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From transition to transformation: sustainable and inclusive development in Europe and Central Asia
United Nations Development Programme, 2012A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future.DocumentSegunda comunicación nacional ante la Covención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climatico
Programa de Naciones Unidas de Desarrollo, 2010Colombia as a country belonging to the Parties not included in Annex I, presents its Second National Communication (SCN). One of the most relevant results that showed the analysis is that Colombia accounts for 0.37% of global CO2 emissions in 2004, very small share in global emissions but does not exclude the effects of climate change. The Second National Communication, is discussed in seven chaDocumentEstrategia nacional de educación, formación y sensibilización de publicos sobre cambio climático
2010This strategy was carried out under the Second National Communication under the leadership of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies IDEAM and the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.DocumentClimate Change Bandwagoning: The Impacts of Strategic Linkages on Regime Design, Maintenence, and Death
2011Although climate linkages are prolific across various types of social organisation, this special issue focuses of the wide range of ways that international regimes are strategically linked to climate change politics. In recent years we noticed a marked increase in regime-level linkage politics seeping into both formal UNFCCC negotiations and side events.DocumentThe Emerging Market for Forest and Land-Use Carbon: A new asset class with early-stage investment opportunities that generate extensive environmental and social benefits
Terra Global Capital, LLC, 2011Human-induced climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is impacting the earth’s ecosystem stability through effects such as ocean acidification, thawing of permafrost regions, shrinking sea ice, increased incidence of extreme weather, and shifting precipitation patterns.DocumentDuck Run 1:Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment
Belize Red Cross Society, 2011This VCA was carried out in the village of Duck Run 1 in September 2009 through a series of community meetings with the residents, village council and volunteers of The Belize River Valley Branch of the Belize Red Cross. It is recognized that the environment of the village is continually evolving and changing.DocumentResilient people, resilient planet: a future worth choosing
United Nations High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, 2012The long-term vision of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability is to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and make growth inclusive, and production and consumption more sustainable, while combating climate change and respecting a range of other planetary boundaries.DocumentProposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
UNFCCC National Adaptation Programme of Action, 2011This document published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlines proposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change from countries including Colombia, El Salvador and Pakistan. It is part of the provisional agenda for Durban, 28th November to 3rd December 2011.OrganisationPacific Disaster Net
The Pacific Disaster Net (http://www.pacificdisaster.net/) is the - Virtual Centre of Excellence - for Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific Region.