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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"UNEP"”.
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The UNEP Regional Seas Programme: An analysis of structure and process.
The purpose of this research is to describe and analyze the structure and process of decision-making inherent in the United Nations' Regional Seas Programme (RSP). This programme applies a comprehensive management approach to marine and coastal areas, in formulating regional action plans which …
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A proposal for a binding international agreement on pesticides : recommendations for the forthcoming UNEP/FAO negotiations
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Technologies and Methodologies to Improve Methane Emission Reporting in Natural Gas Distribution Networks within the UNEP OGMP2.0 Reporting Framework
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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China's Participation in the South China Sea Environmental Project: Moving From a Laggard to a Leader in the Regional Environmental Cooperation
… of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)/Global Environmental Facility (GEF) South China Sea Project in 1999 marked a dramatic attitude change by the Chinese government towards the South China Sea environmental protection. It is the first multilateral inter-governmental initiative …
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A review of the theory and practice of life-cycle assessment in the car manufacturing industry
… LCA if the industry hopes to achieve the UNEP challenge of enhancing car life-cycle ecoefficieny.
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Applications of systems thinking in integrated solid waste management planning for African cities: the case of Nairobi, Kenya
… of Kenya agreed in 2009 tocollaborate with UNEP to develop an ISWM Strategy for Nairobi. The project was initiated in March2009, and a National Task Team was established to oversee the development of the plan along with ateam from the University of Cape Town, of which the author was part. …
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Plastic-free UCC: exploring societal and marketing levers
… much of which is used briefly before disposal (UNEP 2018). Meanwhile only approximately 9% of all plastic generated by 2015 were recycled (Geyer et al. 2017). Such figures highlight an entrenched and unhealthy reliance on single-use plastic (SUP) within the current dominant social paradigm which …
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Immobilisation of copper, chromium and arsenic on stabilised domestic refuse
… treated wood approximates 430 000 m3annum-1 (UNEP, 1994). An experimental study to assess of the capacity of landfill biomass to adsorb (and retain) copper, chromium and arsenic waste chemicals has been carried out at laboratory and pilot scale. The work is motivated by the desire to explore …
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Um estudo multicaso sobre a aplicabilidade da metodologia de produção mais limpa em construtoras do setor de edificações da região metropolitana do Recife/PE
… de Produção Mais Limpa, proposta pela UNEP/UNIDO, em grandes empresas de construção civil do setor de edificações da Região Metropolitana do Recife, identificando as principais características do gerenciamento adotado por elas, bem como se os princípios da Produção Mais Limpa são …
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Accounting for the environment: The Accountability of the Nigerian Cement Industry
… daily basis due to their industrial development (UNEP, 2011; World Bank, 2014; WHO, 2014). Among others, Nigeria has been identified as one such country, with a high level of environmental pollution that contributes significantly to global environmental problems (Adeoti, 2001; UNEP, 2011; Yale, …
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Integrating bio-based resource recovery and treatment into municipal solid waste management in developing countries: a focus on anaerobic digestion
… with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), argue that biological treatments such as anaerobic digestion (AD) and composting would be suitable in developing cities due the highly organic nature of their waste. AD entails the degradation of organic substances in the absence of oxygen, …
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Who Participates? International Organizations and Non-State Actors in Global Governance
… Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). I find that the historical evidence supports an interest-based theory for the granting of participation rights to NSAs within IGOS. Secretariats frequently support selective partnerships with NSAs for the purpose of advancing their mission, …
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Regulating land-based sources and activities causing pollution of the coastal and marine environment in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria within the context of integrated coastal zone management
… paying particular attention to the two UNEP initiated Conventions in the regions namely the 1985 Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African region (Nairobi Convention) and the 1981 Convention for the Cooperation …
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The life cycle assessment of concrete manufacturing in Kuwait
… and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The LCA concentrates on the embodied energy of the concrete material and does not consider the utilization phases. The impact assessment of the LCA is based on the global warming potential, mainly the equivalent carbon dioxide emissions of …
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Shallow water coral distribution and its response to climate change
… from various data sources (including the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, and Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program). Using these coordinates, sea surface temperatures and salinities are extracted from remote sensing data from …
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Metal exposure in non-occupationally exposed pregnant women of Western Australia and contribution of environmental sources
… et al., 2006; US EPA, 2007; Rice et al., 2010; UNEP, 2010). Sensitive members of the population, such as neonates, children and pregnant women, in particular, are at increased risk due to their biological vulnerability (Jarup, 2003; Ettinger et al., 2007; US EPA, 2007). While much literature has …
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A produção mais limpa como geradora de inovação e competitividade : o caso da fazenda Cerro do Tigre
… também, a Metodologia Ecoprofit, da UNIDO/UNEP, sendo que parte desta metodologia foi utilizada na pesquisa. Tendo em vista que a empresa pesquisada - Fazenda Cerro do Tigre (FCT) - pertence ao setor do agribusiness, também buscou-se compreender a cadeia produtiva do arroz. Como método de …
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A bottom-up participatory governance institutional framework for sustainable community development in a Malaysian sub-urban area
… Nation and deliberated in Rio+20 summit. The UNEP (2012) report recognised that the present governance institutional framework is weak and UNECA (2012) claimed that it did not permeate sustainability. This has led to the development of this framework to guide practitioners to deliver higher …
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The Life Cycle Management and Intellectual Capital factors that influence sustainability integration in organisational processes
Following the suggestions of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative publications on Life Cycle Management (LCM) as a business management approach to improve sustainability performance, this research explored LCM as a promising research area that could help identify the factors that influence the …
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Sustainable supply chains: Bridging the gap between environmental economics and operations management
… research visit to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, the global environmental authority within the United Nations system, and from a continuous collaboration with the UNEP-WCMC, the conservation unit of the UN. Over 70% of the poor live in rural areas in developing countries and …
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