to identify options for enhancing synergies and cooperation among the global biodiversity conventions. To that effect, UN Environment organized a ... -
Environmental Change through Capacity Building: Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific - Capacity building related to multilateral environmental agreements(MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific(ACP) countries
(2017-03)To address the challenges faced by developing countries in the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), UN Environment joined forces with the European Commission and the Secretariat of the African, ... -
Environmental Codes of Conduct : Technical Report No. 29
(1995)This publication is produced in order to: + review existing codes of conduct at the national and mternational level which relate to the industry as a whole and to key sectors of the industry; + to review codes related to ... -
Environmental Courts & Tribunals - A Guide for Policy Makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)With over 1,200 environmental courts and tribunals now operating worldwide at the national and state/provincial level, this guide shares concise, practical advice and best practices to make them more effective, updating ... -
Environmental Courts and Tribunals – 2021: A Guide for Policy Makers
(2022-07)This UNEP 2021 ECT Guide is designed to provide an overview for policymakers, judges, academics, and stakeholders who are interested in improving the adjudication of environmental disputes. It identifies features of ECTs, ... -
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 ... -
Fourth Global Training Programme in Environmental Law
(1999)The objectives of the training programme were:- to in-form participants about legal and institutional developments in the field of environmental law both at the international and national levels; to promote a greater ... -
Global Report on the Status of Legal Limits on Lead in Paint
(2016-05)This report provides a global overview on the progress of countries in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, export, sale and use of lead paints. It also illustrates a range of legal approaches ...
