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Glaciers and the Environment
The aim of this publication is to make the knowledge we have gained about glaciers more widely known, and to emphasize the need to develop this knowledge. Glaciology holds one... -
State of the Global Climate 2021
The present WMO report provides an update on the annual state of the climate observed in the year 2021, and shows continued trends (also reported in the IPCC reports) in terms... -
Measuring Glacier Change in the Himalayas: UNEP Global Environmental Alert...
A serious lack of reliable and consistent data severely hampers scientific knowledge about the state of Himalayan glaciers. As a result, the contribution of glacial melt to the... -
Waste Management Outlook for Mountain Regions: Sources and Solutions
Mountains play an essential role in supplying water, energy, food and other services to millions of people living in the mountains and downstream. Ensuring the continued supply... -
Vital Water Graphics: An Overview of the State of the World's Fresh and Marine Waters
Through a total of 40 graphics, together with accompanying texts arid maps, Vital Water Graphics highlights how the quantity, quality and availability of fresh and marine waters... -
Climate Change and Biodiversity: IPCC Technical Paper V
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Paper on Climate Change and Biodiversity is the fifth paper in the IPCC Technical Paper series, and was produced... -
OzoNews Volume XX - 15 July 2020
In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratification 2. 42nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the... -
Africa without Glaciers - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2012
Glaciers are a critical component of the earth' system and the current accelerated melting and retreat of glaciers have severe impacts on the environment and human well-being,... -
Huge Iceberg Breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier - UNEP Global...
Glaciers are naturally dynamic, slowly changing in shape and size as they move. When a glacier enters the sea, new icebergs form as pieces break off, or calve, from the glacier....