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Barriers to the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies: A Case Study of the State of Maharashtra, India
(UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment, 2001)
The rapid economic growth in many Asian countries is significantly increasing the demand for energy. Added to this are the responses to environmental concerns (e.g., local air pollution, and global climate change), increasing ...
A sea of troubles: GESAMP reports and studies
(UNEP, 2001)
The draft of this report was peer reviewed by numerous specialists with different scientific backgrounds, managers and policy-makers. Their comments and suggestions were taken into account prior to endorsement of the report ...
Floriculture and the Environment: Growing Flowers without Methyl Bromide
(2001)
This Manual is intended as a general guide for the implementation of alternatives to methyl bromide in the commercial production of cut flowers. It seeks to provide practical, easy to understand information that can be ...
Protecting the Oceans from Land-based Activities: Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Quality and Uses of the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 71
(2001)
Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment.
Report on International Scientific Advisory Processes on the Environment and Sustainable Development
(2001)
A fundamental part of reconciling human development with environmental protection involves better understanding the relations between the two. Scientists have played an indispensable role in advising policy makers and ...
Elements for the Development of a Marine Mammal Action Plan for the Wider Caribbean: A Review of Marine Mammal Distribution
(2001)
At the Inter-governmental Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Convention in Kingston, Jamaica (February 2000), the Parties adopted the Scientific Committees’ recommendation for the timely development of a Marine Mammal ...
Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Settlement in International Environmental Law: Compilations of Documents
(2001)
The Charter of the United Nations obliges the Member States to resolve disputes by peaceful means that are listed in its Article 33. These principles have also been incorporated into the various bilateral, regional and ...
Report of the Sub-Regional Awareness Raising Workshop on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure, Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Basel and Waigani Conventions
(2001)
A Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) ...
Strategic Environmental Policy Assessment: FYR of Macedonia: A review of Environmental Priorities for International Cooperation
(2001)
This report was designed to address the following principal objectives: i) Identification of national needs in the environment sector with regard to policy development and implementation; and ii) Identification of corresponding ...