United Nations Environment Programme

Strengthening systems to monitor antibiotics. An action oriented approach

Background Antibiotics have become lynchpins of our modern systems of healthcare, animal health and agriculture. Monitoring the types and volumes of antibiotics distributed, used and discharged across these systems is critical to provide evidence for action. With limited resource...

Navigating the synergy between environmental efficiency and productivity in China's land operation scale expansion

Balancing productivity growth with emissions reduction is a central challenge for sustainable agriculture. Using over 390,000 household-year observations from 1993 to 2020, this study examines how land operation scale affects greenhouse gas emission intensity (GEI) and unit produ...