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This special publication covers the three interlinked issues: ozone depletion, climate change and energy efficiency, and helps show that today's world is full of interconnected...

2,4-D is a selective herbicide which kills broad-leaved plants but not grasses or conifers. Its chemical structure is a modification of a naturally occurring plant hormone....

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a passionate advocate for planetary and human health. For almost 50 years, UNEP has delivered science to help the world...

In summary, the overall objective of the Plan is to provide a cooperative scheme for mutual assistance from member States, Territories, and organizations in the event of a major...

Realizing sustainable development depends on “greening finance”—that is, ensuring that the financial institutions charged with allocating available financial assets take...

The objective of the case study is to demonstrate good practices in HCWM at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, the biggest hospital in Nepal. This case study has been...

This publication “Environmental Dispatches: Reflections on Challenges, Innovation and Resilience in Asia-Pacific” brings together some of these stories. The APFED Showcase...

This Regional Baseline Assessment Study is intended to assist the United Nation Environment Programme-Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (UNEP-CAR/RCU in) the design and...

Following the comprehensive progress reports for 2004, 2005 and 2006, this report outlines the progress that was made from January to December 2007 within the nine components of...

This book shows how and why existing prices, markets and policies fail to reflect the true value of ecosystem services and biodiversity, and the true cost of ongoing damage. It...

Regional Seas Reports and Studies by UNEP

This document is based primarily on original publications listed in the reference section but much valuable information has also been obtained from various publications...

Vital Signs (VS) was designed to address this challenge by providing integrated, near real-time measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services, and human well-being. These...

The National Food waste Strategy provides a framework to support collective action towards reducing food waste by aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 12—ensure...

This report documents crucial information to support deployment of renewable energies in three key emerging markets - Brazil, China and South Africa - and provides information...

In partnership with IETC, IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) developed the present case study to demonstrate good practices in medical...

This spiral-bound, water-resistant field guide is designed to provide an accurate and easy way to identify stranded marine mammal species for stranding network volunteers, the...

This study is funded under the project Building Back Better; using Green and Digital Technologies to Reduce Food Waste at Consumer level. The project aims at contributing to the...

During 1974, United Nations Conferences were held on several issues which have been the subject of increasing concern by the world community in recent years: Population, Food,...

This report presents sources of mercury emissions to air and water. It presents estimates of anthropogenic emissions to air from various sources based on data from 2010 and...