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2050 Electronic and Electrical Waste Outlook in West Asia
(2023-03)This Outlook provides projections for e-waste generation and challenges of managing e-waste in an economically diverse West Asia region. It also provides a stepwise approach for countries to manage e-waste in an environmentally ... -
Assessing Regional and National Capacities for Monitoring and Research of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Air and Water
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-05)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions, and with support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), implemented ... -
Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-09)This report highlights the urgent need to develop new models for cooperation on the decarbonisation of building materials, if the world is to reach its goals for net zero emissions from the built environment sector by the ... -
Caucasus Environment Outlook - Second edition
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)The second edition of the Caucasus Environment Outlook (CEO-2) emphasizes in its nine chapters the importance of regional environmental monitoring through a participatory and consultative approach. It explores the latest ... -
Chemicals and Waste Issues of Concern: A Summary Analysis of Stakeholders’ Views on Priorities for Further Work and Potential Further International Action
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)In 2020, UNEP published an Assessment Report on 19 chemicals and waste issues of concern which pose risks to human health and the environment. The Report concluded that urgent international concerted action is needed for ... -
Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical Report
(2023-05)This report aims to inform the global community about the chemical-related issues of plastic pollution and options to address them. It also aims to support the negotiation process to develop the instrument on plastic ... -
Circular Economy: From Indicators and Data to Policy-making
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-02)This report aims to map data at national, regional, and global levels, for core Circular Economy Indicators based on the Guidelines for measuring circular economy to assess the availability and accessibility of circular ... -
Common Framework of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies for Latin America and the Caribbean
(2023-07)The Common Framework of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies for Latin American and the Caribbean is a guidance document that can serve as a voluntary reference to orient LAC member states that are in the process of or intend ... -
Decades of Mangrove Forest Change: What Does it Mean for Nature, People and the Climate?
(2023-04)Decades of Mangrove Forest Change: What does it mean for nature, people and the climate? reviews the extent of mangrove forest cover and considers the potential consequences of changes in mangrove extent for more than 1,000 ... -
Digital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainability
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-03)The report examines common information challenges stakeholders face when making decisions related to environmental sustainability and explores the role that Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can play as a key part of the ... -
Digital Technologies for Environmental Peacebuilding: Horizon scanning of opportunities & risks
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-06)This report specifically delves into how digital technologies can be harnessed to manage environmental and natural resource risks that contribute to insecurity and social conflict, as well as the opportunities they present ... -
Environmental impact of the conflict in Gaza: Preliminary assessment of environmental impacts
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-06)This Preliminary Assessment was prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in response to an official request from the State of Palestine for an assessment of the environmental impacts of the conflict in ... -
Environmental Rule of Law: Tracking Progress and Charting Future Directions
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-11)This report is to support countries to promote and strengthen environmental rule of law. It responds to the need identified in the First Global Report on Environmental Rule of Law (hereafter referred to as the First Global ... -
An Eye on Methane: The road to radical transparency - International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-12)A methane data revolution is just around the corner, making it possible to move beyond generic emission factors that attempt to estimate the release of methane pollution, and to replace them with more accurate empirical ... -
Food Waste Index Report 2024. Think Eat Save: Tracking Progress to Halve Global Food Waste
(2024-03)To galvanize the necessary action on food waste reduction to achieve SDG 12.3, it is crucial to understand how much food waste there is. Measuring food waste enables countries to understand the scale of the problem – and ... -
From Grey to Green: Better Data to Finance Nature in Cities - State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2024
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)The State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2024 report: From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, highlights the need for better data and tools to help cities integrate Nature based Solutions (NbS) into ... -
Global Bioeconomy Assessment: Coordinated Efforts of Policy, Innovation, and Sustainability for a Greener Future
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-04)The bioeconomy, also known as the bio-based economy, refers to the economic activity involving the use of biotechnology and biomass in producing goods, services or energy. It aims to reduce the dependence on fossil ... -
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-07)Climate litigation represents a frontier solution to change the dynamics of the fight against climate change. This Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review shows that people are increasingly turning to the ... -
Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)This Assessment presents an updated emissions budget, new projections of ozone, climate and air quality impacts under different scenarios, and the most recent evaluations of effectiveness and costs of abatement measures ... -
Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas: The State of the World’s Peatlands in Maps - Visualizing global threats and opportunities for peatland conservation, restoration, and sustainable management
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)Building on the findings of the Global Peatlands Assessment (GPA), the Atlas reveals the status of global peatlands through a series of maps that highlight their distribution and features on a continental scale, identifying ...