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Environmental Risk and Commercial Banks: Discussion Paper
(1994)
The purpose of this discussion paper is to provide lenders -- particularly lenders that have recently begun to address environmental issues -- with a "snapshot" of some key issues. It begins with an overview of current and ...
Equity and Social Considerations Related to Climate Change: Papers Presented at the IPCC Working Group III Workshop on Equity and Social Considerations Related to Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya, 18-22 July 1994
(1994)
The purpose of the workshop was; to provide a broad base of input to the writing of the draft chapters for IPCC's Second Assessment Report, and to provide an opportunity for policy advisors in several regions of the world ...
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion 1991 Update - Panel Report Pursuant to Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Under the Auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
(1991)
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer requires, in Article 6, periodic assessments of available scientific, environmental, technical, and economic information. The assessments shall be made every ...
Climate Change and Human Health: An Assessment prepared by a Task Group on behalf of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme
(1996)
This book covers the subject of climate change to the full extent possible, given current scientific knowledge. It is intended to assist and promote further international collaboration aimed at improving our understanding ...
Climate Action: Assisting Business Towards Carbon Neutrality - Special Focus on Africa and Sustainable Cities
(2011)
Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political ambition remains firmly in place and may be widening. ...
Climatic Change and the Mediterranean: Environmental and Societal Impacts of Climatic Change and Sea-level Rise in the Mediterranean Region
(1992)
This book deals with the present-day environmental and demographic, economic and sociological trends in the Mediterranean area with particular emphasis on the possible impact of climatic change and corresponding sea-level ...
Climate Crisis: The Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies
(1987)
Report based on the workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts Associated with the 1982-83 Worldwide Climate Anomalies, 11-13 November 1985, Lugano, Switzerland, organized and financed by the United Nations Environment ...
GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Open your Eyes to the Environment
(2001)
This is a report on the state of the environment in the region, in addition to being a real source of inspiration for people and institutions to contribute to the safeguarding of the environment. The young authors offer a ...
Climatic Change in the Intra-Americas Sea: Implications of Future Climate on the Ecosystems and Socio-economic Structure in the Marine and Coastal Regions of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas and the Northeast Coast of South America
(Edward Arnold, 1993)
This book provides the first expert and comprehensive account of the implications that global warming and sea-level rise will have on the ecosystems and socio- economic structure in the marine and coastal regions of the ...
Focus on your World: Photographs from the United Nations Environment Programme
(2000)
effects of global warming. This mainly occurs as the result of the build-up in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases. Scientists have identified global warming as a major threat to the future of ...