Browse our library of resources and tools for environmental emergency prevention, preparedness and response. Find links to reports, policy documents, tools, guidance documents and communication materials.
Browse our library of resources and tools for environmental emergency prevention, preparedness and response. Find links to reports, policy documents, tools, guidance documents and communication materials.
This study done by the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit identifies areas for improving linkages between environmental emergency response, contingency planning and preparedness and how to best integrate these within the overall disaster risk reduction agenda…
Learn MoreThe 'Quick guides' contain key guidance on environmental issues relevant to six sectors of Food Security and Agriculture Sector, Basic Needs Sector, Health Sector, Education Sector, Protection Sector and Livelihood Sector of humanitarian response to population displacement. They underscore the opportunities to minimize negative environmental impacts during humanitarian action.
Learn MoreThis guide collects and summarizes good practices on the successful mediation of resource conflicts. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts, specifically those with natural resource expertise.
Learn MoreThis discussion paper by UN Environment addresses the complexity of risk between environment and human societies.
Learn MoreA technical note from a rapid scoping mission assessing the environmental issues in areas retaken from ISIL in Iraq.
Learn MoreA collection of different resources on WASH and environment…
Learn MoreA collection of resources on mainstreaming the environment into humanitarian action…
Learn MoreThis mission report describes the activities of environmental experts deployed in Jilin, China, following an explosion at a petrochemical plant.
Learn MoreA practical introduction to environmentally sound mercury waste storage and disposal.
Learn MoreA joint editorial from the UN Environment magazine "Our Planet: Healthy Planet, Healthy People"…
Learn MoreGuidance document produced by UN Environment Programme for stakeholders mediating conflicts and disputes over natural resources.
Learn MoreA post-conflict environmental assessment of C̫te d۪Ivoire, describing the conditions of the environmental sectors that have been impacted.
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