“This book, Natural Solutions: protected areas helping people cope with climate change, clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly to reducing the impacts of climate change and what’s needed for them to achieve even more,” says Lord Nicholas Stern, who wrote a foreword for the report. Published 2009
The first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions was made within the framework of the Initial National Communication in 1999 for 1990 and 1994. In 2001 the Phase 2 of the Initial National Communication was prepared where the GHG emissions were calculated for 1999. The Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the Regional Project “Capacity Building …
The paper reviews the current knowledge on the implications of climate change for extreme weather andanalyzes the ability of ECA countries to mitigate and manage the impact of extreme events. It recommendsa variety of measures in the areas of financial and fiscal policy, disaster risk mitigation, and emergency preparedness and management to reduce current and …
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The purpose of this primer is to explain the internal doctrines, strategies, operational procedures, structure, and program mechanisms of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The primer has been prepared primarily for employees of other federal agencies such as the departments of State and Defense, partner organizations, congressional staff, and new USAID employees. (March …
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Report on the impacts of climate change on migratory species. As DEFRA announced on October 5th, 2005: Our climate is changing and there is already compelling evidence that animals and plants have been affected.
This report outlines the contributions of the Ecolinks program and reports on resulting improvements in infrastructure in four key sectors: water, waste management, cleaner production and climate change. 2004
Exposures to environmental pollution remain a major source of health risk throughout the world, though risks are generally higher in developing countries, where poverty, lack of investment in modern technology and weak environmental legislation combine to cause high pollution levels. Associations between environmental pollution and health outcome are, however, complex and often poorly characterized. Levels …
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