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Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: November 1999 )

This publication offers insight into the effects of long-range transboundary air pollution. Its discussion covers the following areas: ten years of monitoring forest condition in Europe; the role of...

This publication offers insight into the effects of long-range transboundary air pollution. Its discussion covers the following areas: ten years of monitoring forest condition in Europe; the role of...


Report on the World Social Situation 2001

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2001 )

This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues...

This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2013

Inequality Matters

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: February 2014, PDF: December 2013 )

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...


Basin of Mexico, The

Critical Environmental Issues and Sustainability

Series: Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: November 1999 )

The Basin of Mexico discusses the question of urban sustainability in Mexico City, one of the largest megacities on earth. The urban and demographic growth of the Basin of Mexico is of grave concern...

The Basin of Mexico discusses the question of urban sustainability in Mexico City, one of the largest megacities on earth. The urban and demographic growth of the Basin of Mexico is of grave concern...


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Updated Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: December 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

The UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted in 1979, is the first international legally binding instrument to address problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis...

The UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted in 1979, is the first international legally binding instrument to address problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2016

Leaving no one Behind: The Imperative of Inclusive Development

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2016, PDF: November 2016 )

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2018

Promoting Inclusion through Social Protection

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: October 2018, PDF: September 2018 )

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...


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Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and Its Protocols

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: February 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted 25 years ago, is the oldest of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe environmental conventions. This Handbook presents a...

The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted 25 years ago, is the oldest of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe environmental conventions. This Handbook presents a...


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Clearing the Air

25 Years of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: January 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

The publication of this book marks the 25th anniversary of the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, one of the oldest and more successful multilateral international treaties...

The publication of this book marks the 25th anniversary of the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, one of the oldest and more successful multilateral international treaties...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2003

Social Vulnerability - Sources and Challenges

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2003, PDF: November 2003 )

The Report on the World Social Situation 2003 examines the issue of social vulnerability. It identifies the sources of social vulnerabilities and explores strategies to reduce them within selected...

The Report on the World Social Situation 2003 examines the issue of social vulnerability. It identifies the sources of social vulnerabilities and explores strategies to reduce them within selected...


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Guidelines for Estimating and Reporting Emission Data under the Convention on Long-range...

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: April 2004 )

These Guidelines assist parties in meeting their emission reporting obligations under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols. They provide suggestions on reporting...

These Guidelines assist parties in meeting their emission reporting obligations under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols. They provide suggestions on reporting...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2010

Rethinking Poverty

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: February 2010, PDF: November 2010 )

The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...

The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...


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Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution 2010

Part A - Ozone and Particulate Matter

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: September 2011, PDF: December 2010 )

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...


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Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution 2010

Part B - Mercury

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: September 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...


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Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution 2010

Part C: Persistent Organic Pollutants

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: September 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...


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Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution 2010

Part D - Answers to Policy-Relevant Questions

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: September 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...

This is one part of a four-volume set that presents a state-of-the-science assessment of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants across the Northern Hemisphere. The first three volumes are...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2005

The Inequality Predicament

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: August 2005, PDF: October 2006 )

The 2005 Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the international aspects of inequality. As emphasized by the ten-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme...

The 2005 Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the international aspects of inequality. As emphasized by the ten-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme...


World Social Situation in the 1990s

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: March 1995 )

A comprehensive study that provides the reader with a real understanding of the social forces which have been shaping the world over the last decade. It points out emerging situations and discusses a...

A comprehensive study that provides the reader with a real understanding of the social forces which have been shaping the world over the last decade. It points out emerging situations and discusses a...


Effects and Control of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: May 1995 )

A new and highly relevant report prepared within the framework of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. The interesting summary report in the book focuses on the reduction of air...

A new and highly relevant report prepared within the framework of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. The interesting summary report in the book focuses on the reduction of air...


State of Transboundary Air Pollution, The SET

TWO BOOKS (E.89.II.E.25 & E.93.II.E.25)

Series: Air Pollution Studies
( Print: May 1995 )

With environment as a top priority on the agenda of policymakers, this two volume set is invaluable. It presents a review of strategies and policies for air pollution abatement, a programme for...

With environment as a top priority on the agenda of policymakers, this two volume set is invaluable. It presents a review of strategies and policies for air pollution abatement, a programme for...