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Synthesis of Voluntary Submissions by Functional Commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other Intergovernmental Bodies and Forums - Note by the Secretariat
(2019-05-10)
The present document provides a synthesis of the voluntary submissions prepared by functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other intergovernmental bodies and forums. It synthesizes the 62 voluntary ...
Earth and Us: Population-Resources-Environment-Development
(1991)
There are very close and intricate interrelationships between population, resources, environment and development. Changes in one affect the others, positively or adversely. Some of these changes are immediately visible, ...
Pachamama: Our Earth, Our Future
(1999)
This book is a perfect introduction for young people to the environmental challenges that await us in the 21st century. Based on the United Nations Environment Programme's authoritative Global Environment Outlook, it ...
Gincana 3: Biological Diversity and Climate Change
(2007)
The recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepared by 2500 experts from 130 countries has made it clear that climate change is real.
Managing Peatlands to Cope with Climate Change: Indonesia’s Experience
(2018)
Considering the significance of Indonesia’s peatlands for the environment as well as for the livelihoods of the communities surrounding the area, Indonesia has prioritized its environmental strategy to restoring degraded ...
Climate Action: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
(2017)
Climate change is already affecting every country on every continent through changing seasons and weather patterns, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather events. Goal 13 addresses the changes in climate that pose ...
Gaborone Declaration on Climate Change and Africa’s Development
(2013)
The African ministers of the environment, among others, reaffirm the African common position on climate change as the basis for negotiations by African States on strengthening the international climate change regime through ...
African Ministerial Statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Adopted at the African Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(2001)
African Ministerial Statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Sixth Special Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment
(2016-06-22)
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Sixth Special Session: Report of the Ministerial Segment
Reforming Energy Subsidies: Opportunities to contribute to the Climate Change Agenda
(2008)
This report summarises, in a non-technical language, the nature, types and impacts of subsidies on energy that undermine the pursuit of sustainable development. It also offers recommendations to policy makers on how to ...