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Road transport facts and figures. How healthy and environmentally friendly is our transport today? This eMagazine serves as a joint point of reference for the occasion of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment in Vienna 17–18 May 2021. The work took place under the
… 1 Introduction | Exploration | Transport | Air pollution • Greenhouse gas emissions • Traffic noise • … the UNECE and WHO European region. Individual transport by conventional fuelled cars remains by far the main mode of …
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Portfolio of high-impact climate action projects in the UNECE region, focused on areas from scaling up renewables deployment to means of energy storage, and from critical raw materials to waste and digitalization, that were identified at the
… or completeness thereof. The document does not provide fairness opinions or valuations of market transactions, and … complete potential will allow savings up to 500,000 tons of conventional fuel per year and reduce CO2e emission by 1.22 …
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Opportunities and challenges for gender equality in the COVID-19 recovery
COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of investment in the care economy for successful response, recovery and “building back better” from the pandemic. The report provides evidence on UN Economic Commission for Europe (
… and engage with all stakeholders on norms, standards and conventions, its unique convening power across the region, … respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth. Economic …
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The Guidelines on Developing Gender-Responsive Standards offer practical steps to establishing effective policies and practices, which support women’s equal participation as a strategic priority. The report acknowledges that standardization has traditionally been a maledominated world and seeks to
… edited under the supervision of Lance Thompson, Economic Affairs Officer and Secretary to the UNECE Working Party on … 1 World Health Organization (WHO) (2018). Household air pollution and health. Available at: … https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health 2 Clougherty, J. E. (2010). A …
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Economic appraisal is an established practice in transport planning. However, the health effects of transport interventions are rarely taken into account in such analyses. This project had two aims: to review recent approaches to cost–benefit analysis of transport-related physical activity; and to
… Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Peter Schantz*, Research Unit for Movement, Health and … Interactions between transport- related physical activity, air pollution and road traffic injuries With the … through cycling and walking and expo- sure to ambient air pollution, as well as the risk of road traffic injuries. …
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At its eighty-second session, the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management (CUDHLM) endorsed the Guidelines for the development of Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region (ECE/HBP/2021/4) and invited the secretariat to update the Guidelines based on the outcomes of their
… at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) website … and Production) • Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) • Air quality • Water and sanitation • Waste management • … Development Mechanism. See the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website at …
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This publication is a guidance document for establishing Geneva UN Charter Centres of Excellence to implement the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. It provides guidelines for the mode of work of the Centres and the organization of communication between the Centres, the Housing and Land
… and best practices on implementation of non-legally binding conventions; (f) Research on topics which will contribute to … or private sector entity, a due diligence questionnaire needs to be completed prior to signing the cooperation …
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Fourth cycle of EPRs: advancing environmental performance in the region and beyond. Transforming Planet.
This calendar promotes the fourth cycle of UNECE EPRs, based on the document adopted by the Committee on Environmental Policy and subsequent decisions made, as well as ministerial decisions.
… UNEP and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the … indicator-based environmental assessments; improving air quality and enhancing its monitoring; protecting …
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In order to support competent authorities and operators in the practical implementation of the
… 64 6.1.1 Questionnaire … Factor DRB Danube River Basin DRPC Danube River Protection Convention EC European Commission EU European Union EWD … two orders of magnitude higher than the failure rate of conventional water retention dams (reported as 0.01 %). …
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Improving traceability and transparency has become a priority for the garment and footwear industry. Consumers, governments, and civil society are demanding responsible business conduct and are calling upon the industry to identify and address actual and potential negative impacts in the areas of
… design, product-life extension, resource efficiency, and repairing and remanufacturing services. The following … on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, relevant ILO conventions and recommendations, and the ILO Tripartite …
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The Policy Brief contains insights on the progress of the ECE region on key indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 7, highlights other developments for the energy sector in the region, and provides recommendations on actions to help achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the
… neutral energy system through: i) accelerated phase-out of conventional fossil fuels; ii) accelerated deployment of … greenhouse (GHG) emissions, removing CO2 directly from the air, deploying smart technology for systemic …
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Recommendation 47 outlines measures to mitigate the adverse impact of a pandemic such as COVID-19 on trade flows. Such pandemics have revealed the challenges of facing a health crisis and its impact on society and economies which could potentially leave lasting scars on the global economy.
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… Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and … sector. 24. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has involved the airlifting of thousands of tons of protective gear around … flows as possible.5 To this end, it is crucial for the Chair of the NTFB to participate as a substantive member in …
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In the future, the year 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic and its related consequences. This may lead to a new normal way of working; but in the meantime, such pandemics could lead to major disruptions in trade flows and damage the overall economic health of countries.
… Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and … leader and editor), Estelle Igwe (supporting Vice Chair). The following experts contributed to parts of this … private sector. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has involved the airlifting of thousands of tons of protective gear around …
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This publication provides guidance on applying various approaches to data disaggregation for measuring poverty and aims to improve the international comparability of poverty statistics. Regardless of how accurate the national measures of poverty are, their usefulness will be limited if they mask
… following members: Matthias Till (Statistics Austria) – Chair of the Task Force Nadja Lamei, Magdalena Skina-Tabue … Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRPD Convention on the … population. Therefore, the Commission on Global poverty, chaired by Tony Atkinson recommended that: “There should be an …
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The UNECE Regional Report 2021 on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation has been produced based on the results of the United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation. The Global Survey (ECE/
… submission of Sea Cargo Manifests Electronic submission of Air Cargo Manifests Electronic application and issuance of … Subgroup Trade facilitation measure in the questionnaire Implemented fully, partially or on a pilot basis / Full …
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The lockdown that followed the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 posed unprecedented challenges to produce the consumer price index (CPI) in many countries. The closing of retail outlets and difficulties with collecting prices from outlets that remained open caused significant drops in the
… place staff at risk. Outlets that report prices on questionnaires in some cases were not able to submit prices for the … many countries this happened for international and domestic airline travels, retail trade, personal services such as hairdressers etc., childcare and sports and cultural events. …
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The benefits of buckling up safety-belts are clear. If you buckle up in the front seat of a passenger car you can reduce your risk of a fatal injury by 45% (Kahane, 2015) and moderate to critical injury by 50%. Fastening safety-belts helps you to stay in control of your vehicle during when the
… ageing and work together with other safety systems (e.g.: air-bags, pretensioners and load limiters) as part of the … safety-belt must be fitted to a vehicle equipped with an airbag in the given seating position. 5. Facts and myths …
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This publication guides policymakers in the design of regulatory systems that result in an efficient, effective and transparent management of risks.
Recent years have been marked by many catastrophic events both natural and man-made. Close interconnections mean that the impact of these crises has
… role in indirect risk mitigation through the drafting of conventions, regulations and other behavioural guidelines, … the most appropriate respondents and structure the questionnaires. Other useful tools for risk identification include …
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This brochure focuses on the automotive sector developments and governmental responses, as well as provides insights on the activities’ development performed by intergovernmental bodies of UNECE to enable assisted and automated driving as of September 2021. It further includes a short section aimed
… Method for Automated Driving, Cyber Security and Over-The-Air issues and Data Storage System for Automated Driving / … driving system will have to comply with the same rules as conventional vehicles driven by drivers. Existing traffic …
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This publication is a further contribution of UNECE in the ongoing process of improving land administration systems in the region. It takes into account the developments that have taken place since the publication in 1996 of the Guidelines on Land Administration.
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… Steering Group consisting of Mr. Bengt KJELLSON (Sweden), Chairman; Mr. Hayk SAHAKYAN (Armenia); Mr. Heinz KOENIG … rights that control the use of the space that they occupy. ‘Air rights,’ that is, rights to use space above the land, … on copyright exist, especially as a result of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic …