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UNE P YEAR B OOK EMERGING ISSUES IN OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
2014
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UNEP Year Book 2014: Emerging Issues in Our Global Environment United Nations Environment Programme
The UNEP Year Book series examines emerging environmental issues and policy-relevant events and developments. It also presents the latest trends using key environmental indicators. This 2014 edition shows that changes in the Arctic will have consequences far beyond this fragile region and that they require an urgent international response. The volume of chemicals in the world continues to grow, with a shift in production from developed to developing countries. To meet the goal of producing and using chemicals in ways that minimize significant impacts on health and the environment by 2020, efforts must be made to reduce the use of toxic chemicals, promote safer alternatives and build capacity for sound chemicals management. Adequate information for minimizing chemical risks is essential to support these efforts.
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Publication Date: January 2015 ISBN: 9789280733815
Pages: 68 Price: $28.00
TUNZA: Acting for a Better World - GEO 5 for Youth United Nations Environment Programme
ACTING FOR A BETTER WORLD:
GEO-5 FOR YOUTH
ISBN 978-92-8-073322-8
This publication, designed for young people, examines a variety of trends related to the Earth’s system, and explores whether internationally agreed environmental goals – such as those on climate change, biodiversity loss and dangerous chemicals – are being achieved. Despite numerous global, regional and national commitments, there has been little significant progress in reversing environmental decline in almost all areas of scrutiny. Yet, there is a note of hope. TUNZA: Acting for a Better World highlights the efforts of young people to protect the Earth’s atmosphere, land, water and biological diversity. It shows how youth are taking action – today – to build a better tomorrow.
Publication Date: January 2015 ISBN: 9789280733228
Pages: 136 Price: $25.00
Metal Recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure United Nations Environment Programme
Metal recycling is a complex business that is becoming increasingly difficult. Recycling started long ago, when people realized that it was more resource- and cost-efficient than just throwing away the resources and starting all over again. In this report, experts discuss how to increase metal-recycling rates – and thus resource efficiency – from both quantity and quality viewpoints. The discussion is based on data about recycling input, and the technological infrastructure and worldwide economic realities of recycling. Decision-makers set increasingly ambitious targets for recycling, but far too much valuable metal today is lost because of the imperfect collection of end-of-life (EoL) products, improper practices, or structural deficiencies within the recycling chain, which hinder achieving goals of high resource efficiency and resource security, and of better recycling rates. Publication Date: January 2015 ISBN: 9789280732672
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Pages: 316 Price: $65.00
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