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This is a preparatory report for the Solomon Islands towards the Small Islands Developing States (SIDs) Sustainable Development (SD) Conference in Samoa next year. The report...

The Cook Islands national development strategy is known as the Te Kaveinga Nui, which is translated asthe national journey the Cook Islands is making in its development as a...

Managing the freshwater impacts of climate change in Africa is as much a political and development challenge as a technical climate change challenge. Even without climate...

The Energy Efficiency Market Report 2014 (EEMR 2014) estimates that investment in energy efficiency markets worldwide in 2012 was between USD 310 billion and USD 360 billion....

RiVAMP is a methodology set up by UNEP to identify and quantify the role of ecosystems for DRR and CCA. The pilote study on the role of ecosystems for mitigating beach erosion...

This report seeks to provide guidance on what UN and organizations can do to improve sustainability of their travel, and in particular how to reduce their travel related climate...

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...

This publication, Energy, Climate Change and Environment: 2014 Insights complements IEA modelling work such as the World Energy Outlook and Energy Technology Perspectives by...

This report presents most recent analysis of the UN's performance in implementing the UN's Climate Neutral Strategy. It includes the details of the greenhouse gas emissions for...

The overall goal of this synthesis report is to provide policymakers with highlighted key messages from recent global environmental assessments, including the fourth Global...

This booklet contains a compilation of existing internationally agreed environmental goals and objectives, which have ?been drawn from the outcome documents of relevant United...

The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the...

The purpose of this Manual is to enhance understanding of climate change and related mitigation and adaptation issues and their consequences on employment. Trade Unions are...

SIDS In Numbers – Climate Change Edition 2015 provides, at a glance, a snapshot of select key SIDS indicators under the three dimensions of sustainable development: Environment,...

This study combines the best available data on carbon stocks and deforestation with protected area data to estimate the area of forest loss within the protected area network of...

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...

This report describes the state of environmental mediums, and main factors that have impacted the state of the environment in Kosovo

This Index builds on previous EPIs, innovating in key areas including, for the first time, human health metrics that capture health risks across all ages and genders instead of...

The IPCC 4 Assessment Report (AR4) concluded that climate change will have significant impacts on many aspects of biological diversity. These impacts will include effects on...

This Environmental profile was prepared within the framework of the joint project of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Programme on...