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Visakhapatnam is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Andhra Pradesh with a population of about 1.73 million (Census, 2011). It has been and continues to be a hub of...

A low-carbon mobility approach requires clear and innovative thinking about city futures in terms of the reality (what is already there), desirability (what we would like to...

The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 was released by the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises, Government of India with a view to enhance national...

This report attempts to fill this gap by holistically assessing the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in the Indian context and then taking up an in-depth research of the BRTS...

The Playing for the Planet Alliance was created to support the video gaming industry to achieve the following core objectives: 1. To rally the industry to reduce its carbon...

This report presents a review of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) projects in Indian cities. The study aims to highlight gaps in implementation of policy, and identify appropriate...

The present report was prepared by Dr. Esnam El-Hinnawi of the UN' secretariat on the basis of contributions written by a number of scientists and information compiled by UNEP....

More than 180 countries have peatlands but we are only just starting to understand their role in both climate change and our efforts to curb it. Peatlands cover less than three...

Ce document présente les différentes cartes produites et expliquant la pertinence de la planification spatiale de la REDD+ pour la réalisation des bénéfices multiples et la mise...

This document is based primarily on original publications listed in the reference section but much valuable information has also been obtained from various publications...

On the occasion of the Third United Nations Environment Assembly, whose overarching theme was “Towards a Pollution-Free Planet”, the UN Environment Programme decided to lead by...

This book presents the current state of the art on the subject of photosynthesis by initially describing in part one the various photosynthetic mechanisms in relation to plant...

Pressure to convert and degrade forests continues to be high in developing nations such as Kenya, resulting in substantial emissions of carbon dioxide. Through the United...

The scope of the present report covers only those factors which cause radiative forcing of climate change, and includes updated values of Global Warming Potentials. The full...

The publication of this volume on Particle Flux in the Ocean brings to a close a phase of the Global Carbon Cycle project which has concentrated on under-standing the flow,...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Tsukuba Workshop for the IPCC Working Group III held on 17-20 of January, 1994 at Tsukuba, Japan. It reflects the dual objectives...

In January 2017, scientists announced new discoveries showing that the Central Congo Basin Peatlands form the largest area of peat swamp forest in the tropics. Estimates of soil...

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...

This report focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of the poorest people in the world set aside the environmental damage. It...

Costa Rica has adopted a very ambitious national decarbonisation plan with an aspiration of becoming carbon neutral by 2021. The decarbonisation of the economy requires the...