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Sustainable Consumption and Production: a Handbook for Policymakers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
This Handbook is an output of UNEP’s work towards the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). This global edition is based on a pilot edition for Asia and the ...
Africa’s Adaptation Gap 2: Bridging the Gap – Mobilising Sources
(UNEP, 2015)
The report assesses the wide range of options for triggering the resources needed for closing the adaptation gap.
The Adaptation Finance Gap Update with Insights from the INDCs
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
In 2014 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) pub¬lished its first global Adaptation Gap Report (AGR 2014) (UNEP, 2014), which put forward a preliminary framework for assessing adaptation gaps along with an initial ...
SIDS In Numbers – Climate Change Edition
(2015)
SIDS In Numbers – Climate Change Edition 2015 provides, at a glance, a snapshot of select key SIDS indicators under the three dimensions of sustainable development: Environment, Social and Economic, to highlight the impacts ...
Towards Paris 2015: What does a new global climate policy mean for Central Asia?
(Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia and Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, 2015)
This report aims to inform the countries of Central Asia and the international community about the key findings of the recent climate negotiations in Lima (COP 20, 2014) and expectations from the global climate treaty, ...
Shock Waves - Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty
(2015)
Ending poverty and addressing climate change are the two defining issues of our time. This report brings together these two overarching objectives and explores how they can be more easily achieved if considered together. ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility: A STAP Advisory Document
(Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), 2015)
Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local and regional air pollutant. It is also a ...