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Regional Seas Reports and Studies by UNEP

This booklet is called Green Breakthroughs because it describes policies and laws that have been used effectively to solve environmental problems. Success stories are drawn from 45 individual countries, as well as from regional groupings such as…

The 2006 annual report is a summary of UNEP's activities in 2006.

This report reveals the patterns and the evolution of natural resource use in Asia and the Pacific region over the last 40 years. The analysis shows that resource use in the region is both inefficient and unsustainable. The Asia-Pacific region will…

Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

This publication provides a clear and compelling case for why and how investors and their service providers should start measuring, disclosing and reducing the GHG emissions associated with their investments and investment portfolios. Not only can…

This first analysis of the likely impact of climate change on biodiversity demonstrates the impact on Arctic waterbirds. The Arctic will be the biome most affected by climate change and hence waterbird species, most of which are entirely reliant on…

Córdoba, apoyada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) inició un proceso participativo en el marco del ambicioso proyecto de evaluaciones ambientales integrales denominado GEO (Global Environment Outlook/1995).

This chapter covers ice masses on land: ice sheets; glaciers and ice caps; and the impact on global sea level of the melting of land ice.

“We cannot escape the destructive effects of a changing climate,” said Mr. Quzi Munirul Islam, Deputy Chief of Planning, Ministry of Environment and Forests of Bangladesh. “We have no choice but to adapt - we must…