Business and the environment
- 21 Issues for the 21st Century: Results of the UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2012
- Produced every two years, the UNEP Foresight Process is a careful and authoritative ranking of the most important emerging issues related to the global environment. After reviewing and analysing emerg...
- Keeping Track of our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012)
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- This publication was conceived with the idea of showing how the planet has changed in two decades – just twenty years – since decision-makers met at the United Nations Conference on Environment and De...
- Twelfth forum of ministers of the environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2000
- This document outlines the commitments of the Caribbean's governments under the UNFCCC. Whilst the nations of the region are not expected to curtail their carbon emissions they must nevertheless take ...
- Addressing climate change challenges in Africa: a practical guide towards sustainable development
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- Recognising the urgency of preparing for the impacts of climate change is essential for African policy makers. This guidebook aims to translate available climate science analysis and current internati...
- MCA4climate: A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policies
- William Cheung;Rashid Sumaila / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- This paper focuses on environmental pressures caused by climate change and their impact on marine ecosystem resilience. The authors also discuss the human impacts which increase the vulnerability and ...
- Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hope
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound soc...
- Reducing Risk through Environment in Recovery Operations
- J. Stephens / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2009
- Increasing attention is being paid to the importance attached to environmental issues in recovery operations and the new challenges climate change will pose to communities already vulnerable to natura...
- Towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- The paper presents the importance and relevance of green economies. It describes a green economy as one which results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing envir...
- Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning: a guide for practitioners
- P. Dobie (ed);J. Horberry (ed);D. Smith (ed) / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2011
- Climate change poses a risk to the development and achievement of Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). It affects livelihoods, health and economic development, yet efforts to mainstream climate change ...
- Technologies for climate change adaptation (coastal erosion and flooding)
- X. Zhu (ed);M. Linham;R. Nicholls / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2010
- Coastal zones in many parts of the world are densely populated centres of critical economic activity. Sea level rise and more intense storms, waves, and surges due to climate change pose a serious thr...
