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Member States in the UNECE/WHO European Region established the Transport, Health and Environment Pan European Programme (THE PEP) in 2002. By providing an intersectoral and intergovernmental policy framework, THE PEP promotes mobility and transport strategies that integrate environmental and health
… of cross-sectoral work to address key issues such as: air pollution, road safety, noise, climate change, … To reduce emissions of transport-related greenhouse gases, air pollutants and noise by supporting a shift in the … the development of the Danube region by providing socially-fair, economically-viable, environmentally-friendly and …
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Application of UNFC to Nuclear Fuel Resources - Selected Case Studies (ECE ENERGY SERIES No. 46) (December 2015)
ECE/ENERGY/104
This publication includes eight case studies that demonstrate the classification of
… Heiberg, Petronavit a.s, Norway; Mr. David MacDonald, Chairman of the Expert Group on Resource Classification & BP, … deposits. The geological aspects of these deposits are fairly well understood. A UNFC-2009 code of E2, F2.1, G1,2,3 … (NRV) when compared to the principal products [55]. By convention, by-products also are not inventoried, but the …
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Commercial quality standards for agricultural produce are developed and approved by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe through its Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards. These international standards facilitate trade, encourage high-quality production, improve
… plantation or through artificial dehydration in forced hot air circulating tunnels 54 UNECE Explanatory Brochure on the … plantation or through artificial dehydration in forced hot air circulating tunnels 54 UNECE Explanatory Brochure on the …
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Every year, as a consequence of road traffic crashes, more than 1.2 million people are killed globally, while another 50 million are injured. Approximately 90% of all road crashes occur in low- and middle-income countries.
Even though road safety is an important sustainable development issue, it is
… de la route. C’est dans ce contexte qu’en 2015 le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies a nommé son tout premier … économique et monétaire de l’Afrique centrale CIETRMD Convention inter-États des transports routiers de …
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Currently over a third of all food produced is lost or wasted along supply chains and at consumer levels, with considerable impacts on both the availability of food and the environmental sustainability of food systems. The challenge is particularly pronounced for fresh fruit and vegetables, which
… was prepared during 2020–2021 by an ad-hoc drafting group chaired by the delegation of Sweden and with experts from the … practices – including dedicated farm techniques, such as conventional, organic or Integrated pest management …
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Public procurement represents 10 per cent of Georgia’s GDP. Therefore, innovation-enhancing procurement (IEP) can be a powerful policy lever to catalyze innovation and promote sustainability. Using public procurement to drive innovation was one of the recommendations of the
… with contributions by Elif Kizildeli, UNECE Economic Affairs Officer and Darya Podgoretskaya, UNECE consultant, and reviewed by Katia Adamo, UNECE Economic Affairs Officer. Marie-Christine De Sa created the graphic … 1991 it was available on the market. The prototype used conventional technology and it was 33% more efficient than …
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The booklet summarizes input from the five United Nations Regional Commissions and UN-Water regional discussion groups to the United Nations 2023 Water Conference. It provides a snapshot of the agreed input from the regional discussions to the global event, reflecting the diversity of views and
… to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which serves as the Secretariat for the Conference. … also supports the intended outcomes of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the Paris …
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Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Disasters (Natech) are becoming a growing concern for the international community and both private and public stakeholders. As climate change persists, extreme weather events such as heavy rains, lightening, floods and heatwaves are projected to be
… (UNEP) / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Joint Environment Unit, the United Nations … The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial …
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The UNECE Strategy for ESD is a policy tool that helps the countries of the region to introduce and promote ESD in national formal, non-formal and informal education in their respective countries. It aims at developing policy, regulatory and operational frameworks to support ESD, equipping
… members’ reactions to ideas and to each other so that the Chair could better understand the people in the room and thus … was a willingness on the part of the participants and the Chairperson to go back to the fundamentals, question what the … tor drafting process meant that existing international conventions were drawn upon, although often by chance (e.g. …
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The United Nations’ 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo set a bold new vision of the relationships between population, development and individual rights and well-being. It recognized that population was not about numbers, but about people, and that individual
… Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, UNECE and UNFPA have collaborated to evaluate … and cultural status EU European Union FCTC WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control GBV gender-based violence GDP …
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Climate change will result in significant impacts on our water resources and some of the effects are already visible now. Nearly all the countries are expected to be negatively aff ected. Moreover, climate change impacts on water resources will have cascading effects on human health and many parts
… Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary … Public Works and Water Management, the Netherlands (chair) Roger Aertgeerts, World Health Organization Regional …
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Most public transport journeys start and end with a walk. In fact, walking can constitute half the time spent on multimodal trips and can be the main element of what people remember afterwards.
… and enabling sustainable mobility choices reduces air and noise pollution and has the potential to reduce … the impact of irregular terrain, such as slopes and stairs. • Installing adequate and high-quality street … attributes related to dissatisfaction. Transport for Cairo, Egypt Environmental determinants that influenced …
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The Protocol on Water and Health specifies that in pursuing the aims of access to drinking water and provision of sanitation for everyone, special consideration should be paid to ensure equitable access to these services for all members of the population.
The publication
… to water and sanitation Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary … processes. Ms Marisol Touraine Minister for Social Affairs and Health France iv The equiTable access score-card v …
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In April 2020, a UN Task Force was set up to develop recommendations for green and healthy sustainable transport to assist member States in the post COVID-19 recovery. Bringing together over 50 experts from member States, international institutions, academia, public transport operators and
… The publication was prepared under the guidance of the chair of the task force, Robert Thaler (Austria). THE PEP … for micromobility solutions to work in harmony with conventional transport. Examples of promotion of …
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Part of the WP.29, “How it works – How to join it” series, this publication introduces methodologies that are used to evaluate the socioeconomic utility of applying key UN Vehicle Regulations for improving road safety. It presents an overview of current global road safety and vehicle safety
… and land management, many of the norms, standards and conventions developed in UNECE are used worldwide, and a … rates and illness resulting from road traffic crashes and air pollution. Growing global demand for goods transport and …
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This calendar covers the findings from 13 EPRs on selected environmental topics such as climate change, gender and environment, investments in environmental protection, municipal waste management and many others. By disseminating the results of the EPRs in the form of a calendar for the upcoming
… Programme/Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Environment Unit, the World Health Organization, the … 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Public participation Discussing air quality, World Environment Day; photo credit: Tamar …
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… Конвенции по трансграничным водам на адрес: water.convention@un.org. В частности, приветствуется обратная … law”, in Routledge Handbook of Water Law and Policy, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan and Sarah Hendry, eds� … Guide (Montreal, 2010), стр� 1� См� также в целом: Alistair Rieu-Clarke and Christopher Spray, “Ecosystem services …
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… Конвенции по трансграничным водам на адрес: water.convention@un.org. В частности, приветствуется обратная … law”, in Routledge Handbook of Water Law and Policy, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan and Sarah Hendry, eds� … Guide (Montreal, 2010), стр� 1� См� также в целом: Alistair Rieu-Clarke and Christopher Spray, “Ecosystem services …
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This document provides practical guidelines on how to implement the Conference of European Statisticians’ Core Set of Climate Change-Related Indicators (CES
… and those who played advisory roles. The Task Force was chaired by Angelica Tudini (Italian National Institute of … (ISTAT Italy), Livia Hollins (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)), Francisco Javier …
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The Innovation Performance Review of Belarus initiates a new focus of activity for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which draws on the experience accumulated so far in the identification of good practices and policy lessons in the area of knowledge-based development.
This Review
… level includes state programmes on economic or social affairs and those with a specific sectoral focus, which are … discussion, the following section turns to the state of affairs of the main subsystems of the NIS of Belarus as well as … S. Radosevic (2011), Science-Industry Links in CEE and CIS: Conventional Policy Wisdom Facing Reality, Science and …