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Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea's Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)
Climate change caused by global warming has a wide-ranging impact on the atmosphere, marine environment plants and animals, glaciers, land, and human system. It has come to the fore as an environmental problem that jeopardizes ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin -Greenstart Movement
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)
The Ministry of Environment has been developing a nationwide Greenstart movement since 2008 to realize low carbon green growth as a national vision and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions effectively. The Greenstart movement ...
Mangrove Forest Cover Fading Fast - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - August 2013
(2013)
The uniquely adapted mangrove forests on the marine-terrestrial interface preserve coastline integrity by buffering wave energy from marine processes. The ecosystem services they provide and their support for coastal ...
Where will the Water go? Impacts of Accelerated Glacier Melt in the Tropical Andes: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - September 2013
(2013)
This issue focuses on the impacts of this reported accelerated loss of tropical glaciers to water supplies in Peru as well as broader impacts to the hydrologic cycle, future water supplies and ecosystem status.
Ozonaction newsletter no. 29
(UNEP, 1999)
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund.
Balancing economic development and protecting the cradle of mankind - Lake Turkana basin: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - June 2013
(2013)
A number of transboundary water agreements exist in Africa. However, many of these agreements are limited to larger basins such as the Nile, Niger, Senegal or Volta. There are very few international river basin agreements ...
Ting and the possible futures
(UNEP, 2008)
This science fiction story brings to life the frightening but real possibilities of an out-of-control climate crisis. It also introduces the positive, creative and very doable steps we can all take to save our climate, and ...