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First National Communication of Kenya to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(2002)
This executive summary includes an inventory of greenhouse gases, reports on climate change impacts, vulnerability assessment, identification of adaptation options as well as climate change related policies and measures.
Creating a Sustainable Food Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed nearly 10 billion People by 2050 - Synthesis Report
(2018)
The report focuses on technical opportunities and policies for cost-effective scenarios for meeting food, land use, and greenhouse gas
emissions goals in 2050 in ways that can also help to alleviate poverty and do not ...
Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies
(1998)
This handbook is essentially as an introduction to a wide range of methods that can be used to design assessment studies of climate change impacts and related adaptation strategies. It does not serve as a “stand-alone”, ...
Working Towards Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Decent Work and Social Inclusion in a Green Economy
(2012)
The present report has been prepared by the Green Jobs Initiative1 and the International Institute for Labour Studies at the ILO as a contribution to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ‘Rio+20’ in ...
Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions
(2019)
The impact of air pollution on human heath represents a serious public health crisis across Asia and the Pacific. Fewer than 8 per cent of the region’s people are exposed to levels of air pollution that do not pose a ...
Future Imperfect: Climate Change and Adaptation in the Carpathians
(2014)
This synthesis report is directed at policy makers and the public in the Carpathian region. It brings together important findings and recommendations about cli- mate change impacts and adaptation from three linked research ...
Implications of Expected Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region: An Overview - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 103
(1989)
This paper reviews the results of the studies prepared by the Mediterranean Task Team, that were presented at a Joint meeting of the Task Team on implications of Climatic Changes in the Mediterranean and the Co-ordinators ...
The Business Case for Sustainable Espresso; What is the Future for Coffee Production in Viet Nam?
(2020-04-27)
Viet Nam is the world’s second largest exporter of coffee after Brazil and the largest exporter of Robusta coffee in Asia. Coffee is the second most important agricultural commodity in the Southeast Asian country, after ...
UNEP Background Paper on Green Jobs
(2008)
This Background Note provides a brief review of our present understanding of Green Jobs and the impact of climate change on the world of work highlighting the potential role of the international business community in support ...
Developing Strategies for Climate Change: The UNEP Country Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Assessment - Report 2000:2
(2000)
This report summarizes four country studies that were undertaken as part of the UNEP
Country Case Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Assessment. These studies,
carried out in Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, ...