Biblioteca

This policy document includes a roadmap intended to pave the way for low-carbon industrial growth in developed and developing countries by providing a vision of industrial carbon capture and storage (CCS) up to 2050. In particular, it undertakes an assessment of the potential for CCS in five industries that offer the most promise for early and/or large-scale application: high-purity CO2 sources, iron and steel, cement, refineries and biomass conversion. Its insights aim to help policy makers evaluate the benefits of CCS technology and hence make informed decisions. It also offers investors an assessment of the potential for CCS in industry.

This analytical report provides information for national-policy makers and international negotiators on what the international climate change architecture needs to deliver to effectively mobilise private finance and investment for forests at the necessary scale. In particular, it addresses the critical question of what policy options, and what type of REDD+ funding mechanism, are most conducive towards effectively financing forest-based climate change mitigation (with a focus on Phase 3 of REDD+ implementation). This analysis can also be useful for financial institutions in understanding the history and current proceedings in the international negotiations on REDD+ funding.

This manual is part of a series of practical guidance documents and toolkits to support national and sub-national governments to achieve low-emission, climate-resilient development. It aims to help countries design and establish a National Climate Fund that is tailored to their priorities and builds on existing governance, policy and fiscal frameworks and systems. The principle audience for this publication is the decision-maker at the national and sub-national levels, as well as domestic and international experts involved in assisting governments in establishing institutions and frameworks to support the management and delivery of climate finance.

This technical document provides an overview of the IPCC First Assessment Report. The overview brings together material from the four Policymaker Summaries. It presents conclusions, proposes lines of possible action (including suggestions as to the factors which might form the basis for negotiations) and outlines further work which is required for a more complete understanding of the problems of climate change resulting from human activities. Because it cannot reflect all aspects of the problem which are presented in the three full reports of the Working Groups and the four Policymaker Summaries, it should be read in conjunction with them.

This technical document has been produced by Working Group III (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. It formulates and discusses appropriate response strategies to tackle global climate change.

This technical document has been produced by Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. The impact assessments cover: agriculture and forestry, natural terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology and water resources, human settlement and socioeconomic activities, oceans and coastal zones and the cryosphere.

This technical document has been produced by Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and forms part of the First Assessment Report of the IPCC. This  document considers the scientific assessment of climate change. The issues confronted with full rigour include: global warming, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, sea level changes, forcing of climate, and the history of Earth’s changing climate.

This technical document contains the IPCC First Assessment Report Overview and Policymaker Summaries and 1992 IPCC Supplement. The Supplement is an update of key issues addressed in the 1990 IPCC assessment.

This technical document aims to update The first IPCC Impacts Assessment prepared by Working Group II (WGII) of the IPCC and published in 1990, paying particular attention to its key conclusions and to new issues which have appeared in the scientific debate. The Supplement should be read in conjunction with the earlier report.

This technical document aims to update The First Scientific Assessment of Climate Change prepared by Working Group I (WGI) of the IPCC and published in June 1990, paying particular attention to its key conclusions and to new issues which have appeared in the scientific debate. The Supplement does not cover the full range of topics addressed by the 1990 report and should be read in conjunction with, rather than in place of, that report.

This manual intends to provide countries with a practical tool on using climate information in their decision-making processes. In particular it addresses the issues of adaptation planning under uncertainty of observed and projected climate change. It discusses the level of requirement for climate information in the decision-making process and, where possible, it provides examples and practical steps to illustrate the application of climate information.

This manual assists planners working at the sub-national levels to identify and map the nature of current and future vulnerability to long-term climate change so that appropriate policies and intervention can be designed and implemented. The manual is part of a series of practical guidance documents and toolkits UNDP is developing to support national and sub-national governments on their preparation of low-emission, climate-resilient development strategies. This series of publications is intended to empower sub-national planners to take action, and to prepare their territories to adapt, and hopefully thrive, under changing climatic conditions.

This manual builds on a large range of UNDP’s ongoing initiatives to support adaptation to climate change. It is part of a series intended to empower decision makers to take action, and to prepare their territories to adapt, and hopefully thrive, under changing climatic conditions. The guidebook aims to empower project managers and decision makers to engage in discussions on climate-scenario development, including involvement in science-based decisions on the availability, applicability, and robustness of various climate-scenario approaches. This publication focuses on the formulation of climate-change scenarios as a tool to inform low-emission climate-resilient development strategies.

This manual serves as the Executive Summary to a series of manuals and guidebooks of various lengths that UNDP is offering in support of low-emission climate-resilient development strategies (LECRDS).

This technical document includes the IPCC Second Assessment Synthesis and the Summaries for Policymakers of the three Working Groups.

This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and focuses on the socioeconomic aspects of climate change. It consists of 11 chapters covering the scope of the analysis, decision making under uncertainty, equity issues, intertemporal equity and discounting, applicability of cost and benefit assessments to climate change, social costs of climate change, response options, conceptual issues related to estimating mitigation costs, review of mitigation cost studies, integrated assessment of climate change, and an economic assessment of policy options to address climate change.

This technical document includes an evaluation, conducted fully and independently by the GEF Evaluation Office with support from the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies, governments, and civil society organizations. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide lessons and experiences from implementation of the first climate change adaptation strategy supported by the GEF and thereby assist the GEF Council in making further decisions on adaptation. It included four areas of assessment: 1) relevance of the strategy to the GEF mandate and focal areas, as well as to countries’ national sustainable development and adaptation agenda; 2) effectiveness of the proposed adaptation measures; 3) efficiency of project development and management in implementing the strategy; 4) results of the strategy and projects thus far as well as their sustainability.

This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and focuses on potential impacts of climate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emissions. It consists of 25 chapters covering a wide range of ecological systems and socioeconomic sectors and activities. It also includes brief descriptions of three appendices—two sets of guidelines or methodologies for assessing the potential efficacy of adaptation and mitigation strategies, and an inventory of technology databases and information.

This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and focuses on the science of climate change. It consists of 11 chapters covering the physical climate system, the factors that drive climate change, analyses of past climate and projections of future climate change, and detection and attribution of human influence on recent climate.

This technical document is the fourth and final part of the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It draws together and integrates for the benefit of policy makers, and others, and in response to questions identified by governments and subsequently agreed by the IPCC, information that has been approved and/or accepted by the IPCC. It is intended to assist governments, individually and collectively, in formulating appropriate adaptation and mitigation responses to the threat of human-induced climate change.