Browsing Serials by Topic "Climate Action"
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ACP MEAS 3 Monthly Information Digest - Volume 3 Issue 2 February 2023
(2023-02)This Month's Highlight • Historic UN agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters. • Women, Climate and Nature: Regenerative Seascapes project in coastal region of the West Indian Ocean to mitigate ... -
ACP MEAs 3 Monthly Information Digest Volume 3 Issue 3 March 2023
(2023-03)This month's highlights: Climate Change 2023: Release of the IPCC’s 6th assessment report (AR6) • Multilateral Development Bank Efforts to Mainstream Climate Adaptation • UN 2023 Water Conference’s commitments to urgently ... -
Africa without Glaciers - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2012
(2012-08)Glaciers are a critical component of the earth' system and the current accelerated melting and retreat of glaciers have severe impacts on the environment and human well-being, including vegetation patterns, economic ... -
Are you Engaged in Stockholm+50 - Faith for Earth Newsletter 22 March 2022
(2022-03)Happy World Water Day. The world's religions and spiritual traditions unanimously acknowledge water as a source of life. Each respects water as a blessing and a gift from (the) God(s), honour its sacred origin, and ... -
Athabasca Oil Sands, Require Massive Investments and Energy and Produce Massive Amounts of Oil and CO2 — Alberta, Canada - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) January 2011
(2011-01)The Athabasca Oil Sands region of Alberta, Canada forms the second-largest deposit of recoverable oil in the world after Saudi Arabia (Whitfield and others 2010). The energy and environmental costs of extracting oil from ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 28 1996: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1996)In this issue: The 8th Session of INCD; World Day to Combat Desertification; Climate Fluctuation as a Source of Desertification in a Semi-Arid Region of Argentina; The Potential Impact of Global Climate Change on Soil ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 29, 1996: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1996)In this issue: Land Degradation and Sustainable Development in Papua New Guinea; Making Aridlands Productive: Conservation and Utilization of Thar Desert Biodiversity for Sustainable Development in India; Water Erosion ... -
The Diverse Value of Nature: UN Decade Consultation Series
(2022-07-21)Spotlight on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) launch of the Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, highlighting the need for a revaluation ... -
Faith, Environment and Climate Change Online Course & Faith for Earth Podcasts - Faith for Earth Newsletter 28 April 2022
(2022-04-28)Sharing knowledge resources like the 8 module eLearning course Faith, Environment and Climate Change & Religica Theolab Podcasts -
Faith-based Engagement at COP27 - Faith for Earth Newsletter 31 October 2022
(2022-10-31)A guide for faith actors - and other stakeholders interested in engaging with faith actors - at the Climate COP in Sharm el-Sheikh -
#Faiths Take Action: World Environment Day 2022 - Faith for Earth Newsletter 23 May 2022
(2022-05-23)A resource guide for World Environment Day #OnlyOneEarth -
Faiths urge world leaders for ambitious and measurable targets #ForNature - Faith for Earth Newsletter 8 December 2022
(2022-12-08)A resource on Faith-based Engagement at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) -
Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Due to Meat Production - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) October 2012
(2012-10)Both intensive (industrial) and non-intensive (traditional) forms of meat production result in the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs), contributing to climate change. As meat supply and consumption increase around the ... -
Huge Iceberg Breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) December 2010
(2010-12)Glaciers are naturally dynamic, slowly changing in shape and size as they move. When a glacier enters the sea, new icebergs form as pieces break off, or calve, from the glacier. How much calving occurs depends on the ... -
Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances: Is there a hole in the Montreal Protocol? - OzonAction Newsletter Special Supplement Number 6
(2001-09)This special supplement to the OzonAction Newsletter was assembled to provide information and assistance, particularly to developing nations, to help win the battle against illegal ODS trade. Through unified international ... -
Impacts of Summer 2003 Heat Wave in Europe - Environment Alert Bulletin 2
(2003-03)The extreme drought and heat wave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003 had enormous adverse social, economic and environmental effects, such as the death of thousands of vulnerable elderly people, the destruction of large ... -
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment--From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012) - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) May 2012
(2012-05)In 1992, the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, was convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to address the state of the environment and sustainable development. ... -
Largest Fire in Israel's History Consistent with Climate Change Predictions - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) January 2011
(2011-01)A wildfire in early December, described as the largest in Israel's history, burned nearly 2000 ha of pine and oak forest surrounding Mt. Carmel. The fire is consistent with predictions made by Israel's ministry of environment ... -
Let's Not Even the Odds - Faith for Earth Newsletter 30 August 2022
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Loss and Damage: When Adaptation is not Enough - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) April 2014
(2014-04)The negative consequences of climate change are an increasingly prominent discussion point in global climate change negotiations. This topic has recently risen to global attention with the establishment of the “Warsaw ...
