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Drawing down N2O to protect climate and the ozone layer: a UNEP synthesis report
(UNEP, 2013)
This report addresses the benefits of drawing down nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. N2O is now the most significant ozone-depleting substance emission and the third most important greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere. ...
Jamaica - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Jamaica, 2013)
Jamaicas preparation for the Third International Conference on the sustainabledevelopment of Small Island Developing States, (SIDS) scheduled to take place inApia, Samoa in mid-2014, began with a review of the progress ...
Barbados - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Barbados, 2013)
In charting a path to Sustainable Development, the Government of Barbados designs and incorporates policies and programmes that take into account special defining characteristics of a Small Island Developing State that ...
Palau - National Report for Third International Conference
(Republic of Palau, 2013)
The Republic of Palau has met or nearly accomplished most of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. As a leader in sustainable development and conservation, Palau is committed to work towards universal and affordable ...
Solomon Islands - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Solomon Islands, 2013)
This is a preparatory report for the Solomon Islands towards the Small Islands Developing States (SIDs) Sustainable Development (SD) Conference in Samoa next year. The report assessed substantive issues pertinent to the 4 ...
Guyana - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Government of Guyana, 2013)
Guyana has undertaken preparations for the Third International Conference on SIDS.The First Conference on SIDS, which was held in 1994, produced the Barbados Programme ofAction (BPOA) while the Second Conference held in ...
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
Vital climate change graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean 2010
(UNEPECLAC, 2010)
Vital Climate Change Graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrates both the urgent need to act and the significant benefits that could be gained by taking early action to adapt and reduce the regions vulnerability ...
High mountain glaciers and climate change: challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation
(UNEP, 2010)
Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. Although glacier systems show a great amount of inherent complexity and variation, there are clear overall trends indicating global ...
Moving towards a climate neutral UN: the UN systems footprint and efforts to reduce it
(2012)
This report presents most recent analysis of the UN's performance in implementing the UN's Climate Neutral Strategy. It includes the details of the greenhouse gas emissions for 54 entities in 2010, as well as a breakdown ...