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Using scenarios to improve understanding of environment and security issues

EEA, 2012

Analysing the security risks resulting from climate change is essential for effective policy-making. The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) is running the joint project 'Security implications of climate change in the OSCE regions' with the aim of improving understanding of the links between global megatrends and environment, and the security of food, fuel and water in different regions. It also aims to enhance cooperation and networking among the main institutions addressing climate security issues. A participatory-based scenario-bu ...

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Using scenarios to improve understanding of environment and security issues

  Available online: http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/using-scenarios-brochure-2012/at_download/ [...]
European Environment Agency
Published by: EEA ; 2012
Analysing the security risks resulting from climate change is essential for effective policy-making. The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) is running the joint project 'Security implications of climate change in the OSCE regions' with the aim of improving understanding of the links between global megatrends and environment, and the security of food, fuel and water in different regions. It also aims to enhance cooperation and networking among the main institutions addressing climate security issues. A participatory-based scenario-building approach was used as a tool to help explore the complex and uncertain impacts stemming from climate change. This brochure provides a project overview, which includes the results of workshops carried out so far.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Environment and landscape ; Climate change ; Water accessibility ; Food Safety ; Western Europe ; Central Asia ; Region VI - Europe Add tag

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Climate ExChange

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Tudor Rose, 2012

Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.

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Climate ExChange

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Event: Technical Conference on Climate Services (26-28 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland) ; Event: World Meteorological Congress extraordinary session (29-31 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland)
Published by: Tudor Rose ; 2012
Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-9568561-3-5
Tags: Climate ; Weather service ; Climate services ; Agroclimatology ; Human health ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Case/ Case study ; Kenya ; Senegal ; Sweden ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; China ; Mozambique ; Australia ; Colombia ; Armenia ; Hong Kong, China ; New Zealand ; India ; Indonesia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Chile ; Central America ; Mongolia ; Bay of Bengal ; France ; Central Asia ; Region I - Africa ; United Republic of Tanzania ; North America ; Caribbean ; Uruguay ; Samoa ; Qatar Add tag

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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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From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Europe and Central Asia

  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.org

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Environment and landscape ; Gender ; Sustainable development ; Green economy ; Region VI - Europe ; Region II - Asia ; Central Asia Add tag

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Environment and security in the AMU Darya Basin

UNEP, 2011

The report highlights water, agriculture, energy and climate change issues in Central Asia’s Amu Darya River Basin.

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Environment and security in the AMU Darya Basin

  Available online: http://www.envsec.org/publications/AmuDarya-EN-Web.pdf
United Nations Environment Programme
Published by: UNEP ; 2011
The report highlights water, agriculture, energy and climate change issues in Central Asia’s Amu Darya River Basin.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Water ; Drinking water supply ; Natural hazards ; Impact studies ; Central Asia ; Tajikistan ; Afghanistan ; Uzbekistan ; Turkmenistan Add tag

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Report of the Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian Region: a Call to Action = Региональная конференция «Кодекс ведения ответственного рыбного хозяйства ФАО 1995 года в Центрально-азиатском регионе: Призыв к действию», Ташкент, Узбекистан, 8-10 апреля 2008 г.

FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 866)

The Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian region: a call to action was organized by the Center for Development of Fishery of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan, in close technical collaboration with FAO and with organizational support from the State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Institute of Water Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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Report of the Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian Region: a Call to Action

Other titles:
Региональная конференция «Кодекс ведения ответственного рыбного хозяйства ФАО 1995 года в Центрально-азиатском регионе: Призыв к действию», Ташкент, Узбекистан, 8-10 апреля 2008 г.
  Available online: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0301b/i0301b00.htm
Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia)
Event: Event: Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian Region a Call to Action (8-10 April 2008; Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Published by: FAO ; 2008
The Regional Workshop on the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in the Central Asian region: a call to action was organized by the Center for Development of Fishery of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan, in close technical collaboration with FAO and with organizational support from the State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Institute of Water Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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Региональная конференция «Кодекс ведения ответственного рыбного хозяйства ФАО 1995 года в Центрально-азиатском регионе: Призыв к действию» была организована Научно- исследовательским центром развития рыбоводства Министерства сельского и водного хозяйства Республики Узбекистан при технической помощи ФАО и организационной поддержке Государственного комитета Республики Узбекистан по охране природы и Института водных проблем Академии наук Республики Узбекистан.

Collection(s) and Series: FAO Fisheries Report- No. 866
Language(s): English, Russian

Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Environment and landscape ; Fishing ; Fisheries ; Sustainable agriculture ; Central Asia Add tag

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GCOS, 94. Report of the GCOS Regional Workshop for Central Asia on Improving Observing Systems for Climate

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2005 (WMO/TD-No. 1248)

English, Russian

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The Aral Sea: Water, Climate and Enviromnental Change in Central Asia

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2005 (WMO-No. 982)

The situation in and around the Aral Sea is one of the worst human-made environmental crises of the 20th century. This book reveals the history behind this slow-onset, creeping environmental problem and hopes to help prevent similar situations in future.

English, Russian

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Аральское море: водные проблемы, климат и изменение окружающей среды в Центральной Азии

BMO, 2005 (BMO-No. 982)

Russian, English

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ГСНК, 94. Отчет регионального семинара ГСНК для центральной азии по улучшению систем наблюдений за климатом

Всемирная Метеорологическая Организация (BMO); Программа ООН по окружающей среде (ЮНЕП); Международного совета по науке (ICSU); et al. - BMO, 2005 (ВMO/TД-No. 1248)

Russian, English

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Meteorological and hydrological services in support of sustainable development in the newly independant states: (Europe and Central Asia)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - WMO, 1995

English

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