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This publication is made in response to requests from task managers in the Africa region who wanted to know the location and properties of the ecologically sensitive sites in...

A question of major concern in both developed and developing countries is that of energy, involving as it does problems at the national, regional and International levels.

This guidance document is one of a series produced with the support of the 201 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (201 BIP) to assist Parties to the Convention on Biological...

The main subject of the study described herein, was the fate of crude oil, i.e. its biodegradation and evaporation, after being released into the environment as a result of...

Mycotoxin is a term reserved for a group of highly toxic substances produced as secondary metabolites several fungi. These substances often differ greatly in structure, chemical...

This publication seeks to provide Green and Healthy Environments Project (PAVS) managers, regional agents, community leaders and policy formulators in the city of São Paulo with...

UNEP recognizes the importance of the Nile River Basin in the context of a variable and changing climate and hence the imperative to design and pilot adaptation options at basin...

This chapter presents the needs, current state and options for accelerating a food system transformation. It focuses on GHG emissions and climate change, but also discusses...

A realignment of the financial system is a critical enabler of the sectoral transitions required to address the current climate crises. Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement...

Overviews the importance of sustainable development and the environmental challenges faced by the Caribbean nations

This chapter focuses on the key transformations required in electricity supply, industry, buildings and transportation, while chapter 6 focuses on the transformation of food...

This report involves the study of two meteorological elements , precipitation and pressure over South China Sea and adjacent areas and discusses each element accordingly.

This book is the second volume in the series of training manuals on developing integrated solid waste management (ISWM) plans. It aims to build the capacity of practitioners and...

We are currently enduring the 6th mass extinction, losing between 1 - 10 % of biodiversity per decade, mostly as a result of habitat loss, pest invasion (exotics), pollution,...

In line with the Emissions Gap Report, the IPCC reports send a reverberating message that the window of opportunity to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C,...

This chapter assesses trends in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to and including 2021. It analyses global emissions by gas, country, household and sector, providing the...

First Report on the Reduction of Mercury Emissions Through Appropriate Technologies Training

Growing world concern over the state and rate of removal of tropical forests has led in recent years to the production of a number of publications giving widely differing...

This report assesses environmental conditions in Indonesia’s Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam province (Aceh) and Nias, in the province of North Sumatra, two years after the tsunami...

The purpose of this report is to give a broad global perspective on the situation, providing regional and sometimes national examples. The report provides an overview of the...