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CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Highlights
(International Energy Agency, 2014)
In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Lima, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be essential to lay the foundation for a global agreement. ...
Demystifying Private Climate Finance
(UNEP, 2014)
UNEP FI is a global partnership between UNEP and the financial sector. Over 230 institutions, including banks, insurance and fund managers, work with UNEP to understand the impacts of the environmental and social considerations ...
Adaptation Gap Report: A Preliminary Assessment Report
(UNEP, 2014)
This report was published in response to requests made to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by different parties to provide a preliminary assessment of adaptation gaps to complement information presented in ...
Africa’s Adaptation Gap 2: Bridging the Gap – Mobilising Sources
(UNEP, 2015)
The report assesses the wide range of options for triggering the resources needed for closing the adaptation gap.
The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action
(UNEP, 2014)
Mangroves are a type of tropical forest, uniquely positioned at the dynamic interface of land and sea. They are found along coasts and estuaries throughout the tropics and subtropics and are capable of thriving in salt water
Climate for Life - Our Planet November 2014
(UNEP, 2014)
The interaction between biodiversity, climate change and protected areas are the focus of this issue of Our Planet. Protected areas are important carbon storage facilities, so their maintenance and expansion is a key ...
Energy, Finance and Climate Change - Our Planet Vol. 16 No. 3
(2006)
Investment that takes account of environmental, social and governmental issues both makes economic sense and meets the wider and deeper goals so many of us espouse.
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 ...
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional Assessment for Africa
(2016)
The GEO 6 regional assessment recognizes Africa’s rich natural capital - the diversity of soil, geology, biodiversity, water,landscapes and habitats- which if wisely managed, hold the promise to lead the region to a future ...
Unite to Combat Climate Change - Tunza vol. 6 no.4
(UNEP, 2009)
Both economic and environmental problems are increasingly global, and so have to be solved globally. The United Nations is crucial to this. Over its three and a half decades of life, UNEP has been at the heart of forming ...