Author: United Nations
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9280726919
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.
Africa Environment Outlook 2
Author: United Nations
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9280726919
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9280726919
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.
Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Author: UN Environment
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707661
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707661
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
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.
Africa Environment Outlook
Author:
Publisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
This first edition of the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report is a significant milestone in the collaboration between UNEP and the African Ministerial Conference on the Enviornment (AMCEN). Africa faces a number of critical challenges, including the deterioration of the environment; increasing social and economic inequality; and worldwide globalization, which is leaving Africa behind. The AEO is a unique tool. It provides an analysis of the state of the environment over the past 30 years, looks at the driving force behind environmental change, and reviews the consequences for social and economic development. It concludes with recommendations about the road that Africa should take to preserve its great natural riches, biodiversity and vast unspoiled landscapes.
Publisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
This first edition of the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report is a significant milestone in the collaboration between UNEP and the African Ministerial Conference on the Enviornment (AMCEN). Africa faces a number of critical challenges, including the deterioration of the environment; increasing social and economic inequality; and worldwide globalization, which is leaving Africa behind. The AEO is a unique tool. It provides an analysis of the state of the environment over the past 30 years, looks at the driving force behind environmental change, and reviews the consequences for social and economic development. It concludes with recommendations about the road that Africa should take to preserve its great natural riches, biodiversity and vast unspoiled landscapes.
Africa Environment Outlook
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: UNEP
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This publication is a complementary document to the Africa Environment Outlook report (ISBN 9280721011) and focuses on the interaction between the local environment and human livelihoods. The publication is divided into two sections: case studies explaining how various types of environmental change impact on people making them vulnerable to poverty, food security and diseases; and examples of interventions carried out to reduce environmental degradation and human vulnerability, providing lessons and recommendations for future actions.
Publisher: UNEP
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This publication is a complementary document to the Africa Environment Outlook report (ISBN 9280721011) and focuses on the interaction between the local environment and human livelihoods. The publication is divided into two sections: case studies explaining how various types of environmental change impact on people making them vulnerable to poverty, food security and diseases; and examples of interventions carried out to reduce environmental degradation and human vulnerability, providing lessons and recommendations for future actions.
Environmental Reporting and Management in Africa
Author: Venancio Tauringana
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1789733758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Environment management and protection are top global priorities, but little is known about the reporting in regions of Africa. The six papers in this volume provide much needed information for academics, practitioners and policy makers about environmental accounting and management in Africa.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1789733758
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Environment management and protection are top global priorities, but little is known about the reporting in regions of Africa. The six papers in this volume provide much needed information for academics, practitioners and policy makers about environmental accounting and management in Africa.
Environmental Futures
Author: J. Alcamo
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080932983
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the key tools for bridging environmental science and policy. This is the first book to sum up the current practice of environmental scenario analysis and to propose directions for improving its quality and effectiveness. Chapters are written by an international group of distinguished scenario experts and provide an excellent starting basis for first-time scenario practitioners, as well as a collection of new ideas on improving scenario practice for experienced scenario analysts.* Comprehensive coverage and overview on environmental scenario analysis from a team of international experts* First book to address key contemporary issues involved with environmental scenario analysis* Gives guidelines for best practicesBenefits:* Excellent starting base for first-time scenario practitioners* Helps the reader to interpret scenarios and to place them into the correct context
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080932983
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the key tools for bridging environmental science and policy. This is the first book to sum up the current practice of environmental scenario analysis and to propose directions for improving its quality and effectiveness. Chapters are written by an international group of distinguished scenario experts and provide an excellent starting basis for first-time scenario practitioners, as well as a collection of new ideas on improving scenario practice for experienced scenario analysts.* Comprehensive coverage and overview on environmental scenario analysis from a team of international experts* First book to address key contemporary issues involved with environmental scenario analysis* Gives guidelines for best practicesBenefits:* Excellent starting base for first-time scenario practitioners* Helps the reader to interpret scenarios and to place them into the correct context
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment from Rio to Rio + 20 (1992-2012).
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This innovative publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major global environmental, economic and social changes since 1992. The numbers tell the story of how, in twenty years, the world has changed more than most of us could have ever imagined. The report has been produced within the framework of UNDP's fifth Global Environment Outlook assessment report, which will be published in May 2012 in advance of Rio+20.
Publisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This innovative publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major global environmental, economic and social changes since 1992. The numbers tell the story of how, in twenty years, the world has changed more than most of us could have ever imagined. The report has been produced within the framework of UNDP's fifth Global Environment Outlook assessment report, which will be published in May 2012 in advance of Rio+20.
Africa
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280728712
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This stunning 400-page Atlas is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment that provide scientific evidence of the impact that natural and human activities have had on the continent's environment over the past several decades. The observations and measurements of environmental change help gauge the extent of progress made by African countries towards reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. More importantly, this book contributes to the knowledge and understanding that are essential for adaptation and remediation, and should be of immense value to all those who want to know more about Africa and who care about the future of this continent.
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280728712
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This stunning 400-page Atlas is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment that provide scientific evidence of the impact that natural and human activities have had on the continent's environment over the past several decades. The observations and measurements of environmental change help gauge the extent of progress made by African countries towards reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. More importantly, this book contributes to the knowledge and understanding that are essential for adaptation and remediation, and should be of immense value to all those who want to know more about Africa and who care about the future of this continent.
Atlantic and Indian Oceans Environment Outlook
Author: Sherry Heileman
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9280725254
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Special edition for the Mauritius International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9280725254
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Special edition for the Mauritius International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Business and Climate Change Governance
Author: T. Börzel
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137302747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137302747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
How and why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance? The contributors' findings on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly.