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Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change
While much of the responsibility to drive climate change solutions that address the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable rests with governments, it has become increasingly clear that business will be an essential partner in preparing for and responding to the impacts of a changing climate and in building a global green economy. Developed in collaboration with Oxfam International, the World Resources Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme, this publication aims to support the efforts leading up to Rio+20, as well as the activities, processes, commitments and partnerships that flow from it. By highlighting the nexus among climate change risks and opportunities, sustainable development and climate change adaptation, this book provides useful guidance to business leaders and policymakers alike.
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Africa is currently the least urbanized region in the world, but this is changing fast. The urban population in Africa doubled from 205 million in 1990 to 400 million in 2010, and by 2050, it is expected to reach 1.23 billion. In a time of such urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change, particularly when it comes to water and food security. This places huge pressures on the growing urban populations. This eport shows that there is a way forward for a more sustainable future where restoration of ecosystems, often in the green hills and watersheds surrounding cities, can provide cheaper, efficient and resilient water supply systems in a changing world.
Publishers: United Nations Global Compact Office / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211046175 Pages: 72 Price: $15.00
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS): Fourth Revised Edition
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789280731545 Pages: 68 Price: $30.00
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The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has been developed on the basis of a mandate given in "Agenda 21" by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring availability of information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. It provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and global levels.
Environment & Urban Issues
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211170429 Pages: 568 Price: $115.00
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Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, the exhaustion of resources, ecological destruction and other environmental crises that threaten the future of humanity. Sustainability science seeks comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems and a restructuring of education and research that spans multiple disciplines. It demands the development of policies that protect the natural and cultural diversity of different regions and promotes the physical and economic health of their inhabitants. This volume offers approaches to the development of a transdisciplinary perspective that embraces natural, social and human sciences in the quest for a sustainable society. It also strives for a global perspective while incorporating the wisdom and experience of local societies.
Latin America and the Caribbean is the richest region of the planet in terms of its biological diversity. Within the dazzling array of the region’s ecosystems lie roughly a third of the world’s mammals and reptiles, two-fifths of the world’s birds, and almost half of the world’s amphibians. This diversity is sustained by the abundance of its ecosystems and wealth in natural resources and is also demonstrated in the mosaic of cultures and people that live there. The environment of Latin America and the Caribbean also reflects the interaction between human activities and natural processes, both past and present. This atlas demonstrates environmental change from imagery acquired from remote sensing by different satellites over many years, or a few days in some cases. Through images, maps, tables, graphs and text, it presents a picture of where Latin America and the Caribbean has been, and where it is now.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789280730579 Pages: 316 Price: $150.00
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Environmental Performance Review: Azerbaijan (Second Review)
This second environmental performance review covers the nine issues of importance to Azerbaijan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects, and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular the sustainable management and protection of water resources and the protection of the Caspian Sea, waste management, air management, forestry, biodiversity and protected areas.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211170351 Pages: 228 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789280811803 Pages: 496 Price: $37.00
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Ecosystem Approaches to the Management of Ocean-related Activities: Training Manual
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211336948 Pages: 298 Price: $50.00
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste in Developing Countries
This book is intended for developing countries, but, since it seeks to encourage the designing of waste collection systems based on local information, the approach is valid in any given country. The main focus is on municipal solid waste, which is taken to include waste from households, businesses and institutions, construction and demolition waste in small quantities, general solid waste from hospitals (excluding hazardous waste), waste from smaller industries that is not classified as hazardous, and waste from streets, public areas and open drains. It is not concerned with waste from agriculture, larger industries or the mining industries, which normally handle their own waste.
Publisher: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211320305 Pages: 374 Price: $45.00
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Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211322545 Pages: 198 Price: $40.00
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2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Revealing Risk, Redefining Development
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo Framework of Action through monitoring risk patterns, trends and progress in disaster risk reduction (DRR). In addition, the GAR provides strategic policy guidance to countries and the international community. The overall objective of the GAR is to increase political and economic commitment to risk reduction, as well as the effectiveness of risk reduction policies and strategies; it also offers guidance on the most effective strategies and actions to reduce risk and adapt to climate change. The 2011 GAR shaped the strategic dialogue on the DRR imperative at the international, regional and national levels, and proved an essential source document for the Third Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, launched on 10 May 2011.
Healthy ecosystems provide invaluable functions and services that are essential to the marine environment and to human well-being. Unfortunately, some human activities have had an adverse impact on the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. A multitude of stressors, such as pollution, overfishing, coastal development, invasive alien species, and climate change, have impaired the ability of these ecosystems to provide essential goods and services. This training manual focuses on the development and implementation of an ecosystem approach to the management of human activities and their impacts on the marine environment. An ecosystem approach is essentially an evolution of integrated coastal and ocean management, with a greater emphasis on ecosystem goals and objectives and their outcomes.
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Atlas of our Changing Environment
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Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
UNEP Year Book 2011: Emerging Issues in our Global Environment
The United Nations Environment Programme Year Book 2011 examines global emerging issues and highlights major environmental events and developments over the past year. It also presents the most recent data and indicator trends, providing the latest environmental science. The Year Book demonstrates that plastic debris in the ocean can transport toxic substances which may end up in the food chain, causing potential harm to the ecosystem and human health. It also explores the wider impact of the use of phosphorus in food production. In addition, it suggests that halting loss of forest biodiversity is essential if forests are to adapt to mounting pressures, including climate change and pest outbreaks. The Year Book shows how cutting edge science reveals new opportunities to mitigate climate change while improving air quality.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789280731019 Pages: 88 Price: $20.00
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