Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Topic "Science-Policy"
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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: 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 ... -
Chapter 2. Wildfires under Climate Change: A Burning Issue - Frontiers 2022 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-02)Wildfires are a natural feature of the Earth system, necessary for the functioning of many ecosystems. Interactions between vegetation and climate over extended periods establish a particular pattern of wildfire recurrence ... -
Chapter 2: The state of the environment - Measuring Progress: Water-related Ecosystems and the SDGs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-03)This chapter aims to showcase the progress in data availability in relation to specified SDG indicators. The purpose is not to explain why indicators’ trends are increasing or decreasing. The change in category (that is, ... -
Chapter 3: Methodology - Measuring Progress: Water-related Ecosystems and the SDGs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-03)While the Measuring Progress: Environment and the SDGs (2021) report focused on understanding the interlinkages through a statistical correlation analysis, the proposed methodology herein will further develop the statistical ... -
Chapter 4: Freshwater-related ecosystems - Measuring Progress: Water-related Ecosystems and the SDGs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-03)Many relationships were identified as significant for freshwater-related ecosystems. This chapter explores the significance of such relationships and whether such relationships are confirmed by scientific evidence. -
Chapter 5: Marine-related ecosystems - Measuring Progress: Water-related Ecosystems and the SDGs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-03)SDG 14 is the dedicated goal towards the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources. This goal includes 10 targets and 10 indicators related directly to marine-related ecosystems. Yet only ... -
Reflecting on the Past and Imagining the Future: A contribution to the dialogue on the Science-Policy Interface
(2022-02)This paper outlines UNEP’s role in the Science-Policy Interface, reflects on past successes and considers the challenges ahead. It also explores how UNEP’s work can be strengthened in the science-policy field in the medium ...