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Most emissions have fallen in Western, Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since 2010 Hotspots remain in the Balkans and Central Asia, and air quality levels remain dangerous throughout region, but low-cost solutions are at...
Sustainable and Disaster-resilient Development in Vulnerable Countries Context : The degradation of ecosystems – such as forests, wetlands, coastal and marine systems, and drylands – is a major driver of disaster risk and a key...
Publication Date: April 2013 Around three-quarters of the world's natural resources are already consumed in cities, and the proportion of the global population living in urban areas is set to rise to 70 per cent by 2050. At the...
Publication date: October 2012 This report by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) team says that the key role that rapidly diminishing wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity needs to be recognized...
Release Date: October 2012 The report addresses an important aspect of the food security discourse: the ecological foundation of food security. The report argues that while factors such as availability, access, utilization and...
Release Date: 20 June 2011 Actions that companies and policymakers can pursue to catalyze and scale up private sector action on adaptation. This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are...
Release Date: 18 October 2011 This report identifies five critical elements that will significantly strengthen the ability of national governments to make effective adaptation decisions in a changing climate.
Release Date: 2 September 2011 This report provides recommendations and outlines options in respect to bioenergy in support of a Green Economy transition. > UNEP has a range of biofuel infographics constantly updated here
Release Date: October 2011 The objective of this document is to provide proposals based on the analysis of existing practice, reflecting specifically on lessons from implementation, scaling up and the relevance for developing and...