The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was adopted in 2001 with the following objective (Article 1):
Mindful of the precautionary approach as set forth in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the…
In 2019, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, at its 14th meeting, and the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), at its fourth session, noted with concern that the high and…
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Air pollution impacts our health, environment and economy. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution causes 7 million deaths every year. Air pollution also causes acidification and eutrophication of ecosystems and…
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Загрязнение воздуха оказывает влияние на наше здоровье, окружающую среду и экономику. По оценкам Всемирной организации здравоохранения, загрязнение воздуха является причиной 7 миллионов смертей ежегодно. Загрязнение воздуха…
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Can you imagine a world without e-waste? What will it look like? How do we achieve it? This course aims to inspire, as much as educate.
The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) facility, hosted by the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), was designed to promote climate change-resilient communities and local economies by establishing a standard, internationally recognised country-based mechanism to channel…
The Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA) is a public-private
partnership, established under the framework of the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project, that
brings together maritime industry leaders with a view to supporting an…
Recent years have seen renewed and growing interest in policy instruments that put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the adoption of carbon taxes. About half of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by governments under the Paris Agreement mention carbon…
Vous voulez savoir pourquoi la promotion de l'égalité des sexes et de l'autonomisation des femmes peut contribuer à de meilleurs résultats environnementaux et apprendre comment vous pouvez vous-y prendre ?
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The application of indicator methodologies often requires policymakers to make adjustments to their specific national contexts. Countries need to develop tailored and flexible national indicator frameworks that respond to their development priorities and statistical capacities whilst…