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An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory - 2021 Report
(2021)
Methane Matters - Curbing methane emissions from fossil fuels matters. And it matters under any plausible decarbonisation scenario. UNEP promotes a rapid transition away from fossil fuels but recognizes the climate importance ...
Chapter 5. Maladaptation to Climate Change: Avoiding Pitfalls on the Evolvability Pathway - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2019)
As climate change negotiations progressed, researchers examined how and why some adaptation actions go awry, particularly those actions that waste substantial amounts of human, natural, or financial resources. Maladaptation ...
Progress on Ambient Water Quality: Tracking SDG 6 Series - Global Indicator 6.3.2 Updates and Acceleration Needs
(2021)
Through the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6), the United Nations seeks to support countries in monitoring water- and sanitation-related issues within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for ...
Earth and Faith : A Book of Reflection for Action
(2000)
Reflection on links between faith and environmental protection.
Global Environment Outlook: For Life on Earth
(Oxford University Press, 1997)
This volume-GE0-1- is the first product of the
GEO Project. It provides a snapshot of a process in
the making and aims to move the process along by
documenting its progress. The principal focus of
GE0-1 is a review of ...
COVID-19, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope, and Rebuild Better - Full Report
(2020)
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 ...
Making Peace with Nature: A Scientific Blueprint to Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution Emergencies
(2021-02)
This report presents a flexible scientific blueprint for how
the climate change, biodiversity and pollution emergencies
can be tackled jointly within the framework of the
SDGs. The first of its kind, this report gathers ...
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 ...
Keeping the Promise - Annual Report 2023
(2024-02)
Last year was one of broken records and broken promises. We saw new highs of greenhouse gas emissions, temperature records tumbling and climate impacts arriving stronger and faster. The finance to help vulnerable communities ...