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Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
… This publication was jointly prepared by the Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … body in Costa Rica . . . 11 2 . Experience from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with chemicals …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… ACTION PLAN ON MARINE LITTER MANAGEMENT (RAPMaLi) FOR THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2014 RAPMaLi FOR THE WIDER … Coordinating Unit (UNEP-CAR/RCU) with financial support from UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme and the UNEP Global … of Contents ii List of Acronyms iv Executive Summary vii Introduction 1 1. Marine Litter: A Global Issue 3 1.1. …
Environmentally sound management of used electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) in Asia-Pacific
… Updated in December 2010 Concern is growing over the large quantities of used and end-of-life electrical and … electrical and electronic wastes destined for landfill. • Introduction of cleaner production approaches to minimize, … and further efforts are being made to secure funding from other sources. In 2009, the Government of Japan …
GUIDANCE on feasible flame-retardant alternatives to commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether - 2009 (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24)
… (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24) Preface In 2005, Norway nominated the brominated flame retardant commercial … in contrast to reactive flame retardants, be released from the polymer and thereby also discharged to the … Eurobrom, personal communication (2008) 6 Baker A, Dead Sea bromine Ltd, personal communication (2008) 7 DiGangi J, …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… towards a pollution-free planet seeks to eliminate the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades ecosystems and … Bank group as well as financial regulators, through the introduction of environmental risk and pollution stress …