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Assessment and Monitoring of Climatic Change Impacts on Mangrove Ecosystems - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 154
(1994)
As mangroves are one of the most prominent coastal ecosystems in tropical and many subtropical areas around the world, it is likely that the impact by climate change on mangroves will have greater economic and social ...
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 ...
Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges
(2008)
This publication notes the vulnerability of the sector to climate change and the impacts of tourism on climate itself. It provides an excellent basis to address the global phenomenon of climate change, as well as to develop ...
Earth and Faith : A Book of Reflection for Action
(2000)
Reflection on links between faith and environmental protection.
Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries: Assessing the Impact of Climate Risks on Sovereign Borrowing Costs
(2018)
This collaborative research project between Imperial College Business School and SOAS has been commissioned by UN Environment, with generous financial support from the MAVA Foundation. The study finds that climate risks ...
La Dimensión ambiental en la planificación del desarrollo sostenible en Costa Rica: La aplicación de un enfoque integrado para la implementación de los ODS
(2018)
Esta nota presenta información práctica respecto a las brechas, retos y áreas de oportunidad de Costa Rica para avanzar en una planificación de largo plazo que integre la dimensión ambiental y logre el desarrollo sostenible ...
Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)
This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ...
United in Science: High-level Synthesis Report of Latest Climate Science Information convened by the Science Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019
(2019)
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. This important document by the United Nations and global partner organizations, prepared under the auspices of the Science Advisory Group of the Climate Action Summit, ...
Evaluation of UNEP Riso Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) - Evaluation Report
(2005)
This is the third evaluation of the UNEP Riso Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) since the Centre's inception in 1990. It covers URC's work programme and institutional arrangements for Phases V ...
The State of the Environment 1987
(Butterworths, 1987)
This book provides an analysis of the state of the environment as viewed by the United Nations organization responsible for the safety and better management of the environment at the global level. It is not meant to be an ...