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The PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change - Summary
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013)
The PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change provides a framework for considering the full range of approaches to VIA assessment. It aims to help professionals such as researchers, ...
Adaptation to Climate-change Induced Water stress in the Nile Basin - A vulnerability assessment report
(UNEP, 2013)
The Nile River Basins rich ecological resources are vital to the 238 million people living in the region. The basins natural environment is the ultimate source of its economic activities (production and consumption) and ...
Recent Trends in Material Flows and Resource Productivity in Latin America
(2013)
This report is intended to supplement the original 'Resource Efficiency in Latin America: Economics and Outlook' (UNEP 2011) report. The content herein is based on a new material flows database established for the Latin ...
Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources, emissions, releases, and environmental transport
(2013)
This report presents sources of mercury emissions to air and water. It presents estimates of anthropogenic emissions to air from various sources based on data from 2010 and estimates for releases to aquatic environment. ...
Pacific Integrated Island Management : principles, case studies and lessons learned
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2013)
This document is supported by an illustrated synthesis and electronic materials for use in communicating and promoting use of Integrated Island Management approaches. These products are designed to raise awareness of ...
Guidebook for the development of a nationally appropriate mitigation action on efficient lighting
(UNEP, 2013)
This Guidebook emphasizes the role of energy efficient lighting and its potential for rapidly reducing carbon emissions and delivering economic and environmental benefits through Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions ...
City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions
(2013)
This report examines the potential for decoupling at the city level. While the majority of the worlds population now live in cities and cities are where most resource consumption takes place, both the pressures and potentials ...
Atlas of Our Changing Environment: Zambia
(UNEP, 2013)
The Zambia Atlas of Our Changing Environment is one way of increasing awareness on environmental trends and is a call to all for improved management of our natural resources. The Atlas aims at providing scientifically-based ...
Bamako Convention: Conference of the States Parties
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)
Bamako Convention: Conference of the States Parties - Decisions
Recent trends in material flows and resource productivity in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013)
This report is intended to supplement the original Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for Asia and the Pacific report (UNEP 2011). The content is based on an updated material flows database which presents data up ...