161 datasets found

The system of measure aimed at the prevention of disease and public health improvement reserves one of the central places to measure ensuring food safety. Modern human food, due...

The objectives of the proposed Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment are to "Improve water resources management for food security and environmental sustainability with a...

Information carried by the review is in line with the data profile structure elaborated by the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals. The series is intended for...

Air pollution is not only a major health risk, it also has damaging impacts on the environment and agricultural crop yields. These impacts have significant economic...

This pilot study was one of the first to be developed and implemented as part of the HEAL project The experience gained shows that, although costly and complicated, it is...

This report summarizes four country studies that were undertaken as part of the UNEP Country Case Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Assessment. These studies,...

The workshop was held to review and assess the magnitude of chemical hazards in Africa; to review and assess the current status of capabilities for dealing with these hazards;...

The methodology of this assessment consisted of a simple self-assessment questionnaire was used as a tool to gauge the progress of implementation of the Libreville Declaration....

At present, a new branch of biology is rapidly developing, namely mycotoxicology which is the science dealing with toxic metabolites of microscopic fungi (moulds) mycotoxins....

This publication is intended to serve as a guide to the management, reclassification and disposal of PCB transformers and capacitors.

This book is the first of two volumes produced by WAGGGS and UNEP and dealing with the dependence of man and other living things on water, its conservation and distribution. It...

Free-burning landscape fire is an important natural phenomenon critical to the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. It is an important land management tool, culturally,...

This report presents the modelling process and the results represented as the South African Green Economy Modelling (SAGEM) report that was developed to test national targets...

Ce livret, tout en présentant un condensé des connaissances actuelles sur les effets des variations du rayonnement UV sur la santé humaine, offre aussi un panorama de ce que le...

The booklet summarises current understanding of how changes in the ozone layer affect human health, not only in the world we live in but also in the ‘World Avoided’. That is the...

This publication aims to explore how current trends in faecal sludge management are impacting human and environmental health in Africa (both sub-Saharan and Northern Africa)....

This report provides an analysis of the environmental and socio-economic hotspots along the entire textile value chain and looks at a range of associated impacts, as well as at...

This report provides a snapshot of some of the latest information available on how COVID-19 is affecting different aspects of public and private life, from economic and...

This report is a call to action, for the immediate health response required to suppress transmission of the virus to end the pandemic; and to tackle the many social and economic...

The overarching goal of this report was to quantify air pollution’s impacts on health, human capital, and the economy across Africa, with particular focus on Ethiopia, Ghana and...