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The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to...

A mapping of public financial flows for mitigation and adaptation to developing countries in 2010. The mapping exercise of climate change financial flow to the developing...

Polychlorinated hbiphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) are complex organic chemicals used widely for their insulating properties. They are liquids of various...

The 24 Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) bioenergy sustainability indicators assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of bioenergy value chains. In this pilot...

This document contains: Annex 4.A: New estimates of the costs of adaptation; Annex 4.B: Challenges estimating international adaptation finance flows; Annex 4.C: Methodology for...

Recognizing the non-ferrous metals sector was estimated to be a major source of mercury emissions and releases, the Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) decided at its tenth meeting...

In the period January-June 2015, export amounted to 4 billion 381 million KM, which is 4,4% higher than in the same period of 2014, and import amounted to 7 billion 639 million...

This chapter presents recommendations that, once implemented, will have an immediate positive impact on Ogoniland. They are not of equal priority. In fact some can only be...

A major new independent scientific assessment, carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), shows that pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in the...

This section describes in detail Ogoniland’s environmental setting and oil industry operations.

A major new independent scientific assessment, carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), shows that pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in the...

In this chapter, contamination of non-site specific environmental media, such as air and surface water, is discussed, as is the fate of receptors such as human beings, fish and...

This chapter deals with site-specific land contamination issues where the focus was on soil and groundwater contamination. Sites were assessed on a case-by case basis, where it...

While the technical recommendations made in this report are essentially aimed at securing environmental improvements throughout Ogoniland, ensuring long-term sustainability is a...

APPENDIX A: Chapter 2. Trends in global emissions, new pledges for 2030 and G20 status an outlook (A1. Limitations of the analysis of G20 economies toward their NDCs; A2....

This study focuses on pastoralism’s current and future potential for securing sustainable management and green economy outcomes from the world’s rangelands. It synthesises...

A policy summary of Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus? This study focuses on pastoralism’s current and future potential for securing sustainable management and...

Training Manual on Integrated Environmental Assessment and Reporting in Africa

India is currently the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG), and its transport sector accounts for 13 percent of the country’s energy-related CO2 emissions...

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