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Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities Partnership (2004-2008 Report): Supporting Universities to Respond to Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Challenges
(2008)
This report documents the growth, in participation in MESA since 2004, as well as the outcomes that are visible at university and regional levels following various activities that have taken place across the African continent ...
Economic Instruments for Promoting Sustainable Natural Resource Use, Environmental sustainability and Responses to Climate Change
(2009)
This report was prepared to inform the formulation of the five-year National Development Plan (NDP), whose theme is ‘Growth, Employment and Prosperity’. It is based on a study that draws lessons learned from over a decade ...
Reforming Energy Subsidies: Opportunities to contribute to the Climate Change Agenda
(2008)
This report summarises, in a non-technical language, the nature, types and impacts of subsidies on energy that undermine the pursuit of sustainable development. It also offers recommendations to policy makers on how to ...
Development of an Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD): Programme Area 5 - Combating Climate Change in Africa
(2000)
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an historical initiative aimed at promoting sustainable development for the benefit of present and future generations. The sustainable use of African natural resources ...
First National Communication of Kenya to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(2002)
This executive summary includes an inventory of greenhouse gases, reports on climate change impacts, vulnerability assessment, identification of adaptation options as well as climate change related policies and measures.
Ozone Protection, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
(2006)
This special publication covers the three interlinked issues: ozone depletion, climate change and energy efficiency, and helps show that today's world is full of interconnected axes, particularly when it comes to the ...
UNEP and the UN Foundation Partners for Sustainable Development
(2004)
This booklet illustrates the areas where UN Foundation funds are supporting UNEP activities. UNEP has received UNFIP approval for projects in three main areas: • Information for decision making. • Biodiversity conservation. ...
Evaluation of UNEP Riso Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) - Evaluation Report
(2005)
This is the third evaluation of the UNEP Riso Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) since the Centre's inception in 1990. It covers URC's work programme and institutional arrangements for Phases V ...
Gincana 3: Biological Diversity and Climate Change
(2007)
The recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepared by 2500 experts from 130 countries has made it clear that climate change is real.
Values to Value
(2004)
This Values to Value report highlights the most promising developments taking place in the global financial services sector but also reinforces the scale of the challenge if our financial institutions and the whole ...