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Annex II: Financing Nature-based Solutions for Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities - In support of the Working Paper for the G20: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions
(2022-02)This report aims at strengthening the case for investment and provides a collection of financing options for different types of urban NbS1. It has been developed as a motivational effort to engage city officials, practitioners, ... -
The Aral Sea: Diagnostic Study for the Development of an Action Plan for the Conservation of the Aral Sea
(2000)This Diagnostic Report reflects the combined efforts of many dedicated individuals working on the numerous problems associated with the current changes in the Aral Sea and its drainage basin. It represents a consensus ... -
Diagnostic Analysis of the Lake Xingkai/Khanka Basin (People's Republic of China and Russian Federation)
(2001)Lake Xingkai/Khanka is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast Asia, located on the border between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. Its basin is a part of the WusulifUssuri-Heilong/Amur basin. ... -
Eutrosym ‘76: Proceedings the International Symposium on Eutrophication and Rehabilitation of Surface Water – Vol. IV
(1976)The participants in this meeting drew up draft recommendations concerning the protection of surface waters from eutrophication -
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments: Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
(1996)The design of sate tailings dams is discussed in detail and the control and ope-rational procedures necessary during the protracted construction of tailings dams are described. Many things can change during the construction ... -
International Shiga Forum on Technology for Water Management in the 21st Century - Proceedings
(1998)The paper gives an overview of current differences in terms of water resources predicament between 26 world regions, focusing on three dimensions of water stress (natural, technical and demographic). It discuss the future ... -
Smoke on Water: Countering Global Threats from Peatland Loss and Degradation - A Rapid Response Assessment. Revised Edition
(2017)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 percent of the Earth’s surface but are the ... -
Water Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Challenges and Opportunities - Technical Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2011)This technical report comprises an integral part of the broader United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) post-conflict environmental assessment (PCEA) of the DRC. The UNEP PCEA aims to evaluate the key environmental ...