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World Atlas of Desertification
(Edward Arnold, 1992)This atlas represents the current stage of our understanding of desertification, its extent and its possible solutions. One of the clearest ways to depict a global problem is to show it in an atlas. If it is true that one ... -
Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
(United Nations, 2008)This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint Capacity-Building Task Force on Trade, ... -
Global Waste Management Outlook
(2015)The Global Waste Management Outlook, a collective effort of the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Waste Management Association, is a pioneering scientific global assessment on the state of waste ... -
Regional oceans governance: Making regional seas programmes, regional fishery bodies and large marine ecosystem mechanisms work better together
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)This review is intended to assist states that participate in existing regional oceans governance mechanisms, as well as those that are considering participating, by clarifying the key distinctions between their mandates, ... -
Radiation: Effects and sources
(2016)This publication is based on the major scientific reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) published in the last 25 years and aims to expand public knowledge on levels ... -
Realizing Integrated Regional Oceans Governance: Summary of Case Studies on Regional Cross-sectoral Institutional Cooperation and Policy Coherence
(2017)The case studies summarized in this document illustrate practical experiences of cross-sectoral cooperation for effective implementation of SDG 14 and other ocean-relevant SDGs. -
Greening the Blue Report 2018: The UN System's Environment Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It
(2018)The UN System is committed to improving resource efficiency, achieving climate neutrality by 2020 and internalising the Sustainable Development Goals. -
Greening the Blue Report 2019: The UN System's Environment Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It
(2019)The United Nations System has been working to improve its environmental sustainability over several years. Responding to the latest scientific evidence, UN entities are now accelerating this work with the introduction of ... -
Greening the Blue Report 2020: The UN System's Environmental Footprint and Efforts to Reduce it
(2020)The report is composed of two elements: a brochure and entity-specific webpages. This brochure focuses on the UN System data as a whole; whereas, on www.greeningtheblue.org each contributing entity provides information ... -
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review
(2020)This report, which updates the 2017 document by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) entitled The Status of Climate Change Litigation: A Global Review, provides an overview of the current state of climate change ... -
Greening the Blue Report 2021: The UN System’s Environmental Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It
(2021)The Greening the Blue Report 2021 provides a snapshot of the UN system’s environmental impacts throughout 2020 and its activities to reduce them. The 2021 edition of the Report covers data for 2020 on environmental impacts, ... -
Perceptions on Plastic Waste: Insights, Interventions and Incentives to Action from Businesses and Consumers in South-East Asia
(2021-12)This report outlines the findings from surveys targeting consumers and food and beverage businesses, conducted from January to April 2020 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. Two thousand consumers ... -
Urban Agriculture’s Potential to Advance Multiple Sustainability Goals - An International Resource Panel Think Piece
(2022-02)This Think Piece evaluates to what extent, and in which conditions, urban agriculture can enhance the sustainability of urban-rural food systems and promote a circular economy in cities. It provides an overview of different ... -
Synthesis Report on the Environmental and Health Impacts of Pesticides and Fertilizers and Ways to Minimize Them: Envisioning a Chemical-safe World
(2022-03)This report presents a comprehensive review of available information on environmental and health effects and their potential impacts. The overall goal of the report is to provide a review of the information base and update ... -
International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure: Integrated, Systems-level Approaches for Policymakers - Second Edition
(2022-04)The International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure are intended to provide guidance for global use on the integration of sustainability throughout the entire infrastructure life cycle, with the focus ... -
A Scientific Assessment of the Third Pole Environment
(2022-04)This report has been developed to consider the complexities of environmental changes and their impacts. It has been built on the principals of the IPCC and IPBES. This assessment report has used climate, water body, ecosystem ... -
Sand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisis
(2022-04)Sand plays a strategic role in delivering ecosystem services, vital infrastructure for economic development, providing livelihoods within communities and maintaining biodiversity. It is linked to all 17 Sustainable Development ... -
Walking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action
(2022-06)This report is a first attempt at gathering, analyzing and presenting data to demonstrate the everyday reality for the one billion people in Africa who walk and cycle every day. It baselines conditions in all 54 African ... -
Review of Current Knowledge and Data on Marine Litter in Asia
(2022-06)This study aims to provide a science-based review of the current knowledge and data available on marine litter in the coastal countries of South Asia, North East Asia and South-East Asia. A qualitative summary of and ... -
Financing the Blue Economy: Investments in Sustainable Blue Small–Medium Enterprises and Projects in Asia and the Pacific
(2022-06)This joint report highlights opportunities for mobilizing investment for a sustainable blue economy in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs' limited access to capital makes ...
