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Food Waste [Factsheet]
UNEP’s Food Waste Index found that 931 million tonnes of food, or 17 per cent of total food available in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and... -
SwitchMed and SDGs [Factsheet]
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet,... -
Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries – Belarus
Greening economies is important because risks to further development are rising worldwide as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and... -
Trade and the Environment [Frequently Asked Questions]
This factsheet addresses the following questions: How has COVID-19 affected global trade? What impact will the pandemic have on global trade in the near future? How will the... -
Global Mercury Monitoring in Biota
Monitoring mercury in biota (plants and animals) provides a pathway for understanding spatial gradients, temporal trends, and environmental magnitude of concern that cannot be... -
Green hOrticulture at LAke Naivasha Project (GOALAN)
The project will work towards making the horticultural sector in Kenya and beyond contribute to an inclusive and green economy by a large uptake of Sustainable Consumption and... -
A Partnership for Green Development in Belarus
Greening Belarus’s economy is urgently needed as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on... -
What is the SOCAR and how does it benefit civil society?
The State of the Cartagena Convention Area: An Assessment of Marine Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region (SOCAR)3 was conducted to... -
Agro-biodiversity Conservation and Man and the Biosphere Reserves in Cuba:...
We support the conservation of diversity within and around protected areas through mainstreaming agro-biodiversity into the management of Cuban Man and Biosphere Reserve system. -
Montevideo Environmental Law Programme: Partnerships - A Decade of Action on...
The Montevideo Environmental Law Programme seeks to promote collaboration and support partnerships across the United Nations and with other relevant entities and stakeholders in... -
Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries - Armenia
Greening economies is important because the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on which... -
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Master Plan of Orhei Town
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a systematic and anticipatory process, undertaken to analyze the environmental effects of proposed plans, programmes and other... -
CityAdapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in El Salvador, Mexico & Jamaica...
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is undergoing urbanization at rates twice the global average. Furthermore, the rapid deforestation in urban areas for farming and... -
Enhancing Early Warning Systems to Build Greater Resilience to...
Timor-Leste is a Least Developed Country (LDC) and a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) whose infrastructure and governmental systems were devastated by a 25-year war of... -
UNEP@50 Toolkit
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Advancing the 10 Objectives and Guiding Considerations for Green and...
Infographic highgligting the 10 objectives and guiding considerations for green and sustainable chemistry -
Trade and the Environment: Implications of COVID-19 - UNEP Factsheet
Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction due to COVID-19 and the prospects for a quick recovery depend on the duration of the pandemic and effective policy responses.... -
LAO PDR: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Laos PDR 2020-2025 [Factsheet]
Lao PDR, a country in South East Asia with cities dotted along the Mekong River, is expected to experience more extreme rainfall events due to climate change, leading to floods... -
The Business of Plastics: The Impacts of Plastics Pollution on Human Rights...
Despite the known environmental and human health harms of plastics, the Pacific Islands are under tremendous pressure to continue to import plastic products, to meet the high... -
Reducing Plastic Bag Consumption in Egypt: SwitchMed in Egypt - SwitchMed...
In Egypt, the consumption of plastic bags is unrestrained at an average of 124 bags per person during 2015, equivalent to 12 billion annually. The top 5 consumers in Egypt are...