The Regional Commissions and Rio +20
Related Links
ESCAP
ECE
Aarhus Convention: Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters:
- Almaty Declaration
- Almaty Guidelines on PFIF
- Riga Declaration
- Strategic Plan 2009-2014
- Global and regional developments promoting principle 10
The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
- Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management
- Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters
- Guidelines on Sustainable Flood PreventionWater management: Guidance on public participation and compliance with agreements
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991): ESPOO Convention
- Text of the UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
- UNECE at a glance: Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (information for States interested in becoming Party to the Protocol)
Industrial Accidents Convention
- The Assistance Programme under the Convention
- The Report on the implementation of the Convention in 2008-2009
- Benchmarks for the implementation of the Convention
Housing and Land Management
- Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region (2010)
- Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets: Principles and guidance for the development of a country’s real estate sector (2010)
- The Relationship Between Population and Housing
- Green Homes: Towards Energy-Efficient Housing in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Region (2009)
- Self-Made Cities: In search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the UNECE region (2009)
- Spatial Planning – Key Instrument for Development and Effective Governance with Special Reference to Countries in Transition (2008)
Sustainable Energy
- ECE Energy Series No. 32. Financing Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation Project. Investor Interest and Capacity Building Needs (2009): – (English)
- ECE Energy Series No. 37. Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation (2010)
- Regional Analysis of Policy Reforms to Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments (2010)
- Executive Summary of Regional Analysis of Policy Reforms to Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments (2010)
– (English) - Strategy Study on Inter-Fuel Substitution implemented in the Kolpashevo municipality (2009) – (English)
- Potential and Best Alternatives for Investments in Implementing Interfuel Substitution in the Federal District of Siberia, Russian Federation (2010) – (English)
Statistics
- Measuring Sustainable Development
- Guidelines for the Application of Environmental Indicators in Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia, endorsed by the ‘Environment for Europe’ Ministerial Conference, 2007
Forestry and Timber
- “Forest Products Annual Market Review 2009-2010”(2010)
- “Private Forest Ownership in Europe”(2010)
- “The Forest Sector in the Green Economy”(2010)
- “Good practice and guidance on the sustainable mobilization of wood in Europe” (2010)
- “Potential Sustainable Wood Supply in Europe”(2009)
- “European Forest Sector Outlook Study: Trends 2000-2005 Compared to the EFSOS Scenarios”(2007)
- “State of Europe’s Forest 2007:The MCPFE Report on Sustainable Forest Management in Europe Jointly prepared by the MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw and UNECE/FAO”(2007)
Transport
Publication on Sustainable Transport in the UNECE region expected in March 2011
Gender
Beijing +15 Regional Review of Progress Synthesis Report
MDGs
The MDGs in Europe and Central Asia: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward
ECLAC
I. Highlight Publication(s)
II. Annual Overviews/Reports
III. Sustainable Development
- Evolution of Sustainable Development Policies in the State of Amazonas, 2006-2009 (March 2010) (Currently available in print form only.)
IV. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Contribution of Energy Services to the Millennium Development Goals and to Poverty Alleviation in Latin America and the Caribbean (January 2010)l
V. Economics of Climate Change
VI. Others