According to a report published in 2019 by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), building sector accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO2 emissions when adding construction industry emissions. [...]

health and environmental health are intimately intertwined. The existence of clean air, clean water, a stable climate, thriving wildlife, and well-managed natural resources determines the extent to which people can enjoy their basic rights to life, health, food, housing, livelihood, and culture. Although humans have been aware of the crucial relationship between human health and the environment...

Abstract The question of ownership—that is, who is included and excluded from policy processes—has become one the most pressing issues in global discourse on peace conflict. While research shows that inclusion domestic actors critical to success, broader international processes often neglect these actors. Focused environmental peacebuilding—the sustainable management natural resources post-conf...

The CMS Secretariat is circulating herewith, for the information of participants in the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the publication entitled “Climate Change and Migratory Species” prepared and submitted to the Secretariat by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom. An executive summary of the latter in English, French a...

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amalgam whenever possible, and environmental protection from dental materials use, including, obviously, impacts from Hg. A new general-purpose restorative material is needed as an amalgam alternative. This transition is reviewed from the point of view of international efforts at prevention, coordination of Hg management with a UNEP treaty, concern for adverse reactions from any treatments, and...