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Climate Change and Human Rights
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human rights of our generation, posing a serious risk to the fundamental rights to life, health, food and an adequate standard... -
Vital waste graphics
Vital Waste Graphics aims to give policymakers, experts, media professionals, teachers and students a comprehensive overview of relevant waste-related issues, causes, effects,... -
2-Nitropropane - Environmental Health Criteria 138
2-Nitropropane (2-NP) is a colourless, oily liquid with a mild odour. It is flammable, only moderately volatile, and stable under ordinary conditions. It is only slightly... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Guinea Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 42
This report presents the assessment of the Guinea Current region a vast region that includes the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem as well as 28 international river basins... -
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMali) for the Wider...
This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The primary action categories addressed in... -
The Financial System We Need: Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable...
The global report of the UNEP Inquiry argues that there is now a historic opportunity to shape a financial system that can more effectively finance the development of an... -
Electromagnetic Fields (300 Hz to 300 GHz) - Environmental Health Criteria 137
This monograph is concerned with the health effects of electromagnetic fields in the frequency range of 300 Hz-300 GHz, which includes the radiofrequency (RF) range (100 kHz-300... -
Louder lessons in technology transfer: lessons learned and case studies
Successful technology transfer is a collaborative effort and should not take place in isolation. This document features case studies of successful projects that have transferred... -
Using indicators for Green Economy policymaking
The present document is a response to the call for the UN system to support countries interested in pursuing green economy policies by providing methodologies for their... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea, GIWA...
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea region, which includes some of the land and sea areas of the three nations the Philippines, Indonesia... -
UNEP and EbA - Briefing Note 7
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has a strong history of supporting the development and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). Since the term EbA was... -
1,1,1 - Trichloroethane - Environmental Health Criteria 136
1,1,1-Trichloroethane is a chlorinated hydrocarbon which is manufactured from vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride by chlorination. The world production was approximately 680... -
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility: A...
Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local... -
Global solar UV index: a practical guide
The Global Solar UV Index (UVI) described in this document was developed in an international effort by WHO in collaboration with WMO, UNEP and ICNIRP -
Mid Term Review of the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Scale-Up
The purpose of this report is to present the overall findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Mid Term Review (MTR) of the PEI Scale-up. Programme (2007-2012). The... -
Public Health Problems in the Coastal Zone of the East African Region: UNEP...
Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009. UNEP 1982: Public health problems in the coastal zone of the East African region -
Regional Strategy for the Control of Invasive Lionfish in the Wider...
The lionfish is the first reef fish invasive species to become established in the Wider Caribbean Region threatening coral reef ecosystems and associated ecological and economic... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Lake Chad Basin, GIWA Regional Assessment 43
This report represents the GIWA Assessment of the Lake Chad Basin, which is located in one of the poorest and most drought prone regions in the world. Climatic variability and... -
Managing and Conserving the Natural Resource Base for Sustained Economic and...
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Alpha and Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexanes - Environmental Health Criteria 123
Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) is a major by-product (65-70%) in the manufacture of lindane (> 99% gamma-HCH). Its solubility in water is low, but it is very soluble...