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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 ...
Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the South Caucasus Mountains
(2015)
T This outlook has been prepared to review and synthesize the existing climate change adaptation responses in the South Caucasus mountain region. It was undertaken in the context of the South Caucasus component of the ...
Sustainable Mountain Development in East Africa in a Changing Climate - Mountain Adaptation Outlook Series
(2016)
The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal partnered and prepared a series of outlook reports on the need for urgent action to protect mountain ecosystems and to mitigate human risk from extreme events. This ...
The Clean Energy Voyage 2: Closer to the Destination
(2015)
From dirty to clean, from finite to renewable and from costly to profitable: the stakes are high, but people are inspired and clean energy is an idea whose time has come. As the world prepares to reach a historic agreement ...
Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
(2018)
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impacts of climate change. Wide-ranging threats are already impacting ecosystems and millions of people living in the region and ...
Nature-Based Solutions for Water Management: A Primer
(2018)
This primer is designed to raise awareness of the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions. solutions most useful to water resources managers (section 3); and adopts the view that: • the first point of resilience to ...
Protected Planet Report 2016: How Protected Areas Contribute to Achieving Global Targets for Biodiversity
(2016)
The report underscores the importance of protected areas in sustaining the functions and values of natural ecosystems as well as the needs of human society. It highlights the nature-based solutions that protected areas ...
Weather Radar Data Requirements for Climate Monitoring - GCOS-223
(2019)
Action A24 of the GCOS Implementation Plan (GCOS-200), calls for the implementation of an archive for radar reflectivities. The Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) at its Sixteenth session (WMO-1183) endorsed the GCOS ...
The ABC for Sustainable Cities: A Glossary for Policy Makers
(2016)
The ABC for Sustainable Cities aims to bring clarity on this. Rather than providing a single univocal definition of what is a “Sustainable City”, it brings together key elements of it by compiling terms and concepts from ...
25 Clean Air Measures for Asia and the Pacific
(2019)
Air pollution is not only a major health risk, it also has damaging impacts on the environment and agricultural crop yields. These impacts have significant economic consequences. While existing policies have made progress ...