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Book Synopsis Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People by : UN Environment
Download or read book Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People written by UN Environment and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment's sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take bold and urgent action to address pressing environmental issues in order to protect the planet and human health. By bringing together hundreds of scientists, peer reviewers and collaborating institutions and partners, the GEO reports build on sound scientific knowledge to provide governments, local authorities, businesses and individual citizens with the information needed to guide societies to a truly sustainable world by 2050. GEO-6 outlines the current state of the environment, illustrates possible future environmental trends and analyses the effectiveness of policies. This flagship report shows how governments can put us on the path to a truly sustainable future - emphasising that urgent and inclusive action is needed to achieve a healthy planet with healthy people. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Download or read book UNEP written by Stanley Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark its 40th anniversary, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has sponsored a new book detailing the history of the Nairobi-based organisation over the last four decades. Written by award-winning conservationist Stanley P Johnson, the book charts the evolution of UNEP from its inception at the landmark Stockholm conference of 1972 to its position today at the heart of the global environmental movement. Entitled: "The First 40 Years; A Narrative", the book - which is not an official UN history but the view of its world-acclaimed author - explains in depth UNEP's role at the forefront of efforts to protect the environment and is stuffed with interesting facts and figures.
Book Synopsis The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution by : Maria H. Ivanova
Download or read book The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution written by Maria H. Ivanova and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A revisionist history of UNEP that recounts previously untold stories, corrects misperceptions, and reveals the life within what is often considered a lifeless bureaucracy"--
Book Synopsis Global Chemicals Outlook by : United Nations
Download or read book Global Chemicals Outlook written by United Nations and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis One Planet, Many People by : Ashbindu Singh
Download or read book One Planet, Many People written by Ashbindu Singh and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launched to mark World Environment Day 2005, and produced by the UNEP in collaboration with organisations such as the US Geological Survey and NASA, this publication uses text, illustrations, satellite images and ground photographs to depict and analyse humanity's impact on our environment. Issues discussed include: population growth and urbanisation, natural resources consumption, land use intensification, biodiversity and habitat loss; environmental impacts and trends including global warming, air and water pollution, and the impacts on oceans and coastal zones, forests and tundra; changes that result from geo-hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis, climate hazards such as floods and droughts, and industrial hazards such as nuclear accidents and oil spills; and suggestions for mitigating the effects of global environmental change.
Book Synopsis Environmental Wisdom for Planet Earth by : Osman Bakar
Download or read book Environmental Wisdom for Planet Earth written by Osman Bakar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis UNEP Year Book by : United Nations Publications
Download or read book UNEP Year Book written by United Nations Publications and published by Unep Year Book. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UNEP Year Book series examines emerging environmental issues and policy-relevant events and developments. It also presents the latest trends using key environmental indicators. This 2014 edition shows that changes in the Arctic will have consequences far beyond this fragile region and that they require an urgent international response. The volume of chemicals in the world continues to grow, with a shift in production from developed to developing countries. To meet the goal of producing and using chemicals in ways that minimize significant impacts on health and the environment by 2020, efforts must be made to reduce the use of toxic chemicals, promote safer alternatives and build capacity for sound chemicals management. Adequate information for minimizing chemical risks is essential to support these efforts.
Book Synopsis Global Resources Outlook 2019 by : United Nations
Download or read book Global Resources Outlook 2019 written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a combination of resource efficiency, climate mitigation, carbon removal, and biodiversity protection policies, this report finds that it is feasible and possible to grow economies, increase well-being and remain within planetary boundaries. The analysis and modelling presented in this report are a first attempt to understand the impacts of our growing resource use, and to develop coherent scenario projections for resource efficiency and sustainable production and consumption that decouple economic growth from environmental degradation.
Author :Organization of American States. Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment Publisher :Organization of American States ISBN 13 : Total Pages :300 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Source Book of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America and the Caribbean by : Organization of American States. Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
Download or read book Source Book of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Organization of American States. Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment and published by Organization of American States. This book was released on 1997 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Making Tourism More Sustainable by : United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics
Download or read book Making Tourism More Sustainable written by United Nations Environment Programme. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics and published by World Tourism Organization. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This joint publication from the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Tourism Organization sets out guidance on effective measures to promote sustainable tourism development. Although it is acknowledged that there is not a 'one size fits all', the report highlights the need for co-operation by all key stakeholders within and outside government. Therefore, although the guidance is designed primarily for governments, it is also relevant to public authorities, non-governmental organisations, tourism businesses and trade associations.
Book Synopsis Global Waste Management Outlook by : United Nations Publications
Download or read book Global Waste Management Outlook written by United Nations Publications and published by UN. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UNEP Governing Council of February 2013 requested the United Nations Environment Programme "to develop a global outlook of challenges, trends and policies in relation to waste prevention, minimization and management, taking into account the materials life cycle, subject to the availability of extra-budgetary resources and in consultation with Governments and stakeholders, building on available data, best practices and success stories, taking into account the Global Chemicals Outlook and any other relevant initiatives and taking care not to duplicate existing information, to provide guidance for national policy planning." UNEP's International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), in collaboration with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), has taken the lead on this initiative; aiming to develop the Global Waste Management Outlook as a tool to provide an authoritative overview, analysis and recommendations for action of policy instruments and financing models for waste management. The GWMO is the result of two year's work and provides the first comprehensive global overview of the state of waste management around the world in the 21st century.
Book Synopsis Training Manual on International Environmental Law by :
Download or read book Training Manual on International Environmental Law written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2006 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a grandmother is one of life's most important rolesand many women can feel unprepared to take it on. New AgeNanas presents the rich and diverse views of over 1000modern Australian grandmothers on what it is like to be agrandmother today, interwoven with expert commentary onhow to make the most of this potentially ......
Book Synopsis Aviation and the Global Atmosphere by : Joyce E. Penner
Download or read book Aviation and the Global Atmosphere written by Joyce E. Penner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking communities.
Book Synopsis International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste Management by : Larry Rosenberg
Download or read book International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste Management written by Larry Rosenberg and published by Incumbent. This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides developing and transition-economy countries with information sources and selected technologies relating to the environmentally-sound management of municipal solid waste. It aims to provide an inventory of available information sources and an analysis of sound practices.
Author :International Institute for Sustainable Development Publisher :UNEP/Earthprint ISBN 13 :1895536219 Total Pages :96 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (955 download)
Book Synopsis Environment and Trade by : International Institute for Sustainable Development
Download or read book Environment and Trade written by International Institute for Sustainable Development and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference tool to facilitate broader understanding and awareness of relationship between environment and trade which can then become the basis on which fair and environmentally sustainable policies and trade flows are built.
Book Synopsis The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2021 by : Europa Publications
Download or read book The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2021 written by Europa Publications and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 2666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2021 serves as an unequalled one-volume guide to the contemporary international system. Within a clear, unique framework the recent activities of all major international organizations are described in detail. Given alongside extensive background information the reader is able to assess the role and evolving functions of these organizations in today's world. The contact details, key personnel and activities of more than 2,000 international and regional entities have again been thoroughly researched and updated for this 23rd edition. Highlights in this edition include: - a fully revised Who's Who section with biographical details of the key players in the international system. - the response of the international community to crises and conflicts throughout the world. - specially-commissioned introductory essays cover topics including global environmental governance, transboundary water management, and multilateral governance and global action on health.
Download or read book Earth and Faith written by Libby Bassett and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
