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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) promotes sustainable development by mainstreaming environment into economic development at a national and local level. SEA is a well-...

The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. It was agreed at the fifth session of the...

This publication is intended to provide information for the general public, governments and private sector on the marine litter problem and its solutions in the NOWPAP region....

The document focuses on describing and evaluating the risks of epichlorohydrin for human health and the environment. Epichlorohydrin is a highly reactive and flammable chemical....

Decision 8/13 (C) of the eighth session of the governing council of UNEP called for the development of an action plan for the protection and development of marine and coastal...

This report lays out the agenda for integrating climate considerations into all aspects of our societies and setting up the right incentives to better align financial flows by...

This chapter on “the regulatory and policy environment for pesticide management” is the 3rd in a series of 12 chapters that make up a comprehensive compilation of scientific...

This concept note outlines a small project related to the reduction of marine litter associated with a major Caribbean cultural event – Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. When the...

This chapter on “environmental and health effects of pesticide use” is the 4th in a series of 12 chapters that make up a comprehensive compilation of scientific information. The...

This report is about the contribution that organic agriculture can make in the EECCA region in the context of the green economy. It is mainly based on three national case...

This document is based on the work of GESMAP Working Group on Potentially harmful substances, sub-group on organochlorine compounds.

This paper investigates various roles that finance ministries can assume to promote those policies, regulations and standards which help to create a sustainable financial...

Ivar Andreas Baste – Report Lead (Norway) is the co-Chair for the Future of GEO process Steering Committee and a senior advisor at the Norwegian Environment Agency. He has also...

Since the global financial crisis, financial supervisors have developed a new macroprudential policy framework: mechanisms to identify systemic financial imbalances and...

Este informe analiza las oportunidades para acelerar la movilidad eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe.

This report presents results of the GIWA assessment of the East China Sea region, which is one of the largest marginal seas in the world. This region receives tremendous inflow...

Understanding the distribution of lifestyle emissions among populations and by activities is important for equitable targeting of mitigation measures, in order to encourage...

This chapter builds on the framework laid out in chapter 2 to synthesize the overarching findings of chapters 3–6 and provide a more comprehensive and multifaceted understanding...

The document focuses on describing and evaluating the risks of methylene chloride for human health and the environment. Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is widely used as a...

This document includes: Annex 1. Challenges in estimating adaptation costs; and Annex 2. Challenges in estimating adaptation finance