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Basé sur la publication intitulée "UNEP Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law", ce Manuel a pour but de permettre aux juges nationaux de tous les types de tribunaux des...

The aim of this Manual is to provide conceptual and practical guidance for integrating sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).

The world's oceans have always been a source of food and other goods. The industrial‐scale production of drinking water from the sea, however, has only become possible since the...

The GEO Cities methodology, available as an application manual, is a very useful tool that will strengthen institutional capacities to prepare environmental assessments and...

This guidebook aims to provide expert information on the technologies most relevant for climate change adaptation in the water sector in developing countries. It is meant to be...

The aim of this Action Pack is to help you introduce environmental management as an extension to the daily running of your business - it does not need considerable additional...

World atlas of desertification

This report explores some connections and gaps between the environment and gender. The data and case studies included in this document explain how gender differences and...

Discussion Document for Session 4: Environment and Health Linkages in Asia Pacific, First Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific

The objective of this document is to illustrate the role of the environment in delivering on all the SDGs and the post-2015 development agenda in the Asia Pacific region....

The overall message is that the environmental consequences of traditional models of development are undermining development itself. The second section of this paper summarises...

The Sacred Headwaters region of Ecuador and Peru is composed of the ancestral territories of a dozen indigenous nations, adjoined by a number of protected areas, together...

UN Environment is helping the Government of Cambodia to build climate adaptation near 5 community protected forests across the country. These areas are extremely vulnerable to...

Water is life! Therefore, the protection of our national natural freshwater resources is part of our National Development Strategy. Qatar’s main source of water is desalination...

This impact sheet on ‘Demand-side management of water use in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Uganda through promotion of water use efficiency techniques and...

Electric vehicles (EV) can play an important part in the decarbonisation of the traffic sector. This helps in climate mitigation and positively impacts the air quality of...

This Measuring Progress report serves two purposes. It explores the potential and limitations of using a statistical correlation analysis between indicator pairs (“state of the...

Global investment needs for sustainable development in developing countries-for power, transport, telecoms, water and sanitation, food security and agriculture, climate change,...

Modelling undertaken by the International Resource Panel shows that with the right resource e ciency and sustainable consumption and production policies in place, by 2060 growth...