The Checklist-Based Guide to Identifying Critical Environmental Considerations in Emergency Shelter Site Selection, Construction, Management and Decommissioning provides an easy-to-use tool to assess whether environmental issues have been appropriately addressed in emergency shelter efforts. In most cases, unaddressed issues can be resolved by changing plans or implementing specific shelter site up-grades. The Checklist can also be used to review emergency shelter sites plans. The Checklist is based Sphere standards and designed to be used in humanitarian crises which result in a need for emergency shelter. "