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ImpactAr Tool - Valuing Air Quality Health Impacts of Urban Bus Fleet Changes in Brazil

World Resources Institute (WRI)
WRI's ImpactAr tool provides a magnitude of the variations on the number of fatalities and hospitalizations and the consequent economic and welfare costs related to changes in air pollution levels caused by modifications in the Brazilian urban bus fleets.
30 April 2020

CTCN Webinar: COVID-19: Environmentally Sound Management of Waste

Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN)
On 30 April 2020 at 20:00 (CEST), the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) is hosting a webinar on 'Environmentally Sound Management of Waste'.
9 December 2019

Learning from the Shenzhen green development experience

Zhan Feng Dong
For the past 40 years the Chinese city of Shenzhen has been working to find the balance between economic growth and environmental protection. Through a number of green initiatives, the city has leapfrogged from the bottom of the "Made in Shenzhen" manufacturing value chain to a more innovation-driven "Created in Shenzhen" model.
April 2020

Environmental Health and Strengthening Resilience to Pandemics

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic highlights the need for a comprehensive and integrated approach to human health.
May 2020

Sound Chemicals and Waste Management for Sustainable Development

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This document describes results, lessons, and human impact from selected GEF-funded projects to implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
6 April 2020

Investing in sustainable infrastructure for resilience in times of crisis

Rowan Palmer, Joseph Price
While investments in economic infrastructure like roads and power plants are important, the coronavirus pandemic highlights the need to focus also on inclusive social infrastructure.
15 December 2020
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Greening health infrastructure systems for a green recovery

Chengchen Qian
The impact of COVID-19 has put a strain on healthcare systems throughout the world. Investing in the sustainable use of energy and water, sound management of medical waste and advanced digital solutions would ease the burden and help improve the health of people and the planet.

China 12th Five-Year Plan for the Environmental Health Work of National Environmental Protection

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China
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have immensely impacted human health ensued due to increasing environmental pollution in China. Environmental protection and safeguarding public health have become the urgent demand of the public. China's 12th Five-Year Plan for the Environmental Health Work of National Environmental Protection aims to tackle these issues by outlining the current situation and problems in the development of environmental health work and identifying and improving the key areas that will contribute to safeguarding measures.
September 2018

Fly Ash Bricks: Brick production using fly-ash from thermal power plants in India

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), GREEN-WIN
This case study Fly Ash Bricks: Brick production using fly-ash from thermal power plants in India shows how a green business initiative can be a win-win for power plant operators, the environment and local communities.
May 2012

Green Economy Briefing Paper: Health

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)

In the transition path towards the green economy, health is a powerful tool and a key precondition in harnessing sustainable economic development, as well as in eradicating poverty and in ensuring an economically equitable and socially inclusive society. 

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