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UNEP Emerging Issues: Environmental Consequences of Ocean Acidification: A...
Carbon dioxide is altering the chemistry of the surface oceans and causing them to become more acidic. From scientists and marine resource managers, to policy and decision-... -
Recent trends in material flows and resource productivity in Asia and the Pacific
This report is intended to supplement the original Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for Asia and the Pacific report (UNEP 2011). The content is based on an updated... -
State of Waste Management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Phnom Penh is facing huge challenges in waste management due to population growth, increasing income and consumption levels, expanding urbanisation and inadequate waste... -
Environmental Problems of Marine and Coastal Area of Bangladesh: National...
As a first follow-up activity to decision 11/7 of the governing council, the Executive Director of UNEP convened, in cooperation with South Asian cooperative Environment... -
Aquatic (Marine and Freshwater) Biotoxins - Environmental Health Criteria 37
This document deals with outbreaks of certain human diseases associated with human exposure to compounds produced by algae. Predators feeding on the algae become contaminated by... -
Integrating Biodiversity into the Sustainable Development Agenda: An...
This report from UNEP-WCMC reviews a relevant sample of VNRs in order to assess the level of biodiversity inclusion in the various national SDG implementation processes. The... -
Mercury Emissions from India and South East Asia
Mercury is an element of growing global concern. This report summarises the limited data available on mercury emissions from India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the... -
Energy Profile: Zimbabwe
Total production of electricity in 2015 was 762 ktoe, with 32.9 per cent from fossil fuels and 66.2 per cent from hydro sources. The final consumption of electricity in 2015 was... -
Energy Profile: Togo
Total electricity production in 2015 was 52 ktoe, with 71.1 per cent from fossil fuels and 23 per cent from hydro sources. Final consumption of electricity was 52 ktoe in 2015. -
Energy Profile: Tunisia
Total electricity production in 2015 was 1,523 ktoe, with 97 per cent from fossil fuels and 2.6 per cent from solar and wind energy. Final electricity production was 1,523 ktoe. -
Energy Profile: Uganda
Total electricity production in 2015 was 276 ktoe with 74.6 per cent produced from hydro, 19 per cent from fossil fuels and 5.4 per cent from biofuels and waste. Final... -
Energy Profile: Liberia
By 2013, Liberia had a population of 4.29 million. In 2015, Liberia produced 41 ktoe of electricity of which 53.6 per cent was from hydro, 24.3 per cent from fossil fuels and... -
Energy Profile: Mozambique
In 2015, total electricity production was 1,543 ktoe, of which most (98.9 per cent) came from hydro sources. -
Energy Profile: Seychelles
In 2015, total electricity production was 38 ktoe, with 94.7 per cent from fossil fuel sources. -
Energy Profile: Mauritius
In 2015, total production of electricity was 228 ktoe, of which 92.1 per cent came from fossil fuels, 26.3 per cent from biofuels and waste and 3.9 per cent from hydro sources... -
Energy Profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Electricity production in 2015 was 676 ktoe with 99.7 per cent of it produced from hydro sources. Final consumption of electricity in the same year was 613 ktoe (AFREC, 2015). -
Energy Profile: Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo had a population of 4.45 million people in 2013. In the same year, it produced a total of 14,977 ktoe of energy. The Republic of the Congo’s primary... -
Energy Profile: Comoros
In 2013, the population of the Comoros was 13.1 million people (World Bank, 2016). Electricity production in 2015 was 6 ktoe, with all of it generated from fossil fuels. Final... -
Energy Profile: Egypt
Egypt has a large population, which was 82.06 million in 2013. In 2015, the total production of electricity was 16,504 ktoe of which 90.7 per cent is from fossil fuels. Final... -
Energy Profile: Gabon
Gabon had a population of 1.67 million in 2013. In 2015, total electricity produced was 199 ktoe with 51.7 per cent produced from hydro and 48.2 per cent from fossil fuels