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Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Variations and Policy Responses in Brazil
(1992)
This study is an attempt to understand the direct and indirect interactions between climate and society in Brazil. A set of climate impact case studies were identified and experts were selected to undertake these assessments. ...
Preliminary Guidelines for Assessing Impacts of Climate Change
(1992)
This report aims to provide preliminary guidelines on methods of climate impact assessment. It outlines a basic framework for the study of climate-environment-society interactions, with a particular emphasis on assessing ...
Preparing for Drought: A Guidebook for Developing Countries
(1992)
The purpose of this guidebook is to describe those unique characteristics of drought that set it apart from other natural hazards (Chapter 1). The guidebook also describes the nature of impacts associated with drought. ...
Potential Impacts of Expected Climate Change on Coastal and Near-Shore Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 140
(1992)
This issue of UNEPs Regional Seas Reports and Studies summarizes the main findings of the Regional Task Teams on implications of climate change on the marine environment and coastal areas as well as on the socio-economic ...
The World Environment 1972-1992: Two Decades of Challenge
(1992)
The World Environment 1972-1992 offers a look at the environment from three perspectives. Ten introductory chapters detail the range of environmental threats and examine how they have unfolded over the past two decades. ...
Global Environment Monitoring System: The Potential Socio-Economic Effects of Climate Change in South-East Asia
(1992)
This report describes the results of a project funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) over 1 988-1 991.
Proceedings of a Workshop on Assessing Technologies and Management Systems for Agriculture and Forestry in Relation to Global Climate Change
(1992)
The theme of the Canberra workshop was the minimization of net greenhouse gas emissions from forests and agriculture.