UNEP Publications: Recent submissions
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A Policymakers’ guide to Life Cycle Assessment - Policy Brief
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-11)This policy brief focuses on the application of generic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to inform problem and policy framing. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines a life cycle as “consecutive ... -
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 ... -
Latest News from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership - October 2024
(2024-10)Through this edition, find out more about latest international conferences, workshops and webinars, including partnership areas meetings, as well as the recent planetGOLD Global Forum, as well as the sixteenth International ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! is the 15th edition in a series that brings together many of the world’s top climate scientists to look at future trends in greenhouse gas emissions and provide ... -
Institutional Capacity Needs Assessment towards Strengthening Sustainable Ocean Governance in Ghana
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-10)The main objective of the Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) are as follows: • To identify the key capacity needs of the Environment Directorate in the MESTI, EPA and LUSPA in carrying out their relevant mandates. • To provide ... -
Training Report: Capacity Building on POPs Monitoring in Biota and Abiotic Matrices in the Africa, Asia, Pacific and GRULAC Regions
(2024-09)Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to evaluate the effectiveness of the Convention, including a Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) to collect comparable and consistent data on ... -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) end-to-end: The Environmental Impact of the Full AI Lifecycle Needs to be Comprehensively Assessed - Issue Note
(2024-09)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United ... -
Driving policy change towards sustainable urban food systems: Upscaling Urban and Peri-urban agriculture in Brazil
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)TEEB AgriFood Brazil aims to inform decision-making processes by assessing and developing pathways for scaling up sustainable agriculture within and around cities. To bridge this gap, it is crucial to identify and analyze ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector in Thailand
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)The TEEB AgriFood analysis focusses on five key rice management practices that promote sustainability were selected to represent the essential compliance requirements of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard (SRP ... -
Vehicle tyre particles in the environment - Foresight Brief No. 034 September 2024
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-09)Tyre-wear particles are one of the most abundant types of primary microplastics discharged into the environment. During their degradation in the environment, various tyre components are released, including some chemicals ... -
Applying TEEB for Agriculture and Food to Inform Food System Policy: Modeling Guidance and Case Studies
(2024-09)This guide is a ‘how-to’ guide and proof of concept, i.e., (i) how to formulate the policy scenarios that TEEB Agrifood is applied to, (ii) what data, methods and disciplinary expertise are required, (iii) what is the ... -
Progress on Water-related Ecosystems: Mid-term Status of SDG Indicator 6.6.1 and Acceleration Needs with a Special Focus on Biodiversity
(2024-08)This report shines a light on the state of freshwater ecosystems today. Through EO data we can observe when and where ecosystems are degraded and although no comprehensive suite of data exist for each and every ecosystem ... -
Progress on Ambient Water Quality: Mid-term Status of SDG Indicator 6.3.2 and Acceleration Needs, with a Special Focus on Health
(2024-08)This report presents the latest results and findings from the 2023 data drive for SDG Indicator 6.3.2 on ambient water quality, and provides key messages on water quality monitoring and assessment and highlights acceleration ... -
Synthesis Report on the Road Map for Securing Conditions for Sustainable Monitoring of POPs
(2024-08)The extensive knowledge and experience acquired through years of monitoring POPs and activities implemented to strengthen the capacities, provide a robust foundation for securing sustainable conditions in future ... -
Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector: India
(2024-07)As India looks towards 2030 and beyond, its food system confronts a myriad of challenges, including heightened pressure on natural resources, the impact of climate change, land fragmentation, increasing urbanization, ... -
Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Handbook on indicator 17.14.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals
(2024-07)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, is a plan of action for people, the planet and prosperity, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; see ... -
Navigating New Horizons: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-07)To help navigate current and future uncertainty and disruptive change, while effectively delivering on its mandate, UNEP has been implementing an institutionalized approach to strategic foresight and horizon scanning with ... -
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 ... -
Raising ambition, accelerating action: Towards enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for forests
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2024-06)Pledges to reduce deforestation and pledges to financially support this transition from developed countries, are insufficient to halt deforestation by 2030. This report finds that commitments within the Nationally Determined ...
