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Global Marine Assessments: A Survey of Global and Regional Assessments and Related Scientific Activities of the Marine Environment
(2007)
The report provides a very useful starting point for conducting the Assessment of Assessments. It highlights the fact that the data available to assess the different ocean processes is patchy in both time and space. It ...
Institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to effectively respond to climate change impacts, with a focus on Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2009)
This report presents findings from an assessment of institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to address climate change impacts. The assessment covers the four independent countries of Melanesia with a particular ...
State of the environment in Somalia: a desk study
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2005)
The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 affected part of Somalia, with most of the damage experienced in the north-east along a 650 km coastline stretching from Xafuun in the Bari region. UNEP was requested by the Somalia ...
Tools and methods for integrated resource planning
(UNEP, 2002)
This book resulted from the recognition of the need to the systematic teaching and training material on energy efficiency, end-use analysis, demand side management and integrated resource planning.
China Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Situation Analysis and Research Strategy Final Report
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008)
In 2008 UNEP-WCMC produced a report with a consortium of Chinese and international partners on research needs for reducing poverty through better ecosystem management in China. This work was for DFID, NERC and ESRC of the ...
Louder lessons in technology transfer: lessons learned and case studies
(UNEP, 2000)
Successful technology transfer is a collaborative effort and should not take place in isolation. This document features case studies of successful projects that have transferred technology and phased out ozone depleting ...
Climate change 2001: synthesis report
(UNEP, 2002)
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 (IPCC). It draws together and integrates for the ...
Challenges to international water: regional assessments in a global perspective
(UNEP, 2006)
The Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) is a holistic, globally comparable assessment of the world's transboundary waters that recognises the inextricable links between the freshwater and the coastal marine ...
The indirect costs and benefits of greenhouse gas limitations handbook reports: economics of greenhouse gas limitations
(UNEP, 2002)
The purpose of this report is to evaluate GHG limitation issues in the broader context.
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource - Compendium of Technologies
(, 2009)
This document is a compilation of technologies for the conversion of plastics into fuel which are in commercial use, under pilot implementation and under laboratory testing. It is aimed to raise awareness on the available ...