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Environmental Risk and Commercial Banks: Discussion Paper
The purpose of this discussion paper is to provide lenders -- particularly lenders that have recently begun to address environmental issues -- with a "snapshot" of some key... -
UNEP's Role in Environmental Exposure and Risk Assessment of Pesticides: An...
This document has been aimed at fulfilling these terms of reference. To study in detail the above described activity of IPCS and FAO as well as other related activities carried... -
Chemical Risk Assessment: Human Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk...
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of chemicals in recent years, many of them new compounds and mixtures whose toxicological properties have not previously been... -
Case Studies on Tailings Management
With the cooperation of a large number of experts, ICME has compiled this collection of case studies of tailings management practices in operations in many parts of the world.... -
Shifting Perceptions: ESG, Credit Risk and Ratings Part 1 - The State of Play
This report is the first in a three-part series by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) on its initiative to enhance the systematic and transparent consideration of... -
The Environmental Risk Disclosure Regime: Navigating Complexity in Global...
This paper will address this gap by first describing environmental risk disclosure as a regime complex that is defined by characteristics, including multiple actors and... -
Principles for Sustainable Insurance
The Principles for Sustainable Insurance provide a global roadmap to develop and expand the innovative risk management and insurance solutions that we need to promote renewable... -
Principles and Methods for Assessing Allergic Hypersensitization Associated...
The role of the immune system may be succinctly stated as the "preservation of integrity". This system is responsible for identifying what is "self" and what is "non-self". The... -
Principles for the Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Exposure to...
This monograph is an amalgamation of two draft documents "Principles for the Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Chemicals" and "General Principles and Methods for Chemical... -
Selected Non-Heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Environmental...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) constitute a large class of compounds, and hundreds of individual substances may be released during incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of... -
Principles and Methods for Assessing Direct Immunotoxicity Associated with...
In this monograph, the function and histophysiology of the immune system are reviewed, and the information necessary to understand and interpret the pathological changes caused... -
Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries: Assessing...
This collaborative research project between Imperial College Business School and SOAS has been commissioned by UN Environment, with generous financial support from the MAVA... -
Challenges and Strategies for Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Human...
This publication is devoted to promote the Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health concept and to disseminate the main conclusions of three international consultations held in 1999... -
Risk Assessment of Oil Spill Incident: Focusing on Likelihood Analysis in...
This assessment identifies hot spots of oil spill incidents in the NOWPAP region by collecting information on historic spill records, vessel traffic and sources of oil... -
Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Words into Action
This guide aims to give practical, how-to-do information on setting up and implementing nature-based solutions (NbS), especially for disaster risk reduction (DRR), but also for... -
Integrating Environment in Post-conflict Needs Assessments: UNEP Guidance Note
the purpose of this guidance note is to i) Advise PCNA practitioners on how to ensure knowledge of environment issues is available and used during the PCNA process; ii)... -
IPCS Mode of Action Framework Part 1: IPCS Framework for Analysing the...
The IPCS Harmonization Project goal is to improve chemical risk assessment globally, through the pursuit of common principles and approaches, and, hence, strengthen national and... -
Principles and Methods for the Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food -...
The purpose of this monograph is 2-fold: 1) to provide descriptive guidance for JECFA and JMPR to ensure the continuation of transparent and sound expert evaluations of... -
Extremely Low Frequency Fields - Environmental Health Criteria 238
This Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) monograph addresses the possible health effects of exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. It reviews... -
Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment for Human Health: Principles and Approaches -...
Chemicals have become an indispensable part of human life, sustaining activities and development, preventing and controlling many diseases, and increasing agricultural...