29 datasets found

Refrigeration and air-conditioning is crucial for our health, nutrition, comfort and well-being. From prevention of food wastage to preservation of vaccines, from air...

“Powering Equality: Women’s entrepreneurship transforming Asia’s energy sector” is an initiative by the joint UN Environment Programme-UN Women project- EmPower: Women for...

This publication makes the often hidden links between women and the environment visible, with an explicit focus on the gender-related aspects of land, water and biodiversity...

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...

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...

Low-cost technologies available now have the potential to reduce dramatically mercury pollution in the small-scale and artisanal mining sector. By supporting miners with...

Mobility and gender inequality are important issues that must be factored into discussions on low carbon transport in India. Indian women and low-income groups still generally...

This case study highlights Eco-DRR interventions in Uganda focused on ecosystem restoration and protection in the Aswa river Catchment, specifically in Middle Moroto secondary...

Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning, and Heat-pumps (RACHP) are crucial for our health, nutrition, comfort, and well-being. It is one of the sectors that crosscuts many of the UN...

Public understanding of plastic pollution has risen consid¬erably in the last couple of years. Far less understood is the broader context in which this pollution exists, and of...

Renewable, clean energy and gender equality are preconditions for sustainable development and for tackling climate change, as envisioned by the Sustainable Development Agenda...

This UNEP report sheds light on the human rights obligations of both governments and private actors in responding to climate change, including those relating to rights to...

This case study highlights Eco-DRR interventions in India focused on integrating Eco-DRR measures on improved water management into local development plans and schemes (such as...

To help accelerate this process, a new initiative called the International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) has been launched to advance the engagement of women, promote...

The United Nations Environment Programme promotes sound environmental governance; we strengthen the laws, policies and institutions that shape how humans interact with the...

One of the purposes of the guide is to help with the implementation of the Minamata Convention obligations.

Instrumentos y ejemplos para la integración de género

This guidebook will attempt to highlight the essential factors that need to be incorporated in setting up a women’s renewable energy-based enterprise in rural areas. This...

In March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) at its fourth session adopted resolution 17 on Promoting gender equality and the human rights and empowerment of...