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Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2012)
The Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report 2012 clearly shows that the Pacific islands are increasingly being threatened in terms of food, water and livelihood security and calls on us all to step up and do ...
Health effects of black carbon
(WHO, 2012)
Black carbon is a good indicator of combustion-related air pollution, and was only recently recognized as a short-lived climate-forcer, which contributes to warming the Earth's atmosphere.This report presents the results ...
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, ...
Land Health Surveillance: an Evidence-based Approach to Land Ecosystem Management - Summary for Decision Makers
(Progress Press Ltd, 2012)
This report presents the concepts of land health surveillance – a science based approach to land health assessment and monitoring. The approach is modelled on evidence-based approaches used in the public health sector, ...
A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy
(UNEP, 2012)
MCA4climate is a major new UNEP initiative providing practical assistance to governments in preparing their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and strategies. It aims to help governments, particularly in ...
State of the Environment Report: Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012)
The purpose of this Report is to give an overview of key data on the state of theenvironment of BiH. The Report presents a comprehensive overview of the state of the environment and trends, pressures and their effect on ...
UNEP 2011 annual report
(UNEP, 2012)
2011 proved a landmark year in which many of the transformational reforms, launched in 2008, really began to bear fruit in terms of a transition to a results-based, more effective and more responsive UNEP. This is a ...
Enhancing information for renewable energy technology deployment in Brazil, China and South Africa
(UNEP, 2012)
This report documents crucial information to support deployment of renewable energies in three key emerging markets - Brazil, China and South Africa - and provides information for policy-making aimed at supporting renewable ...
Comprehensive options assessment for sustainable development of infrastructure
(UNEP, 2012)
Comprehensive Options Assessment (COA) can play a critical role towards sustainable development by ensuring that societal needs are met by the most appropriate solutions with minimum impact to the environment. Thus ...
Rio+20 - Our Planet Special Issue: Celebrating 40 Years of UNEP
(UNEP, 2012)
As Environment Ministers gather in Nairobi for their annual meeting of the UNEP Governing Council in February 2012, all eyes are on the follow-up to the Earth Summit of 1992, or Rio+20. This meeting, taking place in June, ...