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Cyclone Phailin in India: Early Warning and Timely Actions Saved Lives: UNEP...
This issue focuses on the lessons learned from Cyclone Phailin and how they can be applied to other disasters such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan. -
Mangrove Forest Cover Fading Fast - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service...
The uniquely adapted mangrove forests on the marine-terrestrial interface preserve coastline integrity by buffering wave energy from marine processes. The ecosystem services... -
Environmental Health Plan - 2006-2015
It is reportedly known that the quality of life has been improving in recent years, but a public health crisis due to environmental pollution increases as well every year. Since... -
UNEP in West Asia
Newsletter of the Regional Office for West Asia. -
Universality in the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda : UNEP Post 2015 Note 9
The UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were amongst the first international agreements to frame the notion of \"universality\". Since then the term has... -
EANET Newsletter Volume 28 December 2021 - Acid Deposition Monitoring...
In 2021, the EANET continued to implement the Decision of IG22 regarding the expansion of the scope of the EANET to allow the Network to work on wider air pollution issues. -
EANET Newsletter Volume 26 December 2020 - Acid Deposition Monitoring...
The year 2020 is a special year for the EANET as it marks the 20th anniversary of the Network. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, EANET Participating Countries have continued their... -
EANET Newsletter Volume 27 June 2021 - Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in...
For 20 years, the EANET has been successfully developing sound evidence and data related to acid deposition and its impacts in the region. It has helped the policymakers make... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea
In the latter half of the 20th century, rapid industrialization and population growth aggravated environmental problems such as the depletion of resources, global warming, and... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Emission Reduction Program for In-Use...
Air pollution in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) is 1.3-1.4 times higher than non-SMA regions in terms of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10). Vehicles are... -
Unite to Combat Climate Change - Tunza vol. 6 no.4
Both economic and environmental problems are increasingly global, and so have to be solved globally. The United Nations is crucial to this. Over its three and a half decades of... -
North-South Partnerships: Developing Sustainability Together. Tunza Vol.3 No. 2
'Make Sustainable Development the Future’does not have the same ring to it as a sloganas 'Make Poverty History’. Somebody – maybe a TUNZA reader – needs to come up with a snappy... -
UNEP in Africa Newsletter: May-June 2016
The Newsletter of UNEP's Regional Office for Africa -
Freshwater - Tunza Vol. 10 No. 4
As you can read in these pages, lots of you are already actively seeking solutions to the world’s water problems, but we all have a part to play. It can be as simple as not... -
A Brief on key Indicators released by the Bureau during the Month of...
In the month of September, the Bureau disseminated key findings including: A) Revised Annual GDP estimates for FY 2012/13 B) Inflation for September 2013 C) The Uganda National... -
Illegal Oil Discharge in European Seas - Environment Alert Bulletin 7
One-third of global marine oil transportation passes through European waters. Not only oil tankers, but various other cargo ships pose a constant threat of small to medium-scale... -
Tourism Expansion: Increasing Threats, or Conservation Opportunities? -...
Tourism generates 11% of global GDP, employs 200 million people but produces 4.8 million tones of waste yearly and consumes as much energy as a country the size and development... -
Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Due to Meat Production - UNEP Global...
Both intensive (industrial) and non-intensive (traditional) forms of meat production result in the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs), contributing to climate change. As meat... -
One Planet, How Many People? A Review of Earth’s Carrying Capacity - A...
It is estimated that global population reached seven billion in late 2011 or early 2012. As global population has doubled since the 1960s, per capita GDP has grown to more than... -
Wildland Fires, a Double Impact on the Planet - Environment Alert Bulletin 3
Wildland fires annually burn an area half the size of Australia and generate nearly 40% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2). Their impact in terms of deforestation,...