Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Topic "Disasters and Conflicts"
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The El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8
(1992)Places as far apart as Australia and North America, Peru and India are affected by recurrent climatic anomalies known as El Niño. Originating in the Pacific region, El Niño effects a reversal in the direction of winds and ... -
Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation: The Case of the Eastern Caspian Region
(2008)In the past, the notion of security was pri- marily conceived in terms of neutralizing military threats to the territorial integrity and political independence of a state. However, in recent decades, it has been considerably ... -
Integrated Water Resources Management: Good Practices in Sudan - Adapt for Environment and Climate Resilience in Sudan (ADAPT!)
(2020)This document is designed to collate information around Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) good practices and Sudanese case studies. It will form a baseline that can be used to inform project design and advocate ... -
Once Burned, Twice Shy? Lessons Learned from the 1997-98 El Niño
(2001)This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO (El ... -
Preparing for Drought: A Guidebook for Developing Countries
(1992)The purpose of this guidebook is to describe those unique characteristics of drought that set it apart from other natural hazards (Chapter 1). The guidebook also describes the nature of impacts associated with drought. ... -
Rapport sur l'avenir de l'environnement de Madagascar 2017
(2018)Ce rapport renferme les informations scientifiques et les données statistiques et satellitaires récentes sur l'état et la tendance environnementale dans le temps et dans l'espace. -
Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
(Oxford University Press, 2008)Recent discussion of biodiversity loss has focused on its expected ecological consequences, as well as on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, and economic effects this loss will have on our world. Sustaining Lfe is the ...
