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T1 UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
T2 联合国环境署 2016 前沿报告: 全球环境的新兴问题
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
SN 978-92-807-3553-6
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7664
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7664
NO This report examines six emerging environmental issues with significant implications for ecosystems, human health, and sustainable development. It explores the role of the financial sector in advancing environmental sustainability, the links between ecosystem degradation and zoonotic diseases, the sources and impacts of microplastics in food chains, the consequences of climate change for ecosystem loss and damage, the accumulation of toxins in crops under changing climatic conditions, and the illegal trade in live animals. The report presents current scientific evidence, case studies, and examples of policy and technological responses, highlighting practical approaches to improve environmental management, strengthen resilience, reduce risks, and support informed decision-making on emerging global environmental challenges.
NO PrefaceChapter 1. The Financial Sector: A Linchpin to Advance Sustainable DevelopmentThe complex relationship between the private sector and the environmentThe underlying but influential role of the financial sector in environmental sustainabilityLevers to align the financial sector with sustainable developmentAmplifying and diffusing best practicesReferencesChapter 2. Zoonoses: Blurred Lines of Emergent Disease and Ecosystem HealthEmerging and neglected zoonotic diseasesDrivers of zoonotic disease emergenceManaging zoonoses for human, animal and ecosystem healthEcosystem integrity underlines human health and developmentReferencesChapter 3. Microplastics: Trouble in the Food ChainPlastics in the environmentCommon sources of microplasticsPlasticized food chainsAddressing the issue at the sourceReferencesChapter 4. Loss and Damage: Unavoidable Impacts of Climate Change on EcosystemsWhat is Loss and Damage?Expected loss of ecosystems and their servicesReducing risks associated with climate changeProgress on addressing Loss and DamageReferencesChapter 5. Poisoned Chalice: Toxin Accumulation in Crops in the Era of Climate ChangeClimate changes trigger accumulation of toxins in cropsContamination pathways – implications for crops, animals, and peopleRemediating toxic contamination in plants and animalsIntegrated approaches to meet the challengeReferencesChapter 6. The Latest Frontier: Exotic Consumerism: Illegal Trade in Live AnimalsPet tradeDisease transmissionExotic consumerismCrossing the frontierAcknowledgements
NO https://www.unep.org/resources/frontiers-2016-emerging-issues-environmental-concern
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026