The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets. Recognizing that...
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Publication Date: February 2013 The Partnership for Action on Green Economy, or PAGE, is a response to the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), entitled The Future We Want, which...
As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23% lower than the previous year, according to new research published on 6 April by UN...
Release Date: October 2012 The report addresses an important aspect of the food security discourse: the ecological foundation of food security. The report argues that while factors such as availability, access, utilization and...
Publication date: 2013 Universities have a particular responsibility both to help define and also to become exemplars of environmental best practice. The focus of this Toolkit is to provide University staff and students with a...
Publication Date: 2013 This report presents an environmental accounting framework based on a biophysical approach to quantifying values of ecosystem services. The foundation of the method (emergy analysis) is based on our...
EU delegation to the African Union, 25 February 2011 Introduction Chair person, Honourable Ministers/ Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, (The Ambassador of the EU delegation to the African Union has...
This report was prepared at the request of the first United Nations Environment Assembly, which took place 23-27 June 2014, hosted by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya (Resolution 16/1). It is intended to summarise the state of our knowledge...
This PDF factsheet shows UNEP's regional presence as of Oct 2013. Strengthening UNEP’s regional presence was a key outcome of Rio+20, and since 2009 we have been increasing the role of our regional work. UNEP’s guiding strategies...
Publication Date: 2007This report, published by the Cities Alliance, UNEP, and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, showcases 12 examples of cities around the world. I t explores various options for sustainable urban...