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The Need for Numbers--Goals, Targets and Indicators for the Environment - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) March 2012
(2012-03)
In the run-up to the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20), it has become increasingly clear that we need to put "sustainable development" into practice by setting time ...
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. ...
One Planet, How Many People? A Review of Earth’s Carrying Capacity - A Discussion Paper for the Year of RIO+20 - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) June 2012
(2012-06)
It is estimated that global population reached seven billion in late 2011 or early 2012. As global population has doubled since the 1960s, per capita GDP has grown to more than ten times what it was then. The human impact ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gas Fracking: Can We Safely Squeeze the Rocks? - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) November 2012
(2012-11)
Hydrological fracturing techniques have made accessible vast unconventional gas reserves. However, observed impacts on the environment and human health raise legitimate public concerns. The potential climate benefits of ...
Emerging Technologies: Smarter Ways to Fight Wildlife Crime - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) June 2014
(2014-06)
The illegal trade of animals—for luxury goods, traditional medicine or cultural ceremonies, pets, entertainment, and even research—is a major threat to wildlife conservation and welfare (Baker et al., 2013). Poachers and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...