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Vulnerability and Climate Change Impact Assessments for Adaptation: VIA Module
(2009)
The module on Climate Change Vulnerability and Impact Assessment (VIA), as well as the version for cities, outline key approaches to help in assessing vulnerability to climate change in the context of other non-climatic ...
UNEP 2004 Annual Report
(2005)
This report reflects the broad range of activities carried out by the UN Environment Programme as it carries out its mandate to provide the leadership we need to protect the environmental basis of sustainable development. ...
Impacts of Climate Change: How can we Adapt? - A Simplified Guide to the IPCC's "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"
(2008)
This booklet summarises the most recent assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the current knowledge concerning climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
African Environment Outlook: Case Studies: Human Vulnerability due to Environmental Change in Africa - Executive Summary
(2003)
This report containing case studies on environmental change, human vulnerability and security, brings into focus many of the issues that are highlighted in the AEO report, by providing concrete examples of the impact of ...
Water: A Key for Sustainable Development in Africa - Key Issues and Constraints
(2001)
As elsewhere on our planet, water is the key natural resource throughout Africa. An adequate supply of clean water is the most important precondition for sustaining human life, for maintaining ecological systems that support ...
Ozone Protection, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
(2006)
This special publication covers the three interlinked issues: ozone depletion, climate change and energy efficiency, and helps show that today's world is full of interconnected axes, particularly when it comes to the ...
UNEP in the Regions: Europe - Environment for Development
(2005)
UNEP views its role in Europe as being that of a facilitator and supporter of regional and sub-regional cooperation and partnerships, a provider of assessments and early warnings, an advisor on responses to emerging ...
Africa Environment Outlook 2: Our Environment, Our Wealth - Executive Summary
(2006)
The dawn of the 21st century stands out as the beginning of a renaissance for Africa – politically, economically and environmentally. The formation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, marked a turning ...