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Design for improved water supply and water management in Hihifo district, Tonga
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014This report provides design details and costs for the proposed long-term improvements to the water supply system at Hihifo on the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. This is part of the demonstration project under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme.DocumentDraft policy framework for efficient water use in energy production
Energy Research Centre, 2014This report proposes a policy framework which aims to enhance harmonisation of policies linked to water and energy. It is argued that this policy framework can assist in the development of new legal/policy instruments or review of existing instruments which direct the management of water, energy and other sectors.DocumentNAMA study for a sustainable charcoal value chain in Côte d’Ivoire
United Nations Development Programme, 2014This study aims to help Côte d’Ivoire to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the current charcoal value chain and enable the country to remove a major driver of deforestation while increasing energy security and sustainability.DocumentVulnerability and resilience to climate change in western Honduras
US Agency for International Development, 2014The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) Project conducted the Western Honduras Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (Western Honduras VA) in 2014. The assessment represents a multidisciplinary effort to assess the impact of climate change and variability on social and ecological systems in Western Honduras.Organisationthinkstep
thinkstep (formerly PE International) is a sustainability software & consulting firm.DocumentChanging Small Island Developing States: A space perspective on environmental change in the Caribbean
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2014This publication focuses on high-resolution imagery processed to illustrate the impacts on Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean of climate change, sea-level rise, coral bleaching, uncontrolled urban and tourism development, severe deforestation and selected natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding and landslides.DocumentGuidelines for the design and implementation of community-managed water storage in Tuvalu
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014These guidelines were developed as part of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project which aims to build resilience to drought by improving the Tuvalu’s water resources management.DocumentThe Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: status of, and prospects for, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development
International Water Management Institute, 2014This paper, which focuses on the Chinyanja Triangle (CT), an area inside the Zambezi River Basin, characterises three distinct farming subsystems across rainfall gradients, namely maize-beans-fish, sorghum-millet-livestock and the livestock-dominated subsystem.DocumentThe Little Green Data Book 2014
World Bank, 2014The Little Green Data Book is a reference for key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. It provides country-relevant ‘green’ metrics with the aim of giving a picture of environmental sustainability challenges.DocumentMeasuring China’s environmental industry based on environmental goods and services sector (EGSS) accounting framework – a synthesis report
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2014UNEP report on the feasibility of applying the environmental goods and services accounting framework in China.Pages