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Grenada - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Development Programme Subregional Officefor the OECS and Barbados, 2012)
Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of SIDS, with a view to identifying solutions and ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2012: A UNEP Synthesis Report
(2012)
This report reviews a number of successful policy actions that have been effective in substantially reducing emissions at the national level. For example, appliance standards, performance standards for vehicles, and economic ...
Fiji National Report on Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for FurtherImplementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA);2010 2012
(Fijian Government, 2013)
The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The ...
Sahel atlas of changing landscapes: tracing trends and variations in vegetation cover and soil condition
(UNEP, 2012)
This atlas aims to illustrate a rigorous scientific basis for understanding processes of landscape change in the Sahel and describes landscapes climate vegetation and trends in vegetation and soil health. The atlas provides ...
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, ...
From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)
As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ...
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines - National Report for Third International Conference
(Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment, 2013)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as an active member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS), endeavors to fulfill all of the obligations and reporting requirements to these ...
Policy implications of warming permafrost
(UNEP, 2012)
This report describes the current and potential future status of permafrost and makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of permafrost degradation in a warming climate. Climate projections in the fifth Assessment ...
Arctic Report Card: update for 2012 (NOAA 2012)
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012)
What's new in 2012? New records set for low snow extent and sea ice extent, and for widespread ice sheet melting, despite air temperatures - a key cause of melting - being unremarkable relative to the last decade. Multiple ...
THE state of Environment in the Republic of Belarus [2005-2009]: National report
(2010)
The purpose of the report is to assess the environment of Belarus and to expose the tendencies of changes over a five year period (2005-2009) with application of international environmental indices, to identify causes and ...