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Energy Profile: Ethiopia
Total production of electricity in 2015 was 1,708 ktoe with 82.7 per cent produced from hydro, 2.8 per cent from fossil fuels and 2.7 per cent from geothermal sources. Final... -
Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion in the Energy Sector in...
Options for mercury (Hg) emission reductions are gaining an ever increasing level of attention since it has been universally accepted that these emissions are detrimental to... -
The Environmental Impacts of Production and Use of Energy Part I: Fossil Fuels
The present report was prepared by Dr. Esnam El-Hinnawi of the UN' secretariat on the basis of contributions written by a number of scientists and information compiled by UNEP.... -
The United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata...
The UNFCCC is based on a top down approach, giving an overall goal for greenhouse gas reductions but with flexibility on how to achieve these reductions. The UNFCCC can be... -
Energy Profile: Senegal
In 2015, total electricity produced was 343 ktoe, with 88.9 per cent from fossil fuels and 9 per cent from solar and wind. Final electricity consumed was 276 ktoe. -
Energy Profile: Burundi
Burundi’s population in 2013 was 10.4 million). Total electricity produced in 2015 was 17 ktoe down from 21 ktoe in 2010. -
Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Mercury Releases: Reference...
This Toolkit aims to assist countries that are developing their mercury inventory to estimate releases of mercury, and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and... -
Guide for Reducing Major Uses and Releases of Mercury
This document is intended to assist countries to identify sources of mercury exposure and to assess main methods of reducing mercury exposures and risks to their people. -
Business Plan of the Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion Partnership Area
This Business Plan describes the activities of the Reduction of Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion partnership area of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)... -
UNEP Global Mercury Partnership: Coal Area
The Coal partnership aims to support globally significant emissions reduction through existing multi-pollutant control approaches. It also aims to provide technically sound... -
Mercury Releases from Coal Combustion Area - UNEP Global Mercury Partnership -
Up to 95% of mercury releases from power plants can be reduced by improving coal and plant performances and by optimizing control systems for other pollutants. The Partnership... -
Overarching Framework: UNEP Global Mercury Partnership
This document, which explains the ongoing work of existing partnerships, responds to the call of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council in its decision 24/3,... -
Chapter 5. Bridging the Gap: Phasing out Coal - The Emissions Gap Report 2017
If the temperature increase is to be kept well below 2°C by 2100, the global economy must undergo rapid decarbonization. -
The Emissions Gap Report 2017 - Executive Summary
The eighth UN Environment Emissions Gap Report provides an up-to-date scientific assessment of the global progress towards the emissions reductions required to be on track to... -
Lessons from a Decade of Emissions Gap Assessments
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