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Equal exchange: determining a fair price for carbon
(UNEP, 2007)
The first of the CD4CDM perspectives series, this publication provides insights and in-depth analysis from traders, DNAs, legal advisers, investors, and CDM developers. An essential guide for understanding the complex ...
Vietnam assessment report on climate change
(UNEP, 2009)
The report shows that the trend of recent climate change in Viet Nam is beyond the level of natural change. Temperatures have increased by 0.05-0.20?C and sea level has increased by 2-4 cm per decade in the last 50 years. ...
Urban water vulnerability to climate change in Mongolia
(Water Authority, Mongolia, 2011)
This study aims to present the impacts of climate change upon urban water particularly upon the performance of the urban water supply, wastewater and storm water infrastructure, through compiling existing studies on climate ...
Forests: Nature at Your Service - Our Planet June 2011
(UNEP, 2011)
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.
Africa water Atlas
(UNEP, 2010)
This Atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics and hundreds of compelling photos. However the Atlas is more ...
Clean Tech: Low Carbon, High Growth - Our Planet December 2010
(2010)
Twelve months after the high-pro le United Nations climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Governments meet once more in the Mexican city of Cancun to assess and to catalyse a response to the urgent challenge of climate change.
Global glacier changes: facts and figures
(UNEP, 2008)
Glaciers are a critical component of the earth system. This report shows how the current accelerated melting and retreat of glaciers have severe impacts on the environment.
Bangkok assessment report on climate change
(UNEP, 2009)
This report attempts to explain why and how climate change is affecting Bangkok, while giving some idea of the likely trends that may be expected and what action will have to be taken in order to make the predicted outcomes ...
The environmental food crisis
(UNEP, 2009)
The surge in food prices in the last years, following a century of decline, has been the most marked of the past century in its magnitude, duration and the number of commodity groups whose prices have increased. The ensuing ...
Our Planet: living legacy, the future of forests
(UNEP, 2008)
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.