The study reviews existing energy efficiency policies in housing in the UNECE member States, and recommends technological, institutional and behavioural changes that can achieve substantial energy savings in the housing sector.
The latest annual UNDESA report released by Sunita Narain, director of Centre for Science and Environment backs India and developing countries on the climate front.It says that rich countries had consumed more than fair share oftheir carbon space and needed to take deep emission cuts if the new climate agreement was to be equitable.
Climate change affects poor people first and worst. It is a major obstacle to development and poverty alleviation, as well as a serious threat to business supply chains and markets in developing countries. This paper which aims to help develop the debate on the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by
Agriculture in the 21st century faces multiple challenges: it has to produce more food and fibre to feed a growing population, more feedstocks for a potentially huge bioenergy market, contribute to overall development in the many agriculture-dependent developing countries, adopt more sustainable production methods and adapt to climate change.
Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. Changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines.
Ecosystem services are the benefits that people derive from nature. Some benefits, such as crops, fish, and freshwater (provisioning services), are tangible. Others such as pollination, erosion regulation, climate regulation (regulating services) and aesthetic and spiritual fulfillment (cultural services) are less tangible.
The Himalayas are a unique natural asset and the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) forms the major share of this. This report presents a set of guidelines and best practices for the governance and sustainable management of the Himalayan ecosystem.
This new UNEP report warns that the pace and extent of climate change may exceed even the most sobering expectations voiced by IPCC fourth assessment report. It is based on findings of more than 400 major peer-reviewed scientific studies & research institutions over the last three years.
