Planning for REDD+ in Panama: Securing Social and Environmental Benefits

This analytical document provides examples of areas where REDD+ actions could potentially deliver individual specific benefits, in addition to the climate mitigation benefits of REDD+.

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Organisation: UNREDD, UNEP, FAO, UNDP

Thème: REDD+

Thème: Planification Economique et du Développement, Environnement, Forêts, REDD, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais, Espagnol

Mapping multiple benefits of REDD+ in Paraguay: using spatial information to support land-use planning

This technical document illustrates how spatial analyses can support REDD+ planning processes in Paraguay. The maps presented show the areas where REDD+ actions may deliver a range of additional benefits. The benefits examined reflect priorities identified by national stakeholders in Paraguay, and include the role of forests in storing carbon, controlling soil erosion and supporting biodiversity and livelihoods. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG, SPN

Organisation: UNREDD

Thème: REDD+

Thème: Forêts, Aménagement des Terres, REDD, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais, Espagnol

Policy Brief 7: Fiscal Incentives for Agricultural Commodity Production: Options to Forge Compatibility with REDD+

This policy document explores ways of aligning government subsidies and other fiscal instruments with the objectives of REDD+, which aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG, SPN

Organisation: UNREDD

Thème: REDD+

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Financement, Forêts, REDD, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document de Politique

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais, Espagnol

Sixth Consolidated Annual Progress Report of the UN-REDD Programme Fund

This activity report provides updates on key results of its REDD+ partner countries in 2014. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG, FRE, SPN

Organisation: UNREDD

Thème: REDD+

Thème: Forêts, Aménagement des Terres, REDD, Atténuation, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais, Français, Espagnol

UNESCO, Climate Change and COP21

This activity report outlines UNESCO’s contributions to rethinking sustainability globally, which include a wide range of projects. Grouped under five main themes covered by our mandate, the document reflect the multifaceted nature of climate challenges and associated mitigation and adaptation solutions

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Organisation: UNESCO

Thème: Education

Thème: Culture, Education, Environnement, Eau, Genre, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais, Français

Scientific Summary for Policy Makers on Harmful Algal Blooms

This technical document explains Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), which occur in nearly all aquatic environments and can cause harm to aquatic ecosystems, including plants and animals, and to humans via direct exposure to water-borne toxins or by toxic seafood consumption. This document investigates the causes, impacts and mitigation options, including management issues associated with harmful algal events and their impacts on ecosystems and society. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNESCO, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, Global Ecology and oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms

Thème: Santé

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Eau, Produits Chimiques et Déchets, Ecosystèmes, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Discover Ocean Time Series

This visual resource presents complex scientific information on ocean acidification in a clear and understandable. It provides an important reference point for scientists, policy-makers and anyone else interested in understanding how ocean acidification affects our oceans and the vital services they provide. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Thème: Autre

Thème: Environnement, Eau, Biodiversité, Ecosystèmes, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Ressources Audiovisuelles

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Highlights of the World Oceans Day, 8 June 2015, UNESCO – On the road to COP21

This visual resource highlights the key messages coming out of the high level events, round tables and workshops organized at UNESCO on 8 June 2015, to celebrate the World Oceans Day. The messages are the result of a comprehensive and interactive day-long discussion between Heads of State, decision-makers, scientists, youth, and representatives of civil society and the private sector. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNESCO, Ocean and Climate platform, Suez Environment, China Cup International Regatta, Tara Expeditions, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco

Thème: Autre

Thème: Environnement, Eau, Biodiversité, Ecosystèmes, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Ressources Audiovisuelles

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015

This analytical document shows that the past year brought a rebound of green energy investments worldwide with a surge of a solid 17% to $270 Billion. Brushing aside the challenge of sharply lower crude oil prices this sudden increase reveresed the investment dip of the past two years and was mainly driven by investments in solar and wind energy.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNEP, Frankfurt School, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Thème: Autre

Thème: Énergie, Transport, Technologie, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Africa Mountains Atlas

This guidance document defines challenges such as poverty and climate change and presents the associated opportunities that can be seized to prevent unsustainable development of Africa’s mountain ecosystems. Through use and integration of local and indigenous knowledge, supporting green investments and addressing the multidimensional nature of poverty and food security, these challenges can be surmounted.

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

Organisation: UNEP, AMCEN

Thème: Adaptation

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Forêts, Biodiversité, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

UNEP 2014 Annual Report

This activity report provides the story of the environment and the organization’s work in 2014, through stunning photography and inspirational stories of change from the ground. 

Télécharger le fichier: ENG

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Organisation: UNEP

Thème: Education

Thème: Environnement, Adaptation, Biodiversité, Ecosystèmes, Atténuation, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

L’Industrie Verte au Burkina Faso : Évaluation et perspectives de développement

Ce document politique fait l’évaluation de l’industrie verte au Burkina Faso et montre qu’elle reste dans son ensemble embryonnaire : plutôt intensive en main d’œuvre et très peu intensive en technologie. L’étude dresse des recommandations pour une transition réussie vers la résilience aux changements climatiques et vers l’industrie verte. 

Télécharger le fichier: French

Visiter le site

Thème: Adaptation

Thème: Planification Economique et du Développement, Emplois verts/Economie, Développement des Capacités

Type de publication: Document de Politique

Date de publication: 2015

The Multiple Benefits of Measures to Improve Energy Efficiency: A Summary Report

This guidance document is a summary of four detailed studies providing new insights on how to promote efficiency in selected priority areas. The report combines energy modelling with a survey of 25 national programmes, to provide an overview of the various benefits associated with improvements in energy efficiency. It is the first study providing comparable country- and sector-specific forecasts of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and macro-economic variables for most G20 countries.

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: UNEP DTU Partnership

Thème: Science

Thème: Énergie, Environnement, Industrie, Atténuation, Développement des Capacités

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient Health Systems

This guidance document aims to present health systems and public health programming to increase their capacity for protecting health in an unstable and changing climate. The document states that by implementing the 10 key components laid out in the framework, health organizations, authorities and programmes would be better able to anticipate, prevent, prepare for and manage climate-related health risks. 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: WHO

Thème: Santé

Thème: Santé, Adaptation, Préparation et Intervention d'Urgence, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Technologie, Développement des Capacités

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Reducing Global Health Risks Through Mitigation of Short-lived Climate Pollutants: Scoping Report for Policymakers

This guidance document reviews a range of strategies and policies for action covering sectors such as urban planning, transport, household energy and building design, food production and consumption, power generation, industry, and waste management. 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: WHO, Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Shortlived Climate Pollutants

Thème: Santé

Thème: Environnement, Santé, Atténuation, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Policy Instruments

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Enabling Farmers to Face Climate Change

This activity report provides an overview of the characteristics and main activities of the projects that are being implemented as part of the second project portfolio of the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This document consists of 22 projects that are currently implemented in 33 countries across Africa, Asia, Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: FAO

Thème: Adaptation

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Aménagement des Terres, Adaptation, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22, Développement des Capacités

Type de publication: Rapport d'Activités

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

FAO's Work on Climate Change and Food Security

This visual resource gives an overview of climate change and food security, highlighting FAO’s mandate to achieve food and nutrition security for all. 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: FAO

Thème: Adaptation

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Aménagement des Terres, Adaptation

Type de publication: Ressources Audiovisuelles

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Empowering the Poor: Experience from UNDP supported Initiatives on Adaptation

This guidance document features 12 case studies that illustrate that adaptation and poverty reduction are inherently linked and must be addressed simultaneously. The document particularly stresses the importance of capacity building, empowered communities, private sector engagement and support to the development of institutions and policies.

 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: UNDP, GEF

Thème: Adaptation

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Planification Economique et du Développement, Santé, Adaptation, Emplois verts/Economie, Développement des Capacités

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development

This guidance document has been developed for practitioners in both National Meteorological Services (NMHSs) and National Health Services (NHSs) to outline the issues surrounding the general heat–health problem and present how an understanding of the biometeorology, epidemiology, public-health and risk-communication aspects of heat as a hazard can be used to inform the development of an Heat–Health Warning Systems as part of a wider Heat-Health Action Plan.

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: WHO, WMO

Thème: Santé

Thème: Santé, Adaptation, Sécurité Humaine, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Science, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22, Gouvernance - Général

Type de publication: Document d'Orientation

Date de publication: 2015

Langue: Anglais

Understanding the Drought Impact of El Niño on the Global Agricultural Areas

This technical document aims to enhance understandings of the El Niño phenomenon using FAO’s Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS). The document presents the result of FAO’s monitoring of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, among other weather-related hazards, with a special focus on the potential impacts on the agricultural sector. 

Télécharger le fichier: English

Organisation: FAO

Thème: Science

Thème: Agriculture et Alimentation, Environnement, Adaptation, Réduction/Gestion des risques, Science, Liste des Publications des Nations Unies COP22

Type de publication: Document Analytique-Technique

Date de publication: 2014

Langue: Anglais