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Understanding pollutant emissions from Europe's cities
EEA, 2013Highlights from the EU Air Implementation Pilot project: This brochure, produced by the EEA, summarises findings on local scale emission inventories from the EU Air Implementation Pilot project. It also highlights sources of information and guidance for those compiling city inventories.
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Trend and variation [video]
NRK, 2012Animated short on statistics from Norwegian infotainment program Siffer. Produced by TeddyTV for NRK. Animation by Ole Christoffer Haga
Community disaster preparedness guide
This document contains practical information on preparing and recovery from the effects of disaster events which may affect the British Virgin Islands. It includes hazard-specific safety tips and information on personal, family, business and community preparedness and protection. It considers the following hazards: flood, hurricane, including tides and surge, earthquake and tsunami, extreme heat and drought, as well as climate change.
This document is a revision of the 2005 Community Disaster Preparedness Handbook with updated information, pictures and with more colour. Its pro ...
Climate change in the South Caucasus: a virtual synthesis
ENVSEC, 2011This publication aims to communicate the known facts of climate change in a well illustrated, easily understandable manner, accessible to everyone. For this we could rely on the rich Caucasian tradition of geographic analysis, map making and visual arts.
Introduction to disaster risk reduction
This document gives an introduction to the concepts related to disaster risk reduction (DRR): disaster, risk, hazard, vulnerability, copying capacity, resilience, emergency and disaster management, DRR and disaster risk management. It describes the interaction between hazards, vulnerability and disaster risk, then presents a detailed explanation of these concepts. It also introduces a framework for DRR and addresses cross-cutting issues such as development, governance, gender and climate change adaptation.
Climate Sense
Published in Leicester, England by Tudor Rose, the book was launched on the occasion of the World Climate Conference-3 (31 August - 4 September 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland). It illustrates the critical role played by nations and organizations in providing the necessary weather and climate data and products.
Climate Sense brings together the authoritative views of numerous international, regional, national and local experts and stakeholders actively engaged in weather, climate and water observations, research, services and policy-making.
Climate Sense describes the contributions o ...
Das Klima ändert - was nun? : Der neue UN-Klimabericht (IPCC 2007) und die wichtigsten Ergebnisse aus Sicht der Schweiz
OcCC, 2008Über 1300 Forscherinnen und Forscher aus der internationalen Wissenschaftsgemeinde haben in mehrjähriger Arbeit den 4. IPCC-Bericht zum Wissensstand des globalen Klimawandels (AR4) erarbeitet. Dieser wurde vom zwischenstaatlichen Ausschuss der Vereinten Nationen (IPCC) 2007 veröffentlicht. Im OcCC-Bericht «Das Klima ändert - was nun?» werden die für die Schweiz wichtigsten Resultate zusammengefasst und mit weiteren aktuellen Ergebnissen aus der schweizerischen Forschung ergänzt.
Le climat change - que faire? : le nouveau rapport des Nations Unies sur le climat (GIEC 2007) et ses principaux résultats dans l'optique de la Suisse
OcCC, 2008Ce rapport de L'OcCC est un travail d'adaptation pour la Suisse du rapport récemment publié par le GIEC et il essaie de découvrir les conséquences qui nous attendent vers la fin de ce siècle. Il présente aussi des mesures et des stratégies pour réagir au niveau de la politique nationale, de l'économie et la société pour remédier aux impacts attendus les plus négatifs.
Uniting on climate 2007 : a guide to the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
UNFCCC, 2007This guide provides an overview of the Convention’s and Protocol’s evolution, as well as providing an overview of the commitments that countries have taken on so far. It also outlines several of the building blocks already understood to be needed for an ambitious post-2012 climate change framework – the type of international framework that can bring about emission reductions in line with what science tells us in needed whilst generating essential and significant funding for adaptation.
Unidos por el clima : guía de la Convención sobre el Cambio Climático y el Protocolo de Kyoto
UNFCCC, 2007En esta guía se presenta un panorama general de la evolución de la Convención y el Protocolo y de los compromisos que los países han asumido hasta ahora. Asimismo, se esbozan varios de los elementos básicos que se necesitarán para instaurar un ambicioso marco del cambio climático después de 2013, es decir, un marco internacional que pueda conseguir la reducción de las emisiones en la forma recomendada por los conocimientos científicos disponibles al mismo tiempo que se genera un volumen significativo de la financiación imprescindible para la adaptación.
Operational hydrology report (OHR), 49. Guidelines on the role, operation and management of National Hydrological Services
Providing guidance to the senior managers of Hydrological Services, on the key issues they might face, as they lead, manage and administer their services. All aspects of management are reviewed: strategic planning, human resources management, financial management, marketing, asset management, process and quality management, relationships with other institutions. This publication is especially important at a time when NHSs worldwide are typically having their mandate expanded from basic hydrology to hydrology in the broader context of sustainable water resources management.
Our Future Climate
Issued for World Meteorological Day 2003, this brochure explains, in terms accessible to the general public, the climate system and the climate change processes, as well as model projections of our future climate with its far-reaching consequences to society. WMO's expertise and networks of NMHSs place it in a foremost position to monitor and project the future state of our climate. The brochure also explains why the unprecedented weather- and climate-related extreme events, such as floods, droughts and tropical cyclones in various parts of the world, are glimpses of what could be awaiting fut ...
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