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This book is an attempt to capture the messages in the reports from SCOPE and IPCC as well as some other information and in a way that is accessible to the non-expert reader....

This book provides an analysis of the state of the environment as viewed by the United Nations organization responsible for the safety and better management of the environment...

The IPCC Scientific Assessment Working Group (WGI) was established in 1988 to assess available information on the science of climate change, in particular that arising from...

The origins of this book lie in a series of training courses sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (Project No. FP/6108-88-01 (2855); 'Environment changes and...

The Athabasca Oil Sands region of Alberta, Canada forms the second-largest deposit of recoverable oil in the world after Saudi Arabia (Whitfield and others 2010). The energy and...

The purpose of The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations is to assist organisations in this...

The present IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories have been approved by the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the IPCC at Maastricht in September 1994 and...

The report shows that there is no fundamental barrier to integrating climate & carbon risks into financial risk and value on models. In addition, addressing this challenge...

As part of the Asia Regional NDC Clinic series led by UNEP and UDP under the NDC Action Project and in collaboration with the NDC Partnership, this 2-hour virtual session is...

Forests and woodlands are important stores of planet-warming carbon dioxide, soaking up 30 per cent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels. But every year, the world loses...

This fact sheet shows the importance of understanding how ‘tonnes CO2 equivalent’ is calculated and gives the GWP values for substances controlled under the Kigali Amendment.

This activity aims to analyze Both consumer and producer energy subsidies: these include subsidies to coal, natural gas, oil and related petroleum products (particularly those...

This presentation provides a summary of the trade related aspects linked to sustainable supply chains and deforestation, developed in the context of the UK GCRF Trade,...

This year’s Buildings Global Status Report provides an update on the drivers of CO2 emissions and energy demand globally since 2018, along with examples of policies,...

Cómo articular respuestas integradas a las crisis sanitaria, económica y climática en América Latina y el Caribe: La Recuperación pos-COVID-19

Trade is experiencing an unprecedented contraction during the COVID 19 outbreak and the prospects for a quick recovery of trade depend on the duration of the epidemic and...

The world is losing the fight against climate change. Global greenhouse gas emissions have risen 1.4 per cent annually in the last decade, reaching a record 59.1 gigatons of...

This document comprises both the Summary for Policymakers and the Technical Summary of the Working Group I (WGI) report. It represents, in conjunction with the 11 chapters of...

As in previous years, this report assesses the gap between estimated future global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if countries implement their climate mitigation pledges and the...