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Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility: A...
Black carbon (BC) is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. It is the most strongly light-absorbing component of fine particulate matter, and a local... -
Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation...
Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions... -
Environment on the edge 2007-08
Environment on the edge is a series of lectures given by leading international figures that examine our current relationship with the natural world and discuss what tomorrow... -
Climate change 2001: synthesis report
This synthesis report with its summary for policymakers is the fourth and final part of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change... -
CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Highlights
In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Lima, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be... -
Coastal management in the Western Indian Ocean region - A capacity needs assessment
Developing capacity in coastal and marine issues of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region is a very important activity, given the present growing and projected pressures on the... -
State of Environment Report - American Samoa
The 2002 State of Environment Report is a brief ' environmental report card' on the resources of the Territory. The report is designed to provide American Samoan residents and... -
City of Nairobi Environment Outlook
A 'City Development Strategy using a bottom-up approach' to guide the planning of Nairobi is urgently needed to ensure that the Kenyan capital develops on an environmentally-... -
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report provides information for policymakers, scientists and engineers in the field of climate change and reduction... -
Vital Signs: Survey Protocols Field Manual
Vital Signs (VS) was designed to address this challenge by providing integrated, near real-time measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services, and human well-being. These... -
The Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Protection of the Western...
The Strategic Action Programme for the protection of the coastal and marine environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based sources and activities (SAP) has been... -
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks,...
With its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector, similar to agriculture,... -
SIDS in numbers
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Vital Signs: Survey Protocols Field Manual
Vital Signs (VS) was designed to address this challenge by providing integrated, near real-time measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services, and human well-being. These... -
Guyana - National Report for Third International Conference
Guyana has undertaken preparations for the Third International Conference on SIDS.The First Conference on SIDS, which was held in 1994, produced the Barbados Programme ofAction... -
State of the Environment Report : Uganda : 1996
This 1996 report was organized along the issue - pressure state- response framework. This report highlights the key issues under the themes land resources, water resources, and... -
An Assessment of Emissions and Mitigation Options for Black Carbon for the...
The key messages and recommendations here are from the Task Force on Short?LivedClimate Forcers that was established by the Arctic Council in 2009. In 2011, the Task... -
Climate Change: The IPCC 1990 and 1992 Assessments
With the formation of the World Climate Programme after the 1979 World Climate Conference, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme -... -
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Ecuador
The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the relationship between the distributions of... -
State of the Environment Report - Niue
The State of the Environment Report for Niue has been commissioned by the Government of Niue and sponsered by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) as part of...