Environment
Core publications on sustainable development, including
UNEP and Related Links
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment
- UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate Change and SustainableDevelopment
- UNEP Global Resource Information Database (GRID) network
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- UNEP Regional Seas Programme
- UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
- UNEP Chemicals
- UNEP Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, and the Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway — the oil pollution node of the GPA Clearing-House Mechanism
- UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions and Environmental Law Programme, Environmental Law Instruments and UNEP Support to Environmental Conventions
- UNEP, A history of international judicial decisions on the environment (as of December 1998)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington DC, 1973), administered by UNEP
- Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1979), with secretariat provided by UNEP
- Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedures for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (1998). Negotiations facilitated by UNEP in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001). Negotiations facilitated by UNEP.
- UNEP “Ozone Secretariat” for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987)
- Basel Convention on the Control of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989), administered by UNEP, and the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation (1999)
- Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora (1994), negotiated under the auspices of UNEP
The UN Family and the Environment and Sustainable Development
- Division for Sustainable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Commission on Sustainable Development — Overview
- UN Global Compact
- Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 1994)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- The following “Executing Agencies” also contribute to the management and execution of GEF projects: the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (www.ifad.org), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
- The World Bank, “Environment” and “Sustainable Development”
- UN Development Programme (UNDP), “Environment and Energy for Sustainable Development” and “Millennium Development Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability”
- UNDP’s Drylands Development Centre
- International Maritime Organization (IMO), “Marine Environment”
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World Weather Watch, Tropical Cyclone, Disaster Risk Reduction, World Climate, Atmospheric Research and Environment, Applications of Meteorology, Hydrology and Water Resources, Regional, Space, Technical Cooperation, and Education and Training Programmes.
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), “Energy and Environment”
- UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, “Space Technology and Sustainable Development”
- Principles relating to remote sensing of the earth from outer space (1986). Annex, Principle X Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), “Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability”.See also UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service on “MDG Goal 7”
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Natural Resources Management and Environment Department
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Environmental Unit
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva, 1979)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). Programmes: “Sustainable Cities” and “Localizing Agenda 21”
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), “People, Biodiversity and Ecology”
- United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), UNESCO
- UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) — a UNESCO publication of “Quarterly Highlights” (December 2009 issue)
- The Institute of Advanced Studies (Yokohama, Japan) of the United Nations University —economic restructuring for sustainable development.
- United Nations Forum on Forests — a high-level intergovernmental body charged with strengthening long-term political commitment for sustainable forest management.
- Collaborative Partnership on Forests — a 14-member partnership which fosters increased cooperation and coordination in support of the goals of the UN Forum on Forests and the implementation of sustainable forest management worldwide.
- UN Energy — established to help ensure coherence in the UN system’s multi-disciplinary response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and to ensure the effective engagement of non-UN stakeholders in implementing the Summit’s energy-related decisions. Promotes system-wide collaboration with a coherent and consistent approach on energy, as the entity in the UN system with primary responsibility for energy.
- UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
- Small Island Developing States Network, of the UN Division for Sustainable Development
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — see entry on “Climate Change”
IMO and the Marine Environment
Water and Sanitation
Environmental Safety and Nuclear Technology
Major World Conferences on the Environment
and their aftermath
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), The “Earth Summit” (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), and “Agenda 21: the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development”
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000)
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (1994)
- Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 (New York, 1997). “Earth Summit + 5”
- Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 1994). Special Session of the General Assembly on Small Island Developing States (New York, 1999)
- World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002), and its Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and a 54-page Plan of Implementation
- The 2005 World Summit. See “2005 World Summit Outcome”, paras. 48-56: “Sustainable development: Managing and protecting our common environment”
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Observances
International Decades
International Years
International Days
