Audit Issues:

Air
  • Climate change
  • Stratospheric ozone layer depletion
  • Acid precipitation
  • Local air quality, such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, and CO2
  • Indoor air quality
  • Toxic air pollutants, such as organic POPs, dioxins, and furans
  • Other air issues
Ecosystems
  • Biodiversity
  • Protected areas and natural parks
  • Ecosystem management and ecosystem changes
  • Species at risk
  • Wetlands
  • Rivers and lakes
  • Protection of marine habitat
  • Coastal areas
  • Other ecosystem issues
Human activities and sectors
  • Agriculture
  • Land development
  • Energy and energy efficiency
  • Natural disaster management: preparedness responses
  • Transportation, traffic and mobility
  • Recreation and tourism
  • Cultural heritage
  • Urban environment quality (sustainability)
  • Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
  • Chemicals management
  • Pesticides
  • Environment and human health
  • Infrastructure
  • Other human activities /sectors
Governance
  • Government greening operations
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
  • Environmental management system
  • Sustainable development
  • World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
  • Domestic funds and subsidies
  • International funds and subsidies, such as Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  • Other governance issues
Natural resources
  • Minerals, such as mining, gas, and oil
  • Forestry and timber resources
  • Fisheries (freshwater and marine)
  • Other natural resources issues
Waste
  • General waste
  • Hazardous waste
  • Municipal, solid, and non-hazardous waste
  • Radioactive waste
  • Contaminated sites and soil pollution
  • Other waste issues
Water
  • Drinking water: quality and supply
  • Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture)
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Acidification
  • Water quantity management or management of watersheds
  • Marine pollution
  • Other water issues