Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "carbon dioxide"
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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012)This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report provides information for policymakers, scientists and engineers in the field of climate change and reduction of CO2 emissions. It describes sources, ... -
Carbon Emissions from Forest loss in Protected Areas
(, 2008)This study combines the best available data on carbon stocks and deforestation with protected area data to estimate the area of forest loss within the protected area network of the humid tropical forest biome during ... -
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Cambodia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services, such as biodiversity. ... -
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Ecuador
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the relationship between the distributions of carbon, biodiversity, and other factors of ... -
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Tanzania
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2009)When planning efforts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, the benefits could be increased by taking account of the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services such as ... -
CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Highlights
(International Energy Agency, 2014)In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Lima, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be essential to lay the foundation for a global agreement. ... -
IPCC special report, aviation and the global atmosphere
(UNEP, 1999)Summary for policymakers on aviation and global atmosphere. -
Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
(UNEP, 2008)Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and ... -
Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2006)Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and ... -
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2004)This review examines the impacts of reactive nitrogen on the environment, human health and economies from local to global scales. About 40% of the human population depends upon food production made possible by synthetic ... -
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods (2007)
(UNEP, 2007)This briefing considers the implications for biodiversity conservation and local people's livelihoods of the current discussion on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries (RED-DC, henceforth RED) under ... -
