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This compilation of phase-out strategies will be a helpful resource for those countries developing action plans and implementing measures to promote the phase out of the ozone depleting pesticide...

This enlightening publication presents a sample of the vast array of threads that make up the tapestry of our cultural and spiritual diversity. Some of the articles are philosophical or historical...

Women are having fewer children than ever before, and population growth has slowed from 2.0 to 1.3 percent in 30 years; but large families in the recent past mean that there are many more women of...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

This book presents a study on the environmental impacts of the controversial Ok Tedi Gold/Copper Mine in Papua New Guinea. The focus is on the effects of large discharge of tailings and waste rock...

This book forms part of the series Training for Elected Leadership, developed by Habitat and UNEP IETC to assist councillors to represent the citizens, provide civic leadership and work effectively...

By reporting on the state of the environment through its Global Environment Outlook series, the United Nations Environment Programme offers an essential tool to help speed up the pace of environmental...

Subsidies on the supply and use of energy have emerged as a major theme in international discussions and negotiations aimed at promoting sustainable development. Energy subsidies matter, both because...

This report presents the chair’s summary from an informal expert workshop on “Implementing Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies”, held in Paris, France in May 2002. There were two key...

Young people from all over the world have produced an inspiring, sometimes frightening, collection of case studies, poems and drawings to tell the story of our global environment. Pachamama will tell...

This teacher's guide was developed to accompany UNEP's Pachamama: Our Earth - Our Future. It will assist teachers in using Pachamama as a supplementary resource for integrating environmental education...

Water treaties, agreements and conventions abound, but knowledge of them, and the relevant records, used to be scattered and not always easily accessible. Utilizing historical documents, statistical...

Attacking poverty directly, as a matter of human rights, to accelerate development and to reduce inequality within and among nations, has become an urgent global priority. World leaders have agreed on...

Attacking poverty directly has become an urgent global priority if we want to accelerate development and reduce inequality within and among nations. World leaders have agreed to launch a variety of...