Biblioteca

This manual builds on existing material and focuses on providing practical guidance on the key technical issues in relation to climate scenario information within the context of preparing Second National Communications. The document underlines the vital importance of a planning/scoping exercise to define clearly the needs for climate scenario information; describes a three-stage approach for climate scenario development; highlights documentation as an integral part of scenario development and provides a list of freely accessible sources of models, tools, data and guidance materials.

This manual supports the compilation of a national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. This requires a fairly lengthy and interconnected series of tasks, including collecting emission factors and activity data, selecting appropriate methods, estimating GHG emissions and removals, implementing uncertainty assessment and quality assurance/quality control procedures, reporting the results, and documenting and archiving all relevant data and procedures. The target audience for this handbook is non-Annex I Party inventory experts concerned with general aspects of GHG inventory planning, preparation and management. As the majority of non-Annex I Parties have prepared at least one national GHG inventory, this handbook focuses on improving and updating the GHG inventory and on managing these processes, including improved documentation and archiving.

This manual consists of a handbook that provides a systematic framework for preparing socioeconomic scenarios for assessment of both climate change impact and adaptation across differing spatial scales.

This manual is aimed at non-Annex I Parties that are engaged in the process of preparing vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) assessments for their national communications under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The use of this step-by-step workbook will facilitate the construction of national and regional climate scenarios, using MAGIC and SCENGEN.

This manual aims to describe the steps required to generate high-resolution climate change scenarios using the model PRECIS and taking into account remaining gaps in information and understanding. In fact, it is important that adaptation decisions are based on a range of climate scenarios accounting for the many uncertainties associated with projecting future climate.

This slide presentation discusses and assesses UNDP’s activities related to the development of small sized CDM projects. It includes the main results of the study, the conclusions that can be drawn from them and a list of recommendations. 

This slide presentation outlines UNDP and GEF climate change initiatives and opportunities in Asia and the Pacific, with particular attention to renewable energy production. It also explains what are the implications of accelerated climate change and what are the best solutions available.

This slide presentation covers proposed and ongoing UNDP Initiatives. In particular it focuses on the GEF-KAM industrial energy efficiency project. This aims to remove barriers to energy efficiency and conservation (information, technical, financial, institutional); to enhance energy efficiency in SMEs, and enable investments in energy efficiency, to reduce CO2 emissions; to promote industrial high quality products at lower costs; to increase the institutional capability to implement energy efficiency projects.

This slide presentation describes the National Strategies Study Program (NSSP). It presents its main features, instruments and organization. A list of NSS countries is also included. Furthermore the main outcomes and experiences are reported.

This slide presentation introduces the prototype carbon fund and carbon finance at the World Bank. The main objective of these two initiatives is to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, to build capacity and to mainstream low-carbon technologies in order to create a market for project-based carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol.

This is a slide presentation held by Dr. Peter Pembleton, UNIDO at the April 2002 UNDP Roundtable on CDM in Amsterdam. It presents UNIDO’s approach to CDM capacity building.

This slide presentation introduces the Magnum photo essay. The images show that climate change is affecting rainfall, temperatures and water availability for agriculture in vulnerable areas. The danger is that extreme food insecurity episodes will become more common. Major killer diseases could expand their coverage. Rich countries are already preparing public health to deal with future climate shocks. For poor countries it is much harder: they need international support to adapt. 

In this video Stephen Pursey, ILO’s Director of Policy Integration and Statistics discusses the new report «Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World».

In this video ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and UNEP Director Achim Steiner lead a discussion about the effects of climate change on the nexus between economic growth and environmental sustainability and debate about the fact that the only choice will be to see how they can reinforce each other in the years to come.

This video shows delegates attending a high-level panel hosted by the Government of Denmark and the ILO discussing the links between climate change, the world of work and the new global climate agreement to be reached in Copenhagen in December 2009. Panelists included Inger Støjberg, Minister of Employment of Denmark, Tariq Banuri, director UN-DESA, Prof. James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, United States, Tatiana Tobias, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Brazil, Ronnie Goldberg, vice-chair International Organisation of Employers (IOE), Alison Tate, International Centre for Trade Union Rights, Australia.

This video shows how garbage can profit the environment. Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. It provides a money earner to the poor while tackling environmental pollution. Local industry also benefits – the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of importing new plastic from abroad.

This slide presentation shows how cooperatives can contribute to meeting global challenges. Ranging from small-scale to multi-million dollar businesses, cooperatives today employ some 100 million women and men in both industrialized and developing countries, and have more than 800 million individual members across the globe. ‘Concern for Community’ is one of the Cooperative Principles which guides the work of cooperatives around the world. Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July, the 14th UN International Day of Cooperatives focuses this year on the significant contribution that cooperatives can make to mitigating climate change.

This analytical report by Cain Polidano states that commitments of developed countries to curb greenhouse gas emssions under the UNFCCC lead to falls in coal production and hence to significant falls in coalmining employment. It predicts that global coal employment could fall by 53 per cent under the most stringent emission reduction scenario.

This brochure presents the why, what and how of ILO’s Green Jobs Programme: Why the transformation to a sustainable, low carbon economy is crucial for environmental and social reasons. What this transformation means for enterprises and labour markets. What the ILO means by green jobs. How green jobs and the greening of enterprises contribute to meeting pressing social and environmental challenges and how the ILO is setting up and implementing its global programme through partnerships. The brochure also includes contacts and links to key resources for further information.

This issue of the ILO’s magazine World of Work focuses on how climate change is affecting workplaces around the world and also looks at the new employment opportunities created by the global, national and grassroots initiatives promoting sustainable development and green jobs.