ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN ISSUES
Protecting Biodiversity in Production Landscapes: A Guide to Working with Agribusiness Supply Chains towards Conserving Biodiversity Biodiversity is being lost at a rate that will have significant economic and social implications around the world if this unabated deterioration is allowed to continue. This loss is attributable to the need to produce more food supplies for an ever-increasing world population. This publication examines the impacts of agricultural supply chain activities on biodiversity and ecosystems providing recommendations for conservation policies that are needed to preserve this vital resource. It provides government policy-makers with guidelines to develope strategies for involving agricultural supply chains in the drive for biodiversity protection and the implementation of sustainable development. Publisher: United Nations Development Programme Publication Date: August 2012 ISBN: 9789211263435 Pages: 80 Price: $23.00
Business and Climate Policy: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Private Voluntary Programs Climate change has become one of the most important and challenging global policy fields. Attention has primarily focused on the successes and failures of states and intergovernmental organizations but many more actors are involved and contribute solutions. The contributions to this book assess the different potentials of existing schemes. They scrutinize how very different programs at national and international levels seek to marry complex public and private goals in and across industries addressing wide groups of firms. Lessons from these programs can help design and improve programs but they also show different types of pitfalls. Lessons learned are relevant not only for climate policy, but for the many other policy fields where private voluntary programs are active. Publisher: United Nations University Publication Date: July 2012 ISBN: 9789280812145 Pages: 264 Price: $34.00
Green Economy and Good Governance for Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Promises and Concerns Debates on green growth and environmental governance tend to be general in nature, and are often conceptual or limited to single disciplines – such as green growth being dominated by economists and governance by political scientists. This book examines such terms within the context of wide-interest topics including education, oceans and cities, and mixes conceptual discussion with empirical research. It takes stock of the achievements and obstacles towards sustainability over the last 20 years, and proposes new ideas and changes to create a more sustainable future. Publisher: United Nations University Publication Date: July 2012 ISBN: 9789280812169 Pages: 370 Price: $37.00
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This report explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. It consists of nine chapters, covering risk management; observed and projected changes in extreme weather and climate events; exposure and vulnerability to as well as losses resulting from such events; adaptation options from the local to the international scale; the role of sustainable development in modulating risks; and insights from specific case studies. Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme Publication Date: July 2012 ISBN: 9781107607804 Pages: 592 Price: $80.00
Climate Protection and Development This book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. It summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century - towards bold initiatives with big costs, and much bigger benefits. It explores the interconnected issues of climate and development, laying the groundwork for such a new deal. It presents a challenging agenda, and highlights the needs and perspectives of developing countries which may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable to readers in high-income countries. The unfortunate truth is that any large country, or group of mid-sized countries, can veto any global climate solution by refusing to participate, so a solution will only work if it works for everyone. Publisher: United Nations / Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: May 2012 ISBN: 9781780931692 Pages: 206 Price: $38.00
Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing
RESILIENT PEOPLE RESILIENT PLANET A Fu t u re Wo r t h Ch o o s in g
TARY-GENERAL’S HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
The UN Secretary-General launched the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) of eminent world figures to formulate a new blueprint for a sustainable future on a planet under increasing stress resulting from human activities. The GSP report explores approaches for building a sustainable, fair and resilient world that serves the needs of all, reduces poverty while strengthening low carbon and inclusive growth, empowers all people, and protects the planet’s life support systems. This report feeds into inter-governmental processes, including preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio 2012), and the annual meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2012 ISBN: 9789211012569 Pages: 112 Price: $20.00
Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication This publication demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; a net generator of decent jobs, and a vital strategy for the elimination of persistent poverty. It seeks to motivate policymakers to create conditions for increased investments in a transition to a green economy in three ways — by illustrating how added employment through green jobs offsets job losses in a transition to a green economy, by using sustainable forestry and ecologically friendly farming methods to show how a green economy can reduce persistent poverty across a range of important sectors, and by providing concrete suggestions as a guide to achieving this transition. Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789280731439 Pages: 632 Price: $80.00
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