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Earth and Faith : A Book of Reflection for Action
(2000)
Reflection on links between faith and environmental protection.
Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 Chapter 3
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action is required as the sustainability challenges ...
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Water Management
(2002)
The report intends to present politicians and policy-makers with an overview of the freshwater scene in its totality. Only an understanding of the broader picture will enable water-related decisions to align with the ...
Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future
This report highlights the urgent need to develop new models for cooperation on the decarbonisation of building materials, if the world is to reach its goals for net zero emissions from the built environment sector by the ...
Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window - Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is a testimony to inaction on the global climate crisis. In just eight years, global GHG emissions must be reduced by 30 to 45 per cent compared to where they are headed ...
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Full Report
The Covid-19 pandemic is increasing poverty and threatening food security. Governments around the world have already invested more than $12 trillion to counteract the economic effects of COVID-19. This investment could ...
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Voluntary Programmes
(1997)
The United Nations estimates that total global energy consumption in the agri-cultural, buildings, industrial, and trans-portation sectors together could be reduced by 35 per cent by the year 2020 through the adoption of ...
Chapter 3. Permafrost Peatlands: Losing Ground in a Warming World - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
Permafrost thaw is seen as one of the most important “tipping elements” that could precipitate a runaway greenhouse effect, or an uncontrollable “Hothouse Earth”. To avoid such a destructive scenario, it is critical that ...
Food Systems and Natural Resources
The IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart ...
El Medio Ambiente: Un Dialogo Entre las Naciones
(1985)
Este informe senala los peligros que amenazan a La humanidad, a consecuencia de Ia pérdida a gran escala de La fertilidad del suelo, de alcances sin precedentes dado que más de un tercio de Ia superficie de Ia tierra está ...