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The world’s financial centres are the locations where supply and demand for green and sustainable finance will be matched. This report presents the first findings from an in-...

The main objective of this expedition is to compare as large a series of Islands of different climatic conditions, ages, and geological origin as possible. The structure and...

Adequate, appropriate finance is crucial for Africa’s sustainable development. Its availability depends on African countries developing financial systems that can effectively...

Regional Seas Reports and Studies

This report provides the rationale for policy engagement as well as practical guidance for both investors and policymakers. This guidance is based on a review of the experiences...

This report details the technical background to the GlobalMercury Assessment 2013 Sources, Emissions, Releases andEnvironmental Transport (summary for policy-makers)that has...

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

This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was...

This data book is the major output from a joint ILEC/UNEP project. Survey of the State of World Lakes. The International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) and the Lake Biwa...

Environmental crime is a big and increasingly lucrative business. Local and international crime syndicates earn an estimated US$ 22-31 billion annually from illegal trade in...

This publication was designed to provide a brief overview of inter-governmental activities related to chemicals management for use by a wide range of possible readers in both...

Cet ouvrage est le rapport d'une enqute visant a retrouver et recenser les races ovi-nes moms communes des regions méditerranéennes de l'Europe et de l'Anatolie occidentale, a...

Emissions of mercury (Hg) from thermal power stations are a subject of increasing concern because of their toxicity, volatility, persistence, and longrange transport in the...

Report of the secretariat for the period 15 September 2012 to 31 December 2014

The objective of this cost-benefit analysis (CBA) study is to examine the benefits and costs of regulatory or policy interventions for 1) reducing Sulphur levels (targeting...

Despite growing political support for the use of nature-based solutions in climate change mitigation, a number of concerns have been raised. These include: uncertainties about...

This report reviewing the status of the coastal and marine environment in Sri Lanka, together with similar reports from other countries in the South Asian Seas Region will...

Report of the secretariat for the period 1 July 2010 to 31 August 2012

This publication describes some of the exemplary projects that have been undertaken pursuant to article 10 of the Montreal Protocol.

The importance of natural resources in supporting rural livelihoods is increasingly being recognized in national and international policy. Approaches to development are required...