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Lightning for Climate : A Study by the Task Team on Lightning Observation For Climate Applications (TT-LOCA) Of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) - GCOS-227
(2019)
This study summarizes the work done by TTLOCA and covers key aspects of lightning observations for climate applications. It explains the relevance of lightning observations for climate, describes the current status of ...
World Resources Report 2010-2011 - Decision Making in a Changing Climate: Adaptation Challenges and Choices
(2011)
Climate change will affect many sectors, including agriculture, electricity production, transportation, forest and land use, and water management. Climate change is not just an environmental problem; its impacts affect all ...
Right to a Healthy Environment: Good Practices - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
(2020)
The present report highlights good practices in the recognition and implementation of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The term “good practice” is defined broadly, to include laws, ...
An Exploration of Options and Functions of Climate Technology Centres and Networks - Discussion Paper
(2010)
This paper responds to a request to UNEP from the UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer to examine operational modalities for climate technology centres and networks. The paper first dis- cusses possible dimensions ...
Research Priorities on Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation: Responding to the Climate Change Challenge
(2013)
Research Priorities on Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation: Responding to the Climate ange Challenge consists of 33 topics
presented in three sections: Information to Support Policymaker Decisions, Systems and Regions ...
Overview and Hotspots Analysis of the Tourism Value Chain in Saint Lucia
(2019)
This document is a project report for Saint Lucia. Its purpose is to support decision making of key stakeholders within the Transforming Tourism Value Chain’s project so as to prioritise feasible solutions to reduce GHG ...
Environmental Sustainability in Asia: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals - Series 2 Cambodia
(2019)
This edition of the Environmental Sustainability in Asia Publication Series reflects the progress, challenges and opportunities of the seven principal themes in Cambodia, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of ...
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”, ...
Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation: The Water Sector - TNA Guidebook Series
(2011)
This guidebook aims to provide expert information on the technologies most relevant for climate change adaptation in the water sector in developing countries. It is meant to be a practical tool for use by a broad range of ...