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This brochure provides an overview of the UNEP RISOE Centre's Energy and Carbon Finance Program and its activities related to carbon finance and the CDM that help developing...

The aim of this publication is to respond to this call by providing a collection of short articles that examine the future interplay between climate and trade policies and...

This report presents a stock-take of actions under way at the European Union level and in selected Member States to align the rules governing the financial system with...

This report presents the results of research done in and around the Chalbi basin, Marsabit district, Kenya, from 1982-1984. The broad objective of this research was to trace...

This volume emerged as an outcome of the Assessment of Sustainability Indicators project, again implemented jointly by SCOPE and UNEP, together with the International Human...

The rapid economic growth in many Asian countries is significantly increasing the demand for energy. Added to this are the responses to environmental concerns (e.g., local air...

The present annual state of the environment report deals with five topics of international significance selected by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment...

This report accompanies the Buildings and Climate Change- Summary for Decision Makers. UNEP-SBCI has commissioned the compilation of regional reports that quantify the influence...

The Strategy identifies urgent priorities such as protecting and improving the quality of water, soil and air

The desertification problem involves as its significant constituent the control of shifting sands, that cause sand drifts to irrigated or dry lands, human settlements, canals,...

The assessment demonstrates that because many areas of resource use are rela vely ine cient, the poten al for resource e ciency is tremendous. This is supported by the results...

The Atlas of Rwanda's Changing Environment is a visual account of Rwanda's state of natural resources revealed through maps, current and historical satellite images, aerial and...

The specific objectives for Egypt Country Study are to: (i) Determine, on the basis of analysis of the past experience, the barriers against implementation of RETs in Egypt, and...

This publication explores how constitutional provisions of African states can be used to create real, enforceable environmental rights. Afri-can states have varying legal...

Contamination of vegetable raw materials such as oil hearing crops, corn, rice, teat, and barley with mycotoxins, i.e. toxic and carcinogenic metabolites of microscopic fungi...

Environment Program: Progress and Prospects is a snapshot of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) strategies and programs, loans and technical assistance projects with...

Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity, The international community must urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a transformation of energy, industry,...

The UNEP Governing Council decision GC 24/3 IV identified seven priority areas for action to reduce the risks from releases of mercury, two of which are: • To reduce the global...

This study is an attempt to understand the direct and indirect interactions between climate and society in Brazil. A set of climate impact case studies were identified and...

Infographic highlighting the impact of food waste on the environment