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Geoengineering to Combat Global Warming: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2011
(2011)
As average temperatures continue to climb because of climate change some scientists are proposing quick fixes to buy time. Recent overviews of geoengineering schemes show that tampering with large-scale natural systems can ...
UNEP Year Book 2011: emerging issues in our global environment
(UNEP, 2011)
The UNEP Year Book 2011 shows that we have been experiencing an exceptional level of ecological extremes. However, scientists and policy makers have been making headway on addressing some of the most pressing environmental ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea's Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)
Climate change caused by global warming has a wide-ranging impact on the atmosphere, marine environment plants and animals, glaciers, land, and human system. It has come to the fore as an environmental problem that jeopardizes ...
Relatório Estatístico 2010 - Ministério da Saúde da República de Cabo Verde
(Ministério da Saúde da República de Cabo Verde, 2011)
Esta é uma compilação da informação estatística produzida pelos serviços do Ministério da Saúde, originária das delegacias de saúde, hospitais regionais e centrais e programas nacionais de saúde pública, tratada pelo Serviço ...
Report on the state of the environment of Mongolia (2008-2010)
(Ministry of Nature Environment and Tourism - Mongolia, 2011)
The Government of Mongolia developed and published the “Report on State of the Environment of Mongolia” for public access from the results of research into the state of the environment in last three years. In the last three ...
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 ...
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.
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers
(UNEP, 2011)
This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon ...
Ready, willing and able: empowering countries to meet the climate challenge
(UNEP, 2011)
UNEP's work on climate change is shaped by the UNFCCC talks and outcomes and helps countries to respond to their needs under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol
HFCs: a critical link in protecting climate and the ozone layer
(UNEP, 2011)
This report describes the linkages between hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) emissions, climate protection, and protection of the ozone layer.