Library of Documents
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Clean Development Mechanism
This analytical report is an introduction to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It provides an overview of the CDM’s background, structure, and project cycle, and examines the potential value and benefits for participating developing countries. The document suggests steps for developing a national CDM strategy and provides examples of CDM projects. While the basic rules have been established, the CDM is a work in progress by participating governments.
Organization(s): UNEP
Partner(s): Government of the Netherlands
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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Climate Change and the Financial Services Industry - Module 1: Threats and Opportunities
This policy document presents the first part of a two-phase study on the financial services sector and climate change commissioned by the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group. In particular, the report discusses the underlying reasons why climate change is relevant to the financial services industry and the need for long-term, ‘beyond-Kyoto’market-based frameworks for fostering finance sector participation. Part 1 presents an overview of the specific threats and opportunities facing the financial services industry and makes a series of strategic recommendations to policymakers and financial institutions for early action on the issue.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP
Partner(s): Innovest SVA
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Financial Mechanisms
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Climate Change and the Financial Services Industry - Module 2: A Blueprint for Action
This policy document presents the second part of a two-phase study on the financial services sector and climate change commissioned by the UNEP FI Climate Change Working Group. In particular, the report discusses the underlying reasons why climate change is relevant to the financial services industry and the need for long-term, ‘beyond-Kyoto’market-based frameworks for fostering finance sector participation. Part 2 examines in detail the possible future role of the finance sector in dealing with climate change.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP
Partner(s): Innovest SVA
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Finance
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Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of the Bonn and Marrakech Decisions and Their Effect on the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol
This technical document aims to present an overview of climate change developments, in particular with regards to carbon markets under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The document is divided into three sections. The first section describes the history of the climate change negotiations. Section two presents an overview of the decisions adopted at international meetings such as the Bonn Agreements and Marrakech Accord. The third section analyzes the carbon credit market. The first part of this section briefly presents the available information regarding real carbon credit transactions, while the second section focuses on the literature review of several theoretical models and presents the theoretical estimates of the price and size of the carbon market.
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ENGOrganization(s): IDB
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): International Law and Policy, Governance – General, Financial Mechanisms, Carbon Financing and CDM
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Climate Change Information Kit
This analytical report is a collection of fact sheets brought together in an information kit which seeks to summarize in simple language the most up-to-date findings of the IPCC and the most recent developments under the Convention and Protocol. Also available in German.
Organization(s): UNEP, UNFCCC
Partner(s): UNDESA, UNDP, UNITAR, WHO, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English, French, Russian, Spanish
Topic(s): International Law and Policy, Adaptation, Mitigation, Science
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Climate Change Initiatives & Opportunities In Asia and the Pacific
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): GEF, UNDP
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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Coalition for Sustainable Urbanisation: Partnership Commitments for Implementing Agenda 21
This analytical report covers the decisions and conclusions made for the coalition for sustainable urbanisation. It looks at what it is, what needs to be done and how it can be achieved.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNHABITAT
Partner(s): ILO, UNDP, UNEP, UNITAR, Asian Development Bank, Department for International Development - UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Netherlands, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, World Secretariat of Cities and Local Government, International Union of Local Authorities, Metropolis, Sister Cities International, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Citynet, ICMA, Vivendi Environment, Huairou Commission
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Economic and Development Planning, Urban
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Financing Sustainable Energy Directory: A Listing of Lenders and Investors
The analytical report consists of an inventory of lenders and investors who provide finance to the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. This first version of the Financing Sustainable Energy Directory is designed to help these investors, project developers and entrepreneurs seeking capital, as well as investors looking for financing vehicles in the renewable energy sector.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP
Partner(s): Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Financial Mechanisms
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GEF-KAM Industrial Energy Efficiency Project
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): GEF
Partner(s): Kenya Association of Manufacturers
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM, Energy
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Introduction to Climate Change: Lecture Notes for Meteorologists
These lecture notes are intended to enhance familiarity with the broad scope of topics related to climate change. They provide material on the science of climate change assuming that the users already have a basic understanding of geophysical fluid dynamics, and relevant physical processes such as radiation transfer, diffusion, the hydrological cycle, and cloud physics along with some understanding of air chemistry, hydrology, and oceanography. A list of reference of advanced level material is also available.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Other
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food, Forestry, Water
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National Strategies Study Program
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): WB
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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Prototype Carbon Fund and Carbon Finance at the World Bank
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): WB
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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Report of the Capacity Building Training Workshop on Reducing the Impacts of Climate Extremes on Health
This activity report is based on a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) workshop organised to build the capacity of health professionals and climate scientists in the Greater Horn of Africa on practical applications of climate information and prediction services in the health sector for improved decision-making and better management of health services. The objective was achieved through lectures, practical demonstrations, laboratory exercises, plenary discussions, and field excursions. In concluding the workshop, the participants suggested several items as follow-up actions, including a similar workshop to review progress of previous interactions; enhancement of the interaction between climate scientists and health experts; implementation of national action plans by multi-disciplinary teams and other relevant organizations and institutions; and maintaining regular communication among the group.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Partner(s): WMO
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health
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Roundtable on Sustainable Energy
This activity report summarises the main outcomes and recommendations of the GEF roundtable on sustainable energy. The roundtable was one of four sponsored by GEF to address critical environmental and sustainable development issues as a contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). Each roundtable was held in conjunction with a WSSD preparatory meeting.
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ENGOrganization(s): GEF
Partner(s): Government of Finland
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Energy
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Simplified Guide to the IPCC's "Climate Change 2001 Mitigation"
This analytical report summarises the outcomes of the 2001 Working Groups Three when it assessed the peer-reviewed expert literature on mitigation. The guide is not an official document. Instead, it represents an effort to make the hundreds of pages of detailed and technical text that constitute the volume on “Mitigation” more accessible to a broader
audience.Organization(s): UNEP
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English, French
Topic(s): Science, Mitigation
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Small Sized Potential CDM Projects: Results of UNDP’s Analysis
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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UNIDO: Industry and the CDM
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Type of material:Slide Presentation
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2001
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement describes the climatic conditions, including extreme weather events, for the year 2001 and provides a historical perspective on the variability and trends that have occurred since the nineteenth century.
Organization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2002
Language(s): English, French
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
This technical document has been produced by Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the second part of Climate Change 2001, the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the IPCC. It focuses on the environmental, social, and economic consequences of climate change and potential adaptation responses. It consists of 19 chapters covering the sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change, and the potential impacts and adaptation options at regional and global scales.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Ecosystems, Economic and Development Planning, Industry, Health, Energy, Water
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Climate Change 2001: Mitigation
This technical document has been produced by Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the third part of Climate Change 2001, the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the IPCC. It focuses on the mitigation of climate change. It consists of 10 chapters covering the technological and biological options to mitigate climate change, their costs and ancillary benefits, the barriers to their implementation, and policies, measures and instruments to overcome these barriers.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Mitigation, Technology, Economic and Development Planning
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Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report
This technical document is the fourth and final part of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It draws together and integrates for the benefit of policy makers, and others, and in response to questions identified by governments and subsequently agreed by the IPCC, information that has been approved and/or accepted by the IPCC. It is intended to assist governments, individually and collectively, in formulating appropriate adaptation and mitigation responses to the threat of human-induced climate change.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Science, Adaptation, Mitigation, Technology, Ecosystems
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Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis
This technical document has been produced by Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the first part of Climate Change 2001, the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the IPCC. It focuses on the science of climate change. It consists of 14 chapters covering the physical climate system, the factors that drive climate change, analyses of past climate and projections of future climate change, and detection and attribution of human influences on recent climate.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Ecosystems, Water, Environment
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Planet Earth, Getting Too Hot for Health
This WHO Bulletin article aims to raise awareness on the phenomenon of Global Warming and its connections to public health. It summaries the actual knowledge about this issue and presents the possible risks. Furthermore, it underlines that poor people in developing countries are the most vulnerable to this phenomenon.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Type of material:Other
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Health
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Weather, Climate and Food Security
This brochure illustrates the role of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in contributing to the achievement of food security for all nations. It is divided in four sections, discussing respectively extreme metrological and hydrological events, WMO contributions, agrometeorological adaptation strategies, and collaboration and partnerships.
Organization(s): WMO
Type of material:Other
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English, French, Spanish
Topic(s): Adaptation, Agriculture and Food, Land Use Management, Water
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Who Needs What to Implement the Kyoto Protocol?: An Assessment of Capacity Building Needs in 33 Developing Countries
This technical document provides an assessment of capacity building needs in 33 developing countries, based on a survey of views and perceptions of local stakeholders. Reviews of the questionnaires and the interviews are summarized in the four regional chapters (Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Middle East). A fifth chapter provides a detailed summary of the 33 national reports. Finally the concluding chapter offers thoughts on the way forward regarding capacity-building issues in developing countries. The most important conclusion of this assessment is that increased emphasis on capacity-building activities is a key component to a successful implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in developing countries.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNITAR
Partner(s): The Consortium for North-South Dialogue on Climate Change, United Nations Foundation, United Nations Fund for International Partnerships, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, US Agency for International Development, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape, Al-Shamil Engineering Office, Andean Center for Economics in the Environment, Environmental Development Action in the Third World, Energy and Development Research Centre, The Lanka International Forum on Environment and Sustainable Development, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Woods Hole Research Center
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Adaptation, Mitigation, Economic and Development Planning
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2000
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement provides descriptions of the climate conditions, including extreme weather events, for the year 2000.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2001
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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Bangladesh: Climate Change and Sustainable Development
This policy document reviews different scenarios of potential impacts of climate change in Bangladesh by 2030 and 2050 through a multi-sectorial approach. Is also presents a climate change adaption plan, taking account of various barriers and risks.
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EnglishOrganization(s): WB
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Adaptation, Biodiversity, Chemicals and Waste, Economic Analysis, Green Jobs/Economy, Mitigation, Risk Reduction/Management, Agriculture and Food, Economic and Development Planning, Energy, Environment, Forestry, Health, Transport, Urban, Water
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Climate Change and Human Health: Impact and Adaptation
This technical document contains a general description of the health impacts of climate change and possible adaptation measures. Adaptation is a key response strategy to minimize potential impacts of climate change. A primary objective of adaptation is the reduction, with the least cost, of death, disease, disability and human suffering. The ability to adapt to climate change, and specifically the impacts on health, will depend on many factors including existing infrastructure, resources, technology, information and the level of equity in different countries and regions.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Partner(s): Swiss Federal Office for Environment, Forests and Landscape, Italian Ministry for Environment
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Health
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Climate Variability and Change and their Health Effects in Pacific Island Countries
This activity report summarises the Workshop on Climate Variability and Change and their Health Effects in Pacific Island Countries, conducted in Apia, Samoa, from 25 to 28 July 2000. Proceedings, conclusions and recommendations are also included.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Health
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Engaging the Private Sector in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project Activities under the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol
This activity report describes a project that engaged the private sector and provided other stakeholder groups with a private sector perspective relative to the CDM. The project aimed at stimulating and delivering “learning by doing” projects (CDM pilot projects) involving the private sector with the view to examine on a practical and pragmatic level the key issues associated with a viable CDM.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Partner(s): UNCTAD, UNFCCC, UNIDO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations
This guide provides a step-by-step method for the calculation of GHG emissions in order to give a single GHG Indicator for an organisation.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP
Partner(s): Henderson Investors, UK's Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, World Resources Institute, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, International Energy Agency, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, INFRAS
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Mitigation
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The Health Impacts of Desertification and Drought
This article (on page 4 of the newsletter) is a review of the potential health effects of desertification and drought. It discusses issues of malnutrition, water, food borne and other infectious diseases, as well as respiratory diseases and burning injuries.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Type of material:Other
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Health
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The Impact of Climate Change Policies on Employment in the Coal Mining Industry
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.
Organization(s): ILO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Green Jobs/Economy, Industry, Labour, Mining
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Using a Climate Scenario Generator for Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments
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.
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ENGOrganization(s): GEF, UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC
Partner(s): University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia Norwich
Type of material:Guidance Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Adaptation
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1999
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1999. It notes that despite the cooling effect of La Niña, most evident in the near-surface waters of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, 1999 was still one of the warmest years in the global historical instrumental record. Globally averaged temperature at the surface is now estimated at a little over 0.6°C above the comparable figure for the late 19th century. The 1990s were the warmest decade of the past century. Evidence is presented in this statement that, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, the 20th century was most likely the warmest in the last millennium.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:2000
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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Post-Kyoto Climate Change Policies: China
This activity report describes a project aimed to strengthen and develop Chinese climate change policies in the post-Kyoto era. In particular, this project will provide assistance to Chinese experts and officials in organizing national processes to identify and consolidate information about domestic policies and measures consistent with the objective of the FCCC. Activities will include: review of existing information and preparation of other relevant policy research, promotion of additional policies which promote the objectives of the climate change convention, domestic meetings, information exchange and partnership building.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Partner(s): World Resource Institute
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:1999
Language(s): English
Topic(s): International Law and Policy
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Promoting Development While Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Trends & Baselines
This technical document updates and expands on the previous Reid-Goldemberg analysis calling upon the expertise of country experts to document the emissions impacts of various macro-economic, structural and sector policies in Argentina, Brazil, China, India and Mexico, as well as throughout Africa. A case study of the United Kingdom provides a good point of comparison. These five large developing countries account for approximately 23% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, and approximately two-thirds of emissions from non-Annex I countries, and the UK is one of the few Annex I countries that has kept its emissions from increasing above the 1990 levels.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Partner(s): World Resource Institute
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1999
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science
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Protection of the Human Environment: Task Force on Climate and Health
This analytical report summarises the impacts of El Niño on health and the potential uses of such information. The first section provides background information on the nature of the ENSO phenomenon and the second section describes its impact on world climate in the form of weather-related disasters such as hurricanes and tropical storms, floods, drought and forest/bush fires. Section three summarises the current state of knowledge on the health impacts of El Niño. Section four addresses the potential for seasonal forecasting and section five describes some current international initiatives related to this issue.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Partner(s): Médecins sans Frontières-Amsterdam
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1999
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Health, Environment
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1998
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1998.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1999
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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Protecting Our Planet Securing Our Future
This analytical report addresses the complex relation between human activity and the natural environment. It claims that socially and environmentally sustainable economic development can be realized by adopting an appropriate mix of technologies, policies, and practices that explicitly recognize the inextricable linkages among the environmental systems and the basic human needs. Furthermore, the report presents the means by which interlinked global environmental issues can be confronted in an integrated manner.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP, WB
Partner(s): NASA
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1998
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Human Security
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The Clean Development Mechanism: Issues and Options
This policy document outlines the key issues related to the Clean Development Mechanism considered by the fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4) to the Climate Change Convention to the Kyoto Protocol in Buenos Aires in 1998.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:1998
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Carbon Financing and CDM
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1997
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1997.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1998
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1996
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1996.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1997
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Environment, Water
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Climate Change 1995 - Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Contribution of Working Group III to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and focuses on the socioeconomic aspects of climate change. It consists of 11 chapters covering the scope of the analysis, decision making under uncertainty, equity issues, intertemporal equity and discounting, applicability of cost and benefit assessments to climate change, social costs of climate change, response options, conceptual issues related to estimating mitigation costs, review of mitigation cost studies, integrated assessment of climate change, and an economic assessment of policy options to address climate change.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Mitigation, Economic Analysis, Human Rights and Justice
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Climate Change 1995 - Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses: Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and focuses on potential impacts of climate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emissions. It consists of 25 chapters covering a wide range of ecological systems and socioeconomic sectors and activities. It also includes brief descriptions of three appendices—two sets of guidelines or methodologies for assessing the potential efficacy of adaptation and mitigation strategies, and an inventory of technology databases and information.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Adaptation, Mitigation, Agriculture and Food, Health, Forestry, Energy, Water
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Climate Change 1995 - The Science of Climate Change: Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and focuses on the science of climate change. It consists of 11 chapters covering the physical climate system, the factors that drive climate change, analyses of past climate and projections of future climate change, and detection and attribution of human influence on recent climate.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Ecosystems, Water, Environment
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Climate Change and Human Health
This policy document presents the contents of the 300-page First Climate and Health Task Group Report on Climate Change and Human Health outlining the state of scientific understanding of linkages. The range and seriousness of the potential health impacts of climate change mean that the risk assessment discussed in this volume constitute a very important scientific undertaking.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNEP, WHO, WMO
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Health
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IPCC Second Assessment Climate Change 1995 - A Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This technical document includes the IPCC Second Assessment Synthesis and the Summaries for Policymakers of the three Working Groups.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Science, Adaptation, Mitigation, Ecosystems, Human Rights and Justice, Economic and Development Planning, Water, Environment
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Sri Lanka: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Capacity Building
This activity report presents a project aimed to improve renewable energy and energy efficiency through capacity building in Sri Lanka. The project is expected to contribute to identify resource capabilities and preinvestment issues for three important renewable energy sources; to build capacity of the emerging Sri Lanka hydro industry in design, manufacture and maintenance; to train student and professionals; to encourage local economic development by transferring skills and promoting indigenous technological solutions.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNDP
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Energy, Environment
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1995
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1995.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1996
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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Project of the Government of Zimbabwe: Photovoltaics for Household and Community Use
This activity report presents an outline of the Zimbabwe-UNDP-GEF project aiming to improve the dissemination of solar electricity in Zimbabwe's rural areas to address the issue of greenhouse gases emissions and global warming. The programme will enable the country to reduce the need for conventional electrical grid extension displacing carbon emissions from kerosene and candles. In addition, it will enhance and upgrade the indigenous solar manufacturing and delivery infrastructure through technical assistance and training.
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ENGOrganization(s): GEF, UNDP
Partner(s): Government of Zimbabwe
Type of material:Activity Report
Publication date:1995
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Energy
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1994
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1994.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1995
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Water, Environment
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WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1993
This technical document is part of an annual series published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the status of the global climate. This year’s statement focuses on the status of the global climate in 1993.
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ENGOrganization(s): WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1994
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Environment, Water
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Climate Change 1992 - The Supplementary Report to The IPCC Scientific Assessment
This technical document aims to update The First Scientific Assessment of Climate Change prepared by Working Group I (WGI) of the IPCC and published in June 1990, paying particular attention to its key conclusions and to new issues which have appeared in the scientific debate. The Supplement does not cover the full range of topics addressed by the 1990 report and should be read in conjunction with, rather than in place of, that report.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1992
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Ecosystems, Environment
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Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to The IPCC Impacts Assessment
This technical document aims to update The first IPCC Impacts Assessment prepared by Working Group II (WGII) of the IPCC and published in 1990, paying particular attention to its key conclusions and to new issues which have appeared in the scientific debate. The Supplement should be read in conjunction with the earlier report.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1992
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Technology, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food, Industry, Land Use Management, Forestry, Energy, Water, Environment
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Climate Change: The IPCC 1990 and 1992 Assessments
This technical document contains the IPCC First Assessment Report Overview and Policymaker Summaries and 1992 IPCC Supplement. The Supplement is an update of key issues addressed in the 1990 IPCC assessment.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1992
Language(s): Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Science, Adaptation, Mitigation, Ecosystems, Environment
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Climate Change: IPCC Scientific Assessment
This technical document has been produced by Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. This document considers the scientific assessment of climate change. The issues confronted with full rigour include: global warming, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, sea level changes, forcing of climate, and the history of Earth’s changing climate.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1990
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Ecosystems, Environment
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Climate Change: The IPCC Impacts Assessment
This technical document has been produced by Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. The impact assessments cover: agriculture and forestry, natural terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology and water resources, human settlement and socioeconomic activities, oceans and coastal zones and the cryosphere.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1990
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Science, Adaptation, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food, Industry, Transport, Health, Forestry, Energy, Water
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Climate Change: The IPCC Response Strategies
This technical document has been produced by Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. It formulates and discusses appropriate response strategies to tackle global climate change.
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ENGOrganization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1990
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Policy Instruments, Science, Adaptation, Mitigation, Technology, Agriculture and Food, Industry, Education, Energy, Water
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IPCC First Assessment Report Overview Chapter
This technical document provides an overview of the IPCC First Assessment Report. The overview brings together material from the four Policymaker Summaries. It presents conclusions, proposes lines of possible action (including suggestions as to the factors which might form the basis for negotiations) and outlines further work which is required for a more complete understanding of the problems of climate change resulting from human activities. Because it cannot reflect all aspects of the problem which are presented in the three full reports of the Working Groups and the four Policymaker Summaries, it should be read in conjunction with them.
Organization(s): IPCC
Partner(s): UNEP, WMO
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Publication date:1990
Language(s): Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Topic(s): Governance – General, Science, Ecosystems, Agriculture and Food, Industry, Transport, Health, Forestry, Energy, Water, Environment
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Potential Health Effects of Climatic Change
This policy document is an early WHO Task Force Report on the potential health effects of Climate Change, contributing to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report to the Second World Climate Conference in November 1990. It is designed to assist decision-makers and public health planners in determining the potential health-problems that may arise in their region from global climatic change caused by an increase in greenhouse gases and a decrease in the ozone layer.
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ENGOrganization(s): WHO
Partner(s): FAO, WMO, Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment, US National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
Type of material:Policy Document
Publication date:1990
Language(s): English
Topic(s): Health
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Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change
This analytical document presents the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries – and provides useful guidance to business leaders and policymakers alike.
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ENGOrganization(s): Global Compact, UNEP
Partner(s): Oxfam, WRI
Topic(s): COP22 List of UN Publications, Adaptation, Green Jobs/Economy
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Applying Abatement Cost Curve Methodology for Low-Carbon Strategy in Changning District, Shanghai
This report summarizes the study that applies abatement cost curves and scenarios to set low-carbon targets and identify cost-effective low-carbon investments for Changning District, Shanghai. At the request of Changning District government, the Bank team supported a Shanghai energy conservation institution, assisted by an international firm, in conducting a comprehensive survey of buildings in Hongqiao area in the Changning District, and in developing CO2 abatement cost curves to identify the abatement potential, cost, and ease of implementation of various mitigation measures. Three alternative abatement scenarios were developed to establish an ambitious low-carbon target for Hongqiao area. The use of CO2 abatement cost curves, bottom-up investigation surveys, and ease-of-implementation considerations for defining an investment program to reduce CO2 emissions was the first of its kind at the time. The abatement cost curve developed under this upstream analytical work allowed the district government to make informed decisions about medium-term targets for CO2 abatement and to identify priority actions and investments to meet them.
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ENGOrganization(s): WB
Partner(s): GEF, Changning District, Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Shanghai Energy Conservation Supervision Center, Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program, Government of Japan
Topic(s): Governance – Territorial and Local, Mitigation, Technology, Economic Analysis
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Climate Change and the Rural Economy in Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
This analytical report reviews the issues and challenges in addressing the impact of climate change on their rural economies and highlights opportunities arising from the climate-change development agenda. The study also discusses measures taken by the subregion towards mitigating and reducing the impacts of climate change and mainstreaming it in rural-development policies. It further highlights how these initiatives can be further strengthened to improve the regional and national response to the global threat.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNECA
Type of material:Policy Document
Topic(s): Governance – Territorial and Local, Capacity Development, Adaptation, Mitigation, Agriculture and Food, Economic and Development Planning, Land Use Management
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Coastal Blue Carbon - Methods for Assessing Carbon Stocks and Emissions Factors in Mangroves, Tidal Salt Marshes, and Seagrass Meadows
This manual provides scientists and coastal managers with a practical tool for measuring carbon stocks in coastal and marine ecosystems.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNESCO
Partner(s): Conservation International, IUCN, Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission
Topic(s): COP22 List of UN Publications, Science, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Water, Environment
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Insurance Solutions in the Context of Climate Change-Related Loss and Damage
This policy document outlines the role of insurance in the context of adaptation and loss and damage. It further highlights a set of recommendations to the UNFCCC as a facilitator of short and long-term strategies of loss and damage. Produced by the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), the document is a submission to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation Work Programme on Loss and Damage.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNU
Partner(s): Munich Climate Insurance Initiative
Topic(s): COP22 List of UN Publications, Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Finance
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Integrated Flood Management Concept Note
This policy document is the baseline reference document outlining Integrated Flood Management (IFM) as a viable development policy option. Since IFM is essentially a dynamic notion, the perception presented in this third revised edition also includes a number of emerging issues, such as risk management, urban floods, climate variability and change, and adaptive management. Through this new edition, WMO hopes that the concept paper will continue to play a key outreach role to flood managers, policymakers and development planners, as well as to those responsible for formulating flood management strategies and policies.
Organization(s): WMO
Partner(s): Associated Programme on Flood Management
Type of material:Analytical/Technical Document
Topic(s): International Law and Policy, Governance – Territorial and Local, COP22 List of UN Publications, Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Water, Environment
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Water and the Green Economy: Capacity Development Aspects
This manual is a state-of-the-art publication on capacity development for water and the green economy produced to bring the areas of “capacity development” and “water” together under the green economy umbrella.
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ENGOrganization(s): UNU
Partner(s): UN Water partners and members
Topic(s): Financial Mechanisms, COP22 List of UN Publications, Green Jobs/Economy, Water