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Climate change 2001: synthesis report
(UNEP, 2002)
This synthesis report with its summary for policymakers is the fourth and final part of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It draws together and integrates for the ...
Capacity building for sustainable development: an overview of UNEP environmental capacity development initiatives
(UNEP, 2002)
This publication details the broad scope of UNEP's capacity building for wise environmental management.
Climate change and sustainable development beyond Kyoto
(UNEP, 2002)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is likely to see the Kyoto Protocol finally coming into force. While this will be a moment to celebrate, there is no cause to be complacent. Although a step in the right ...
Forests in sustainable development: a quick report card on progress since RIO
(UNEP, 2002)
Initiatives that treat forestry as a "sector" seem to be increasingly prone to failure. Forests are resources that other sectors use, in many different and often competing ways, to produce both public and private goods and ...
Implementing the RIO conventions: implications for the South
(UNEP, 2002)
This paper reviews the implications of implementing the Rio Conventions for Southern countries and identifies key challenges for the future, focusing in particular on issues and challenges that are common to the three Rio ...
Inter-linkages between the ozone and climate change conventions
(UNEP, 2002)
This report presents the linkages between the Ozone and Climate Change Conventions.
Depleted uranium in Serbia and Montenegro: post-conflict assessment in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(UNEP, 2002)
The potential environmental risks posed by Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons have been a widely debated issue. In autumn 2001, as a follow-up to its earlier work on DU in Kosovo, UNEP organized a scientific field mission to ...
A survey of methods for analysing groundwater Recharge in arid and semi-arid region
(UNEP, 2002)
This publication is a compilation of methods that have been used for analysing groundwater recharge in arid and semi-arid regions around the world. Some of these are direct methods, such as the soil moisture budget by ...
Atlas of international freshwater agreements
(UNEP, 2002)
Water is one of the most widely shared resources on the planet, and the most vital for human survival after oxygen. It has a capacity to unite people that share a source of water, or to incite conflict among them as they ...
Production and consumption of ozone depleting substances 1986 - 2000
(UNEP, 2002)
This report summarizes data on production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances as of 31 October 2005, reported by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer under Article 7 of ...