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United Kingdom peer review report 2013 - Building resilience to disasters: implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015)
UN/ISDR, 2013This report presents the first peer review undertaken to assess progress in the implementation at national level of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA), under which Member States of the United Nations have committed to policy action. It aims to: 1) establish state-of-the-art approaches to each of the HFA Priorities for Action; 2) identify good practices and shortcomings/areas needing improvement; and 3) develop recommendations to achieve further progress.
United Kingdom peer review report 2013 - Building resilience to disasters: implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015)
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/32996_32996hfaukpeerreview20131.pdf
European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection DG ; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ; United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Published by: UN/ISDR ; 2013This report presents the first peer review undertaken to assess progress in the implementation at national level of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA), under which Member States of the United Nations have committed to policy action. It aims to: 1) establish state-of-the-art approaches to each of the HFA Priorities for Action; 2) identify good practices and shortcomings/areas needing improvement; and 3) develop recommendations to achieve further progress.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; Case/ Case study ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia
UNDP, 2012"A report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future."
Source: iisd.org
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Available online: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/From%20T [...]
United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Environment Programme ; United Nations Industrial Development Organization ; International Labour Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) ; World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Switzerland) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Published by: UNDP ; 2012"A report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future."
Source: iisd.orgLanguage(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Gender ; Sustainable development ; Green economy ; Region VI - Europe ; Region II - Asia ; Central Asia
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Pollution in the open oceans: a review of assessments and related studies
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); et al. - GESAMP, 2009
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection ; United Nations Environment Programme ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ; United Nations Industrial Development Organization ; International Maritime Organization ; International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna, Austria) ; United Nations
Published by: GESAMP ; 2009Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-92-807-2996-2
Tags: Oceans ; Marine environment ; Water pollution ; Case/ Case study
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Comprehensive assessment of the freshwater resources of the world
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations (UN); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); et al. - WMO, 1997Few would dispute that urban water systems should be both healthy and sustainable. Ideally, along with efficiency, these are central pillars in every urban water strategy. Unfortunately, the narrow pursuit of health can undermine the sustainability of water systems, and vice versa. Such trade-offs must not be rationalised away, but recognised in order to develop diversified and better aimed water strategies. It is crude policies, such as promoting health by providing free water for all, or promoting sustainability by charging everyone high prices, that create the steepest trade-offs. Trade-off ...
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Environment Programme ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; World Bank ; World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) ; United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Published by: WMO, SEI ; 1997Few would dispute that urban water systems should be both healthy and sustainable. Ideally, along with efficiency, these are central pillars in every urban water strategy. Unfortunately, the narrow pursuit of health can undermine the sustainability of water systems, and vice versa. Such trade-offs must not be rationalised away, but recognised in order to develop diversified and better aimed water strategies. It is crude policies, such as promoting health by providing free water for all, or promoting sustainability by charging everyone high prices, that create the steepest trade-offs. Trade-offs are far less evident with more sophisticated policies, targeting particular users or uses, and built upon a better understanding of water related disease, hydrology, markets and politics. Our ignorance is however no excuse for inaction: there are many obvious things that need to be done. But nor is the need for action an excuse for remaining ignorant: there remains a great deal of relevance to learn regarding urban water, and how it relates to both health and sustainability.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Water ; Urban zone ; Human health
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