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Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)The impacts of "human-induced" climate change are now being observed in every aspect of life, and it is the most significant and far-reaching current environmental threat. In the last few decades, natural scientists and ... -
Impacts of Climate Change: How can we Adapt? - A Simplified Guide to the IPCC's "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"
(2008)This booklet summarises the most recent assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the current knowledge concerning climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability -
The Impacts of Climate on Fisheries - UNEP Environment Library No. 13
(1994)This volume of the UNEP Environment Library summarizes the potential implications of climate change and variability on fisheries and on the societies that depend on them. It is based on a review of several fisheries case ... -
Impacts of fishing on the environment, Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG)
Power Point Presentation, Impacts of fishing on the environment and sea based sources of marine litter -
Impacts of fishing on the environment, Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG)
Power Point Presentation, Impacts of fishing on the environment and sea based sources of marine litter -
Impacts of Global Warming on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in the Northwest Pacific
(Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, 2014)This report provides a scientific basis to decision makers in developing policy strategies that incorporate regional differences in marine ecosystems supporting fish stocks, and vulnerability and adaptation of fisheries ... -
Impacts of Marine Debris on Biodiversity: Current Status and Potential Solutions. CBD Technical Series No. 67
(2012)Marine habitats throughout the world are contaminated with man-made items of debris and solid waste. This report reviews the current state of knowledge of the effects of marine debris, and provides a preliminary assessment ... -
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)UNEP-WCMC has provided technical support to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to conduct a major study of more than 300 scientific literatures to synthesise the observed and predicted impacts ... -
Impacts of Ocean Fertilization on Marine Biodiversity
(Barnard, N., Hain, S., 2009)On behalf of the CBD Executive Secretary, UNEP-WCMC has compiled and synthesized available scientific information on ocean fertilization and its observed and predicted impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats. The study ... -
Impacts of Sand and Dust Storms on Oceans: A Scientific Environmental Assessment for Policy Makers
(2020)Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in deserts and semi-deserts when strong winds blow over dry soils with little or no vegetation. Dust generated by SDS is often raised high into the atmosphere and transported over long ... -
Impacts of Sand and Dust storms on Oceans: A Scientific Environmental Assessment for Policy Makers - Executive Summary
(2020)Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common in deserts and semi-deserts when strong winds blow over dry soils with little or no vegetation. Dust generated by SDS is often raised high into the atmosphere and transported over long ... -
The Impacts of Sustainable Public Procurement: Eight Illustrative Case Studies
(2012)The SPP impact study is a joint project of UNEP and of the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on SPP. The study aims at demonstrating the benefits of sustainable public procurement on developing, developed and in transition ... -
Imperative for Resource Efficiency
(2017)The International Resource Panel was established in 2007 to provide independent, scientific assessment on the sustainable use of natural resources and the impacts of resource use over the full life cycle. -
Implementation of a Baseline Survey and Development of Indicators and Targets - “Promoting Climate Resilience in the Rice Sector through Pilot Investments in Alaotra-Mangoro Region”: Baseline Report - Final
(Baastel, 2013)The project “Promoting Climate Resilience in the Rice Sector through Pilot Investments in Alaotra-Mangoro Region” aims to address the vulnerability of rice farming systems in Madagascar to erratic weather patterns and ... -
Implementation of Circular Economy Policies in the Manufacturing sector: A Case Study of Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited
(2020)Implementation of circular economy policies in the manufacturing sector -
Implementation of Governing Council decision 27/2: Stakeholder engagement in the United Nations Environment Programme: Report of the Executive Director
(12/04/2014)The present report sets forth proposed new mechanisms to promote transparency and the effective engagement of civil society in the work of the governing body and its subsidiary bodies, reflecting the results of consultations ... -
Implementation Of Health Care Waste Management Plan (HCWMP) In Nigeria
Implementation Of Health Care Waste Management Plan (HCWMP) In Nigeria -
Implementation of Ocean-related Sustainable Development in China
(2019)CHINA: Country Presentations on National Sustainable Development Goal Implementation Planning Process and Status by Dr. Yu Yunjun, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) -
Implementation of Paragraph 88 of the Outcome Document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The Future We Want”: Supplementary Information - Note by the secretariat
(2019-03-29)This note presents supplementary information concerning the implementation of paragraph 88 of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, in particular ... -
Implementation of Paragraph 88 of the Rio+20 Outcome Document
(2019)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance