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Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries - Armenia
Greening economies is important because the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on which... -
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Master Plan of Orhei Town
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a systematic and anticipatory process, undertaken to analyze the environmental effects of proposed plans, programmes and other... -
CityAdapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in El Salvador, Mexico & Jamaica...
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is undergoing urbanization at rates twice the global average. Furthermore, the rapid deforestation in urban areas for farming and... -
Enhancing Early Warning Systems to Build Greater Resilience to...
Timor-Leste is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) whose infrastructure and governmental systems were devastated by a 25-year war of... -
UNEP@50 Toolkit
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Advancing the 10 Objectives and Guiding Considerations for Green and...
Infographic highgligting the 10 objectives and guiding considerations for green and sustainable chemistry -
Trade and the Environment: Implications of COVID-19 - UNEP Factsheet
Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction due to COVID-19 and the prospects for a quick recovery depend on the duration of the pandemic and effective policy responses.... -
LAO PDR: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Laos PDR 2020-2025 [Factsheet]
Lao PDR, a country in South East Asia with cities dotted along the Mekong River, is expected to experience more extreme rainfall events due to climate change, leading to floods... -
The Business of Plastics: The Impacts of Plastics Pollution on Human Rights...
Despite the known environmental and human health harms of plastics, the Pacific Islands are under tremendous pressure to continue to import plastic products, to meet the high... -
Reducing Plastic Bag Consumption in Egypt: SwitchMed in Egypt - SwitchMed...
In Egypt, the consumption of plastic bags is unrestrained at an average of 124 bags per person during 2015, equivalent to 12 billion annually. The top 5 consumers in Egypt are... -
Developing Capacity Among Rodriguans to Adopt Green Businesses through...
The SWITCH Africa Green programme was developed by the European Commission to support African countries in their transition to an inclusive green economy, the main objective... -
Road Map for Establishing a National Eco-labelling System by Transposing...
The EU Eco-label system was established in 1992. The overall objective of the Eco-label system is to promote products with a low impact on the environment compared to similar... -
SwitchCountry [Factsheet]
Make the Switch to Sustainable Consumption and Production for Circular and Green Economies at country-level. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) offers to provide... -
Demand-Side Management of Energy Use in Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises...
In Uganda, the demand for energy has increased significantly due to progress in economic growth and development, improved standards of living, growing populations and... -
Empowerment of women from local community: SwitchMed in Jordan - SwitchMed...
The SwitchMed waste management of the Aqaba Hotel Industry project is providing livelihoods, with a special focus on increasing the empowerment of women, by incorporating the... -
Nationally Determined Contributions [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet addresses the following questions: What are NDCs? How are NDCs affected by COVID-19? How is UNEP supporting countries to enhance their NDCs? -
Environmental Governance
UNEP’s Environmental Governance sub-programme promotes informed environmental decision-making to enhance global and regional environmental cooperation and governance. -
Forestry in The Gambia: A Climate Adaptation Case Study
The UN Environment Programme is helping the government of Gambia to adapt to climate change with a major project, titled Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Gambia:... -
E-waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana): From Grave to Cradle
Fuelled by the accelerated pace of digitalisation and the rise of a global middle-income class, the market for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is expanding rapidly. In... -
LESOTHO: Early Warning Climate Forecasting - Factsheet
The factsheet gives an overview of an Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project which is implemented by UNEP, Strengthening Climate Services in Lesotho for Climate-Resilient...