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Zoonotic Diseases [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet answers the following questions: What are zoonotic diseases? What are some examples of zoonotic diseases? Why are zoonotic diseases happening now? What causes... -
Nature Based Solutions [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet answers the following questions: What are nature-based solutions? What are the benefits of nature based solutions? How is UNEP supporting countries to leverage... -
Trade and the Environment [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet addresses the following questions: How has COVID-19 affected global trade? What impact will the pandemic have on global trade in the near future? How will the... -
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... -
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? -
Specification Sheet for Food Products (Fruits and Vegetables)
This specification sheet is regulating the procurement of food products and includes specifications/requirements for contracting organic fruits and vegetables. Impact on the... -
Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment in the ASEAN Region: Principles...
What are children’s rights? Children’s rights are what every child should have or be able to do, to have a good life. They include things like the right to be safe and have a... -
Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want -...
Through a combination of resource efficiency, climate mitigation, carbon removal, and biodiversity protection policies, this report finds that it is feasible and possible to... -
Health & Environment - [Factsheet]
Growing evidence and new understanding about the mounting risks to health and ecosystem degradation, as well as positive contributions to health from ecosystems services,... -
Human Rights and the Environment
Human rights and the environment -
Air Quality and Health: Air Pollution is Now the Largest Environmental...
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Leadership Dialogue 3: Accelerating the Implementation of the Environmental...
This background paper reflects the discussions held in the first round of Informal Working Groups in early March as well as the interventions by Member States and Major Groups... -
Leadership Dialogue 1: Reflecting on the Urgent Need for Actions to Achieve...
This background paper reflects the discussions held in the first round of Informal Working Groups in early March as well as the interventions by Member States and Major Groups... -
What is the Right to a Healthy Environment? - Information Note
This Information Note aims to improve understanding of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment and why it matters. Further, the note traces the origins of... -
Green Economy Indonesia: Fiscal Policies to Address Pollution and Health
Indonesia has one of the highest levels of air pollution in Southeast Asia. The primary source of these pollutants is the transport sector. In DKI Jakarta, the transport sector... -
Green Stimulus [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet answers the following questions: What is Green Fiscal Stimulus? How does Green Fiscal Stimulus work, and who pays for it What UNEP doing to support green fiscal... -
An Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing...
This report responds to Resolution 4/8 by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and aims to inform the international community about the current situation of specific... -
UNEP key messages on COVID-19 - Latin America and the Caribbean
This document serves as an outline for UNEP´s insight on the environmental dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the interconnected nature of all life on this planet. -
Human Rights, the Environment and COVID-19 - Key Messages: Human Rights at...
The COVID-19 crisis reveals a clear truth about catastrophic risk in an increasingly globalized world: an effective response requires immediate, ambitious and evidence-based... -
Reducing Pollution and Health Impacts through Fiscal Policies - Policy Brief
Pollution is one of the major challenges of our time, affecting human health, damaging the environment and leading to significant socio-economic costs. Preventing and addressing...