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Climate finance for cities and buildings: a handbook for local governments
(UNEP, 2014)
The objectives of this Handbook are to help raise awareness among local stakeholders regarding climate finance and its potential in the built environment, given the important role that this sector has to play in climate ...
SIDS in numbers
(Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), 2013)
Review of marine turtles legislation in Tuvalu
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)
This review documents existing legislation and policies as well as the country's participation in international/regional agreements and conventions relevant to marine turtles.
UNEP in West Asia
(UNEP, 2014)
Newsletter of the Regional Office for West Asia.
Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean
(United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2011)
This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sub Regional Office for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), focuses on the recommendations, which were prioritised ...
Mangrove Forest Cover Fading Fast - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - August 2013
(2013)
The uniquely adapted mangrove forests on the marine-terrestrial interface preserve coastline integrity by buffering wave energy from marine processes. The ecosystem services they provide and their support for coastal ...
LAO Environment Outlook 2012
(Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Lao PDR, 2012)
This report finds that Lao PDR has 68 percent of its land covered by forests, significantly higher than the worlds average which stands at 30 percent. As Lao PDR is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, the sustainable ...
Are you a green leader? Business and biodiversity making the case for a lasting solution
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
Produced jointly between UNEP-WCMC and UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this document reviews the business case for biodiversity
GEO-5 for youth: acting for a better world
(UNEP, 2013)
This publication is not just about the environment or its problems. It is also about acting together for change. Its aim is to show that there is hope and that successes are happening every day. Our understanding of the ...
Tipping the balance towards climate protection through the HCFC phase-out
(UNEP, 2011)
This is a special issue of Ozone action 2011 towards climate protection through HCFC phase out.