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In October 2014, the University of Eastern Finland and UNEP held the eleventh joint Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Joensuu, Finland. The papers...

This report reviews the agreements and commitments made by countries in the Monterey Consensus in 2002, Doha Agreement in 2008, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in 2015 and the...

Le gouvernement du Burkina Faso est en capacité de lancer une initiative d'ouverture des données rapidement. Il deviendrait ainsi le premier pays d'Afrique francophone à se...

Toluene is the common name for methylbenzene. It is a clear, colourless liquid that is volatile (vapour pressure of 3.82 kPa), flammable, and explosive in air. The technical...

The Strategic Action Programme for the protection of the coastal and marine environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based sources and activities (SAP) has been...

This report documents the degree to which the eight goals based upon eighteen targets are on track to be fulfilled by 2015 in the Pan-European region. The focus of the report is...

This special edition of ECOREA 2009 introduces the country’s main goals and ten policy priorities for a new national vision of Green Korea, which pursues the harmony of the...

The Review encompasses different approaches, doctrines, techniques and theories in the field, including international environmental compliance and enforcement, international...

2014 marked the evolution of UNEP’s governing body from a 58-member Council to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) with universal membership (193 countries),...

This article prepared by UNEP FI’s Property Working Group, presents the essential differences between Responsible Investment (RI) in asset classes and in direct property. This...

The purpose of this regional overview is to highlight problems and issues of regional concern in order that they will be considered in the preparation of a long-term strategy...

Electricity for lighting accounts for almost 20% of electricity consumption and 6% of CO2 emissions worldwide. According to the International Energy Agency, approximately 3% of...

This document represents the views of ICPFMC and is published by IPCS in an attempt to stimulate scientific discussion, as well as to provide guidance on the use of genotoxicity...

The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) has been identified as a global hotspot for chondrichthyan diversity (Dulvy et al. 2014), with 130 shark, 86 batoid (wedgefishes, skates and rays)...

UNEP invited business initiatives and industry associations to prepare sectoral Report Cards for discussions on 'Industrial Development' at the UN Commission on Sustainable...

With its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector, similar to agriculture,...

In order to address the issue of mercury in Suriname in both the short, medium and long term, Suriname needs to gain an understanding of the mercury waste streams. A better...

The aim of the Course is to equip present and future negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements with the information and experiences of others in the area of...

Bolivia is a country with an important extension of forest land, as approximately 50% of its territory is covered by forests. Bolivia is also vulnerable to climate change. Such...

This report presents ndings of an integrated ecosystem assessment carried out in the Bugesera region, Southern province of Rwanda, during the period May – August 2006. The...