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Displaying 15 of about 174 resultsA declaration of the ministers and high-level authorities responsible for the sustainable development of the Americas, adopted during the eighth plenary session held on November 19, 2010, which considers the links between vulnerability, poverty, inequity, environmental degradation, and disasters, as well as the need to incorporate comprehensive disaster…
This declaration was made by the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation and signed by the Governments of Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands at the 11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea on 18 March 2010.
A declaration made by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) including heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the First Summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Hua Hin, Thailand, on the occasion of its 15th Anniversary.
Special edition for the COP 16/CMP 6, Mexico:
This document aims to show, in a clear and articulate way, through charts, maps and detailed analyses, the status of climate change and its implications for Latin America and the Caribbean, including the effects on ecosystem services, human health and the region's vulnerability to extreme events. In additi…
Community, environment and disaster risk management, volume 5:
Following on from volume 4 in this series, which looked at issues and challenges with regard to climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), this volume has a specific focus on Asia. It provides 19 case studies from 13 countries and regions in Asia, highlighting diffe…
This report outlines status and trends of high mountain glaciers in relation to climate change, identifies challenges and knowledge gaps, and finally makes recommendations for adaptation, research and policy. It calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modelling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies; and highlights the vulnerability…
This book addresses a wide range of environmental concerns within the context of sustainability and their influence on the future of Hawaii. It traces land-use practices before and after the arrival of Westerners and the increased tempo of destruction following the latter. It also discusses volcanoes and the risk of placing homes in locations vulnerable…
This document addresses the increasing vulnerability in the Arctic Ocean, the growing stress of climate change for environment and peoples, and the further pressures created by industrial infrastructure and shipping, as well as the risks threatening them such as extreme weather events and mobile free-floating ice. It points out to the lack of knowledge…
This document seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It brings together expertise and ongoing work in diverse areas ranging from science and technology to agriculture, transport, forestry and disaster risk reduction, to address both m…
This document assesses the progress made since the environment and health process began 20 years ago. It discusses how to move the environment and health process forward in Europe, and sums up some intents with the Parma Declaration, which included a commitments to not only preventing environmental risks and diseases but also tackling emerging issues su…
This report offers an assessment of the extent to which the EU-Budget is currently contributing to tackling the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and resource overconsumption. It considers resilience to fire and floods and other natural hazards as well as ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change as part of the most important publ…
Environmental economic series, paper number 120:
This paper considers the connection between climate, biodiversity and ecosystem services. It measures the impact of climate change on human well-being by the change in ecosystem services, which includes storm buffering, erosion control, flood control and so on, caused by climate-related change in biodiv…
This paper assesses tropical storms or hurricanes as potentially important and additional complicating factors that could exacerbate the management of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as the North Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1. It addresses the possible interactions between oil at sea and hurricanes, as well as indications of…
This publication describes UNEP's engagement in the post-disaster recovery effort following the earthquake in the Sichuan Province, China on 12 May 2008. It outlines the key achievements of UNEP's engagement in the country from 2008 to 2010, which focused primarily on providing high-level expertise and capacity development for the management of the envi…
This briefing note describes how healthy ecosystems contribute positively to community and environmental resilience, acting as natural, dynamic barriers that can help protect people from natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. It gives some practical examples of this action and advocates for investments in innovative, ecosystem-based interven…