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Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean
(United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2011)
This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sub Regional Office for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), focuses on the recommendations, which were prioritised ...
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers
(UNEP, 2011)
This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon ...
Ready, willing and able: empowering countries to meet the climate challenge
(UNEP, 2011)
UNEP's work on climate change is shaped by the UNFCCC talks and outcomes and helps countries to respond to their needs under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol
HFCs: a critical link in protecting climate and the ozone layer
(UNEP, 2011)
This report describes the linkages between hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) emissions, climate protection, and protection of the ozone layer.
Ecosystems for water and food security
(UNEP, 2011)
Against the current challenges to enhance food security worldwide, the publication aims at illustrating the importance of healthy ecosystems for the provisioning of key services that contribute to food security. Such ...
Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hopes
(UNEP, 2011)
Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The ...
Urban water vulnerability to climate change in Mongolia
(Water Authority, Mongolia, 2011)
This study aims to present the impacts of climate change upon urban water particularly upon the performance of the urban water supply, wastewater and storm water infrastructure, through compiling existing studies on climate ...
Assessment of Freshwater Resources Vulnerability to Climate Change
(UNEP, 2011)
Countries of the West Asia region have been experiencing different degrees of natural and anthropogenic water risk regarding the sustainability of their limited water resources and preservation of the ecosystem equilibrium. ...
Technologies for adaptation perspectives and practical experiences
(UNEP, 2011)
This publication serves as an introduction to the second volume of the UNEP RIS Centre Technology Transfer Perspectives Series. The current volume is related to the global Technology Needs Assessment ...