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Status of Desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification - Report of the Executive Director
(1991)
Desertification is land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (drylands) resulting mainly from adverse human impact. By General Assembly's Resolution 44/172 of December 1989, the Governing Council and the ...
A Concept Note on the Provincial Dialogue on Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (CCVRA) and Adaptation Planning
(2021-01)
Nepal’s vulnerability to climate change impacts—combined with a high level of poverty and
inequality—underscores the importance of prioritizing climate change adaptation in the
country’s development agenda (MoFE, 2020), ...
UNEP in the Regions: Europe - Environment for Development
(2005)
UNEP views its role in Europe as being that of a facilitator and supporter of regional and sub-regional cooperation and partnerships, a provider of assessments and early warnings, an advisor on responses to emerging ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities Partnership (2004-2008 Report): Supporting Universities to Respond to Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Challenges
(2008)
This report documents the growth, in participation in MESA since 2004, as well as the outcomes that are visible at university and regional levels following various activities that have taken place across the African continent ...
Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan
(National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), 2015)
This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of climate change governance in Afghanistan in order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for the further mainstreaming of climate change ...
Stories of Change from the Joint UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
(2013)
The PEI Stories of Change is a small booklet capturing the PEI experiences of various stakeholders ranging from the government to vulnerable groups in Laos, Malawi, Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Uruguay. The featured stories ...
Enhancing the Contribution of Weather, Climate and Climate Change to Growth, Employment and Prosperity
(UNDP/NEMA/UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative, Uganda, 2009)
The objectives of this paper are i) To highlight the significance of weather and climate in the development process and raise concern regarding the likely impacts of climate change to the development process; ii) To propose ...
Values to Value
(2004)
This Values to Value report highlights the most promising developments taking place in the global financial services sector but also reinforces the scale of the challenge if our financial institutions and the whole ...
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change - A Caring for Climate Report
(2011)
This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, ...
Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)
This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ...