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In its work on disasters and conflicts, which aims to minimize threats to human well-being from environmental degradation, UNEP focuses on achieving results in two areas: Risk...

Few scientific issues arouse so much public controversy as the effects of radiation. Scarcely a week seems to go by in developed countries without some expression of public...

Five inspirational environmental leaders from the worlds of government, business, research and grassroots activism received the UN’s highest environmental accolade, the...

Rapidly growing countries are facing challenges on two fronts. Firstly, they need to ensure continuous availability of resources to support rapid industrialization and improved...

Guidelines for general assessment of the status of human induced soil degradation.

The potential and demonstrated risks presented by plastics are high. Meeting the challenge will require urgent preventive action. This report reviews some of the most relevant...

The terms of reference are set out in the report of the eleventh session of GESAMP, paragraph 12.3, viz: - To review the current literature and results of ongoing research and...

The year 2015 will be remembered as a turning point for the environmental agenda. The international community set pivotal tracks for sustainability by adopting the 2030 Agenda...

A Training Manual for Practitioners focusing on objective oriented planning, innovative technological and financial approaches, stakeholder involvment and presentation techniques.

ThiS pilot phase of GRID had four objectives; The development of geographic information systems (GIS) methodologies and procedures for constructing, manipulating and making...

In lieu of an annual report, Executive Director Inger Andersen looks back in letter format on 2019, her first year in office. She calls it “a year when our past finally caught...

In charting a path to Sustainable Development, the Government of Barbados designs and incorporates policies and programmes that take into account special defining...

This Guidance is a key product of the Think.Eat.Save campaign and the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, as well as the SAVE FOOD Initiative. It provides clear and...

The Last Rain Forests guides the reader to a deeper level of understanding on which to base opinions and take action. It is both a unique atlas of the conservation status of all...

The following Hazard and Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (HCVCA) toolkit has been developed based on in country experience applying community-based and...

UNEP extends its heartfelt thanks to the donors and partners for their continued generosity to UNEP. With their support, UNEP received $777 million in total income for 2014-...

To achieve sound management of chemicals and waste, essential to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 3 on healthy people, UNEP focuses on three areas: The enabling...

Far too much of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year finds its way into our oceans, food chains and ecosystems, damaging our health in the process. Well-...

This report records impacts of Ruwais industrial complex, jabel dhanna and zirku island terminals

This report provides an overview of the engagement with faith-based actors and faith- related activities by the UN system members of the United Nations Inter-agency Task Force...