Environment and ecosystems

This paper presents Practical Action's recommendations for action to UNFCCC COP12/MOP2 (Nairobi, 6th-17th November 2006) on: post-2012 emissions reductions; adaptation funding and the 5-year programme of work; and adaptation, sustainable development and

Environment and natural resources series, no. 12

This publication introduces the Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine (RADAR), a rapid disaster impact assessment tool for agriculture. The overall objective of RADAR is to provide a practical

Contribution to the Annual Forum of the International Recovery Platform (IRP) 26-27 January 2009, Kobe, Japan

The purpose of this paper is to provide an introductory review of the current status of recovery operations in terms of integrating environment

This report outlines the possible scope of an ICSU initiative on natural and human-induced environmental hazards, developed by a Planning Group. The initiative should take the form of a programme of research aimed at strengthening international science to

The water and environment ministry has prepared a National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA). The strategy aims to increase awareness within local communities...

NASA and Cisco Inc. have announced a partnership to develop 'Planetary Skin', an online collaborative global monitoring platform to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions...

This plan, endorsed by nearly 60 governments and the European Commission on the 16th of February 2005, is designed to qualitatively improve our understanding of the Earth system, markedly enhancing global policy and decision making abilities to promote

This book discusses vulnerability as the central theme and brings together many different applications from disaster studies, climate change impact studies and several other fields. It provides the most comprehensive synthesis of definitions, theories