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SDG 11 Issue Brief: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
(2018)
Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) – making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable highlights the important role cities play in the global political agenda.
The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2011
(2011-08)
A few decades ago, it was said that the debate on nuclear power had "reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies" (Kitschelt 1986). However, the controversy over nuclear power has resurfaced ...
Nine of the Ten Hottest Years on Record All in the Last Decade - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) April 2011
(2011-04)
Four of the world's leading climate research centres agree that the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1998.
ACP MEAs Programme Newsletter Edition 3, September - December 2016
(2016-12)
The following newsletter provides regular quarterly updates on the European Commission funded programme on Capacity building related to multilateral environment agreements in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries (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 ...
Saving the Great Migrations: Declining Wildebeest in East Africa?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2013
(2013)
This issue is about the great migrations of wildebeest in East Africa.
GEO Matters - January 2018
(2018)
As the Global Environment Outlook process advances, we are quickly approaching our fourth and final authors meeting in Singapore (19-23 February 2017). This meeting will be crucial for ensuring high-quality second-order ...
GEO Matters - September 2017
(2017)
Producing the sixth Global Environment Outlook, the road to Guangzhou
Eradicating poverty through an inclusive green economy : UNEP Post 2015 Note 6
(2014)
Ending poverty can be achieved if sustainable economic growth, social protection, and environmental health and stewardship are considered together. Tracking progress through new indicators should be part of the drive towards ...
GEO Matters June 2019
(2019-06)
The inception meeting of GEO for Cities took place in Arendal, Norway from 13-14 May 2019.The Co-Chairs and Advisory Committee of GEO for Cities met to prepare a draft annotated outline of GEO for Cities and to confirm a ...