The 2009 Copenhagen climate summit may in retrospect prove a critical turning point in the evolution of the international climate change effort. For a decade and a half, the principal aim under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had been to establish, and then to extend, a legally-binding regime regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This report is an effort by the UNEP Climate Change Working Group for Bilateral Finance Institutions to both transparently disclose their part of the present story of climate change financial flows to developing countries, and to demonstrate their future potential as vehicles for the delivery of significant amounts of climate finance.

This document is intended to provide an overview on why and how adaptation policies should consider the vulnerability of, and new risk elements for, health and environment arising from water services management during adverse weather episodes.

This Report of the Standing Committee deals with Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2008-09) on `Rehabilitation and Resettlement by Coal India Limited? of the Ministry of Coal which was presented to Lok Sabha/ Laid in Rajya Sabha on 21.10.2008.

Asian cities are especially susceptible to unpredictable environmental change, as these cities are expected to account for more than 60 percent of global population growth in the next 30 years.

This report analyses the work carried out to date to explore different aspects of bamboo

This report presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from risks due to a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered in this review, i.e.

Conservation efforts often focus on large and charismatic animals such as the tiger and elephant that are undoubtedly in urgent need of protection. Hwever, there are a host of species that do not rank very high on the conservation totem pole, although they are also under great threat and are classified as critically endangered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

More than 80% of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and an even higher percentage of developing-country trade is carried in ships. The Review of Maritime Transport, an annual publication prepared by the Division on Technology and Logistics - UNCTAD secretariat, is an important source of information on this vital sector.

Improved energy efficiency (EE) is a critical response to the pressing climate change, economic development and energy security challenges facing many countries. This handbook draws on the experience of hundreds of energy efficiency experts around the world as well as extensive searches of energy efficiency good governance case studies and literature.

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