Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making:...
Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making is the summary of a workshop held in March 2013 to discuss the key principles of public engagement during the development of...
View ArticleOur Planet: The Future is Priceless, Put a Price on Carbon
UNEP Publication – The Future is Priceless, Put a Price on Carbon: This issue focuses on the range of climate change issues to be discussed at the COP19 in Warsaw. The topics discussed range from the...
View ArticleManaging the Boom and Bust: Supporting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in the...
For decades the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, leading to desert advancement and the impoverishment of the population. This issue paper develops an alternative...
View ArticleIntegrating the Environment in Urban Planning & Management
Cities can use a range of principles and approaches to integrate the environment in urban planning and management.This report is intended to encourage and support urban decision-makers in this process....
View ArticleKeeping Track of Our Changing Environment in Asia and the Pacific
This publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major environmental, economic and social changes in Asia and the Pacific since 1992. The numbers tell the story of how, in twenty...
View ArticleUNFCCC Publishes Report of the Subsidiary Bodies’ 39th Sessions
The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the reports of the 39th session of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies held in Warsaw, Poland, summarizing the discussions held and conclusions reached during the session....
View ArticleSpecial Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to...
IPCC: This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches...
View ArticleThe Himalayas, A Special Report
With one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is sending warning signs. Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water...
View ArticleUNEP Six Priority Areas Factsheets – Ecosystem management
Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management Source>>
View ArticleNew study on Climate Clubs
Oscar Widerberg, IVM Vrije Universitet Amsterdam and Daniel Engström Stenson, Swedish think tank Fores, yesterday launched a new study on Climate Clubs and its relation to the UNFCCC. A short summary...
View ArticleClimate Change And Deforestation: The Evolution of An Intersecting Policy Domain
Announcing the publication of a Special Issue of Environmental Science and Policy (Volume 35, January 2014) titled: Climate change and deforestation: The evolution of an intersecting policy domain.The...
View ArticleToolkit For Urban Government To Climate Resilience Building
ICLEI-ACCCRN Guide and Toolkit to help municipal governments in Asia build resilience to climate change. ICLEI has finalized a new guide and toolkit aimed at helping municipal governments in Asia build...
View ArticleClimate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook
FAO: There has been a rapid uptake of the term Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) by the international community, national entities and local institutions, in the past years. However, implementing this...
View ArticleMainstreaming Climate Change in Bhutan and Nepal: A Synthesis Report
This report is a synthesis of two studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan, which have many...
View ArticleKedarnath Disaster: Facts And Plausible Causes
Current Science: Recent climate changes have had significant impact on high-mountain glacial environment. Rapid melting of snow/ice and heavy rainfall has resulted in the formation and expansion of...
View ArticleEarth Is Warming Up But Not As Rapidly As Predicted
The Hindu: New IPCC report raises questions over urgency or seriousness of climate change The climate has not been warming over the past 15 years at rates predicted earlier, the latest report of the...
View ArticleUNEP Report: On Low Carbon Transport and City Planning
Three reports released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) evaluate and summarize options for low carbon city planning, non-motorised transport (NMT) and infrastructure risks due to climate...
View ArticleThe IPCC Report – Where Now?
CNN: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has now published the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report, AR5. It says humanity is largely responsible for the recent warming of the Earth, it...
View ArticleDrawing Down N2O to Protect Climate & the Ozone Layer: a UNEP Synthesis Report
This report addresses the benefits of drawing down nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. N2O is now the most significant ozone-depleting substance emission and the third most important greenhouse gas released...
View ArticleThe Local Environmental, Economic and Social Tragedies of International...
This study reviewed the policies and outcomes of international support for forest management in Nepal and answered whether international support on forest management in developing countries resulted in...
View ArticleThinking about Water Differently: Managing the Water-Food-Energy Nexus
The water-food-energy nexus is emerging as a critical issue in Asia and the Pacific. It is clear that solutions must be found to assure water security, thereby eliminating the immediate–and...
View ArticleAssessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply
UNEP Publications: This report explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales: from the...
View ArticleClimate Adaptation: Seizing the Challenge
The World Economic Forum released their report Climate Adaptation: Seizing the Challenge, at Davos last week. The report was co-authored by the Global Adaptation Institute (now Notre Dame Global...
View ArticleCountry-to-country Review Under Next Climate Treaty
In December 2011 countries agreed – through the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) – to negotiate a new treaty by 2015. Many proposals for this agreement include a...
View ArticleEnergy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance
The paper, “Energy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance”, examines the energy scenario – availability, access, influence of markets and government policies – in rural India, especially...
View ArticleIntegrating Climate Change in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
At the Rio+20 conference, member states of the United Nations (UN) expressed concern about the scale and gravity of the impacts of climate change. These impacts affect all countries and undermine their...
View ArticleBuilding Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy
This report advocates placing REDD+ into a larger landscape scale planning framework that can, and should, involve multiple sectors (especially those that are driving deforestation, sometimes...
View ArticleClimate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
IPCC Working Group II Contribution to AR5 The Working Group II contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report considers the vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems, the observed impacts...
View ArticleOur Planet: Greening Business
The United Nations Environment Programme’s flagship magazine.
View ArticleMonitoring & Evaluation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: A...
The second edition of this report comes at a critical moment. Climate change threatens to reverse progress towards sustainable development and threatens lives and livelihoods around the globe, either...
View ArticleGlobal Warming vs Climate Change
In January 2014, we conducted a nationally representative experimental study and found that the terms global warming and climate change often mean different things to Americans. The two terms activate...
View ArticleUNEP Global Environmental Alert Service: May 2014
The deep ocean, the largest biome on Earth at over 1 000 metres below the surface of the ocean, holds vast quantities of untapped energy resources, precious metals and minerals. Advancements in...
View ArticleClimate Change and India. Analysis of Political Economy and Impact
The ‘Climate Change and India: Analysis of Political Economy and Impact’ is primarily beneficial for those who want to approach this issue from a people’s perspective. Th e book attempts to bring...
View ArticleOur Planet: The First United Nations Environment Assembly
The first ever United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the core theme of this issue of Our Planet. Sustainable Development Goals, the need to decouple economic growth from natural resource...
View ArticleSouth-South Trade in Renewable Energy: a Trade Flow Analysis of Selected...
This study analyses trends and opportunities for trade among developing countries (i.e. South-South trade) in selected environmental goods, in order to assess the contribution such trade can make to a...
View ArticleValuing Plastic: the Business Case for Measuring, Managing and Disclosing...
The objective of this report is to help companies manage the opportunities and risks associated with plastic use. It articulates the business case for companies to improve their measurement, disclosure...
View ArticleThe Millennium Development Goals Report 2014
The new Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 examines the latest progress made towards achieving the MDGs. It shows that millions of people’s lives have improved due to concerted global, regional,...
View ArticleUNEP Year Book 2014: Emerging Issues in Our Global Environment
Ten years after the first Year Book in this series appeared, a special e-book anniversary edition – UNEP Year Book 2014 – presents a fresh look at ten issues highlighted over the past decade. This UNEP...
View ArticleHigh Mountain Glaciers and Climate Change: Challenges to Human Livelihoods...
Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. This report calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modeling of glaciers, snow and their role in water...
View ArticleKeeping track of adaptation actions in africa: Targeted Fiscal Stimulus...
With the African population expected to increase to 2 billion by 2050, and nearly 65% of African livelihoods directly linked to agriculture-dominated landscapes, it is critical to provide targeted...
View ArticleForests in a Changing Climate: A Sourcebook for Integrating REDD+ into...
‘Forests in a Changing Climate: Sourcebook for REDD+’ is designed to give an overview of the key topics related to forests and climate change, under the overarching and evolving REDD+ narrative. The...
View ArticleGlobal Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States
GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island...
View ArticleWORKING PAPER: The Sustainable Development Goals – Will They Deliver Climate...
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges the world faces today. It affects all aspects of the development agenda, from poverty eradication to health care, to economic growth and disaster...
View ArticleClimate Finance for Cities and Buildings: a Handbook for Local Governments
The objectives of this Handbook are to help raise awareness among local stakeholders regarding climate finance and its potential in the built environment, given the important role that this sector has...
View ArticleGlobal Biodiversity Outlook
Global Biodiversity Outlook: a mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020: This report brings together multiple lines of evidence...
View ArticleOur Planet: Climate for Life
The interaction between biodiversity, climate change and protected areas are the focus of this issue of Our Planet. Protected areas are important carbon storage facilities, so their maintenance and...
View ArticleOur Planet: Climate for Life
The interaction between biodiversity, climate change and protected areas are the focus of this issue of Our Planet. Protected areas are important carbon storage facilities, so their maintenance and...
View ArticleThe Emissions Gap Report 2014
Over the past four years the “emissions gap” series published by the United Nations Environment Program has analysed the size of the gap and has provided insights on options to close it. This fifth...
View ArticleThe Emissions Gap Report 2014: a UNEP Synthesis Report
Over the past four years the “emissions gap” series published by the United Nations Environment Programme has analysed the size of the gap and has provided insights on options to close it. This fifth...
View ArticleMeasuring Success: Indicators For the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans
This report collates information on ecosystem-based indicators and indices currently being measure by regional entities and seeks to identify common elements. From this analysis the report postulates...
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