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The challenge of achieving economic growth and development in the face of the limited carrying capacity of the environment has become increasingly apparent in recent years. In...

UNEPs flagship publication to support countries in meeting the climate change challenge

In 2014 the Research Bureau of the People’s Bank of China convened a Green Finance Task Force made up of 40 experts from ministries, financial regulators, academics, banks and...

This Survey is divided into three parts: - Environmental Monitoring and Research Programmes; - Data and Information System Programmes; and - Harmonization and Standardization...

This Environmental Health Criteria monograph on brominated diphenyl ethers has been prepared as part of an overview on the impact of a number of flame retardants on human health...

Most of dumpsites are located in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Northern Asian countries, namely in areas where more than two third of of the Earth’s population lives....

This report presents early data outputs from the Observatory to understand COVID-19 fiscal spending priorities in 2020 and which environmentally and economically desirable...

This report presents a comprehensive assessment of current scientific understanding of human influences on past, present and future climate. This report forms the standard...

The main problem in North America is the location of water resources relative to large population centers where the majority of the freshwater drains away from the bulk of the...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) would like to update the Committee of Permanent Representatives on its engagement with the private sector, since the last Report on 13...

In 2014 the Research Bureau of the People’s Bank of China convened a Green Finance Task Force made up of 40 experts from ministries, financial regulators, academics, banks and...

This monograph is concerned with the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure on human health and the environment. Such a review of the scientific literature is considered...

This document details the Cuban experience with Environmental Data and Information System (SIMARNA), which has been in operation in that country since mid-1989. The original...

This joint report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System highlights key...

The objective of the document is to help the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to design or...

SIDS In Numbers provides, at a glance, a snapshot of some select key SIDS indicators grouped under the three dimensions of sustainable development

Water is a unique and vital resource, for which there is no substitute. In Latin America and the Caribbean, major rivers, lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more...

This study, which serves as a companion to the main report, looks at how digital finance is already enabling citizens to participate more directly in the infrastructure...

Glyphosate is a weak organic acid consisting of a glycine and a phosphonomethyl moiety. The empirical formula is C3H8NO5P. Glyphosate is usually formulated as a salt of the...

This publication provides an overall picture of forest concession estates in Indonesia that can be used as a reference of policy making in forestry. The statistical data on...