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Kyoto Protocol - reference manual on accounting of emissions and assigned amount
UNFCCC, 2008This manual is provided as a reference tool to assist Parties included in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereafter referred to as the Convention) (Annex I Parties) in the implementation of their commitments related to the accounting of emissions and assigned amount under the Kyoto Protocol.
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Available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/08_unfccc_kp_ref_manual.pdf
Published by: UNFCCC ; 2008
This manual is provided as a reference tool to assist Parties included in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereafter referred to as the Convention) (Annex I Parties) in the implementation of their commitments related to the accounting of emissions and assigned amount under the Kyoto Protocol.
Language(s): English; Other Languages: Spanish
Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Kyoto Protocol ; Non-specialist public
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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.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
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Available online: http://proclimweb.scnat.ch/portal/ressources/854.pdf
Published by: OcCC ; 2008
Ce 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.
Language(s): French; Other Languages:
Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)ISBN (or other code): 978-3-907630-34-1
Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Non-specialist public ; Switzerland
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Climate office at the Met Office Hadley Centre : informing Government policy into the future
The Met.Office, 2007
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Available online: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/b/1/informing.pdf
The Met Office - Hadley Center ; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom)
Published by: The Met.Office ; 2007Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free) (ill.)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Climate policies ; Non-specialist public ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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.
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Available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/unitingonclimate_eng.pdf
Published by: UNFCCC ; 2007
This 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.
Language(s): English; Other Languages: Spanish
Format: Digital (Free) (ill., charts, maps)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Guide ; Non-specialist public
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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.
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Available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/unitingonclimate_spa.pdf
Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático
Published by: 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.
Language(s): Spanish; Other Languages: English
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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.Permalink![]()
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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 ...PermalinkPermalinkPermalinkPermalink![]()
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Reducing vulnerability to weather and climate extremes
Issued for World Meteorological Day 2002, this brochure outlines the increased vulnerability of people and their environments to weather and climate extremes and the corresponding increase of these hazards over the 1991 2000 decade. It gives an overview of the diversity in weather and climate hazards, their adverse consequences for society and proposes methodologies and tools for risk assessment, monitoring, prediction and early warnings through the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of the World Meteorological Organization. The brochure draws special attention to the 2002 World Summit for ...PermalinkPermalink![]()
Reducción de la vulnerabilidad a los fenómenos meteorológicos y climáticos extremos
Folleto por el Día Meteorológico Mundial 2002Permalink![]()
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Réduction de la vulnérabilité à l'égard des phénomènes météorologiques et climatiques extrêmes
Brochure pour la Journée météorologique mondiale de 2002Permalink![]()
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Fifth WMO Long-term Plan 2000-2009: summary for decision makers
This publication provides a summary of the Fifth WMO Longterm Plan addressed to decision makers to assist in providing them an appreciation of the Plan and the benefits that could be derived from the Plan.Permalink