Browsing UNEP Publications by SDGs "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being"
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10 years after Rio: the UNEP assessment - executive summary
(UNEP, 2002)This report documents industry's progress unfinished business and future challenge in implementing agenda 21. -
2002 report of the aerosols, sterilants, miscellaneous uses and carbon tetrachloride technical options committee (ATOC)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)More than 10 billion aerosol products were used worldwide in 2001, the largest amount on record for this industry. Commercial use of aerosols developed after the Second World War based on the unique properties offered by ... -
2002 report of the flexible and rigid foams: technical options committee
(UNEP, 2003)Historically, the blowing agent selection made by the foam plastics manufacturing industry was based heavily on CFCs. This was particularly the case in closed cell insulating foams. An assortment of CFCs and other ozone ... -
2002 report of the methyl bromide: technical options committee (MBTOC)
(UNEP, 2002)The Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC) was established by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to identify existing and potential alternatives to methyl bromide ... -
2002 report of the Solvents, coating and adhesives technical options committee
(UNEP, 2003)The 2002 report is considerably different from previous reports of the Solvents Technical Options Committee (STOC). The physical structure has been designed so that each sub-sector has a self-contained chapter that summarises ... -
21 Issues for the 21st century: results of the UNEP foresight process on emerging environmental issues
(UNEP, 2012)The UNEP foresight report contains a description of the 21 emerging environmental issues identified through the UNEP Foresight Process. The process resulted in a list of 21 emerging environmental issues tagged 21 Issues ... -
Actions on Air Quality in North America: Canadian and U.S Policies and Programmes to Reduce Air Pollution
(2021)In North America, air pollution remains a serious health risk despite the large improvements in air quality that have been achieved by regulatory measures implemented under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) ... -
Actions on Air Quality: A Global Summary of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Air Pollution
(2021)This global report provides a review of policy actions of Member States per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. It builds on the United ... -
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 ... -
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018
(2018-12)The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ... -
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018 - Executive Summary
(2018)The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ... -
Addressing Single-use Plastic Products Pollution Using a Life Cycle Approach
(2021)In response to the request by Member States at the Fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly in March 2019[1], the report “ Addressing Single-Use Plastic Products Pollution using a Life Cycle Approach” describes: a) ... -
Africa Environment Outlook 3: our environment, our health
(UNEP, 2013)The Third Africa Environment Outlook (AEO-3), analyses the importance of, and interlinkages between, health and environment and the opportunities and synergies that might be derived from intensified collaboration between ... -
Africa Waste Management Outlook
(2018)Following the success of the Global Waste Management Outlook, IETC has been leading the development of a series of regional and thematic WM outlook. The Africa WM Outlook is part of this series and looks at the continent's ... -
African Environment Outlook-3 (AEO-3) - Summary for policy makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)The current issue (AEO-3) focuses on the linkages between environment and health, largely because of the recognition that environmental factors contribute about 28 per cent of Africa's disease burden. This disease burden ... -
African Environment Outlook: integrated environmental assessment reporting
(UNEP, 2001)The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) Integrated Assessment Report Project is a collaborative initiative between the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) and the United Nations Environment Programme ... -
Air and Water Pollution: Sources of Information and Bibliography
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)This bibliography covers the preliminary aspects of information gathering, the policy and legal aspects of decision-making, and the technical choices regarding treatment and disposal. Within each topic a selection of ... -
Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions
(2019)The impact of air pollution on human heath represents a serious public health crisis across Asia and the Pacific. Fewer than 8 per cent of the region’s people are exposed to levels of air pollution that do not pose a ... -
Air Quality in Bishkek: Assessment of Emission Sources and Road map for Supporting Air Quality Management
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-10)This report focuses on presenting the scientific background of air quality in Bishkek based on data analysis of available air quality monitoring data from Bishkek, and using this evidence base, presents a roadmap including ... -
An assessment of risk and threats to human health associated with the degradation of the environment
(UNEP, 2000)The health and well being of human cannot be separated from the natural environment. The challenge lies in maintaining people's health while simultaneously improving the health of ecosystem.
