This list contains 55 entry(ies).
Author(s):
- Alexander, Sasha
- Dudley, Nigel
Organization(s):
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
Using case studies from Nepal, India and Thailand, this paper explores challenges and governance options that can accept social and physical uncertainties and build synergy across the water, energy, and food sectors.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Water Association (IWA)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Climate change is one of the greatest ecological and environmental challenges of our time, and the impacts of climate change disproportionately affect the world's 1.3 billion poor, the majority of whom are women.
Author(s):
- Alam, Mayesha
- Bhatia, Rukmani
- Mawby, Briana
Organization(s):
- Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
This report provides an overview of the water-energy-food nexus in Latin American and the Caribbean, identifying the main challenges and opportunities for achieving water, energy and food security in the region.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Global Canopy Programme
- International Water Association (IWA)
- IUCN Global Water Programme
This paper discusses how natural infrastructure, the networks of land and water that provide services to people, can help decision makers and infrastrucuture managers address interconnected challenges facing water, energy and food systems, often referred to as the "nexus." The paper examines reas
Author(s):
- DiFrancesco, Kara
- Gartner, Todd
- Ozment, Suzanne
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Water Association (IWA)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
In this book, Bernard Amadei addresses the role of engineering in poverty reduction and human development. He introduces a framework to help engineers conduct small-scale projects in communities vulnerable to the consequences of a wide range of adverse events.
Organization(s):
- IUCN India
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
- IUCN Bangladesh
Developed through a literature review and individual consultations with experts and validated through an experts' workshop, this white paper considers the most recent work on the intersection of gender and energy.
Esta guía es un esfuerzo conjunto de apoyo a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, grupos de mujeres e instituciones estatales y no estatales involucradas en el sector energético de América Latina, para incorporar la perspectiva de género en sus políticas y proyectos.
Author(s):
- Rojas, Ana Victoria
- Siles Calvo, Jackeline
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA)
- Organización Latinoamericana de Energía (OLADE)
Das Thema Umwelt wird das 21. Jahrhundert womöglich so prägen, wie kaum ein anderes. Denn Umwelt steht für die Umgebung des Menschen, die auf ihn einwirkt und die er durch sein Handeln beeinflusst. Doch wie ist es um sie bestellt?
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
The 2012 UNEP Year Book spotlights two emerging issues that underline the challenges but also the choices nations need to consider to deliver a sustainable 21st century urgently improved management of the worlds soils and the decommissioning of nuclear reactors.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), AT
- Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), AT
- Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), FJ
- Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Secretariat
- Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), AT
- Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS)
This report explores the economic impact of climate change in Zambia through the assessment of six sectors, agriculture & food security, natural resources, water, energy, health, and infrastructure. The analysis is conducted via scenario planning.
Organization(s):
- UNDP
- Zambia, Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Natural Resources
UNEPs green economy report, Towards a Green Economy, aims to debunk several myths and misconceptions about greening the global economy, and provides timely and practical guidance to policy makers on what reforms they need to unlock the productive and employment potential of a green economy.
Organization(s):
- UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
From introduction: "WWF has a vision of a world that is powered by 100 per cent renewable energy sources by the middle of this century. Unless we make this transition, the world is most likely to avoid predicted escalating impacts of climate change.
Organization(s):
- WWF
- WWF
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), NL
- Ecofys, NL
Previously always at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic has now found its way to the centre of the issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century.
Organization(s):
- International Energy Initiative (IEI)
This paper will review the performance of existing routes in the Middle East and North Africa to glean lessons for proposed pipelines in Southwest Asia.
Organization(s):
- Brookings Institution, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, US
The key message of this publication is that the occurrence of the global economic and financial crisis and the interrelated climate, food, and water crises offers a window of opportunity to embark on a path of more resilient and sustainable economic growth.
Organization(s):
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Cette publication présentée dans le contexte du Programme Régional pour la Conservation Marine et Côtière dAfrique de lOuest (PRCM) succède au volume de 2005 intitulé Gestion environnementale de lexploitation pétrolière offshore et du transport maritime de pétrole.
Author(s):
- Kloff, Sandra
- Wicks, Clive
- Siegel, Paul
Organization(s):
- WWF
- WWF-Senegal
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- UNEP-WCMC
This publication, produced in the context of the Regional Programme for West African Marine and Coastal Conservation (PRCM), is a successor to a 2005 volume entitled "Environmental management of offshore oil exploitation and maritime oil transport." The book helped us to better understand the env
Author(s):
- Kloff, Sandra
- Wicks, Clive
- Siegel, Paul
Organization(s):
- WWF
- WWF-Senegal
- Programme régional de conservation de la zone côtière et marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)
- IUCN
- IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
- UNEP-WCMC
Author(s):
- Girardet, Herbert
- Mendonça, Miguel
This publication has been prepared as part of the Flow Assessment Component of the Pangani River Basin Management Project.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Regional Programme
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Pangani Basin Water Office (PBWO), TZ
This study entailed a review of the existing literature relevant to agriculture policy, water policy and the status of various conventions/protocols to which Pakistan is a signatory. It identifies the gaps and makes recommendations on ways and means to address the gaps in the existing documents.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Pakistan
- Pakistan, [Government]
- Royal Norwegian Embassy, PK
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
Author(s):
- Williamson, Laura
- McCormick, Nadine
Organization(s):
- HELIO International
- IUCN, Energy, Ecosystems and Livelihood Initiative
Author(s):
- Keam, S.
- McCormick, Nadine
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Italy, Italian Cooperation
Organization(s):
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Marine News is the IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme e-newsletter.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine Programme
This publication argues that the harnessing of hydrogen and fuel cells will spawn a new economic revolution in the 21st century. The new energy regime has the potential to be sustainable, non-polluting, and to provide a decentralized and democratic source of power.
This publication considers the crucial question -- how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere.
Organization(s):
- Energy Charter Secretariat, BE
Author(s):
- Khan, Suleman Wali
- Joyia, Muhammad Fiaz
Organization(s):
- IUCN Pakistan, Northern Areas Programme
- Pakistan, Northern Areas, Planning and Development Department
Organization(s):
- WEHAB Working Group
- United Nations
Organization(s):
- International Council for Science (ICSU)
- IUCN
Organization(s):
- European Commission, Directorate-General XII, Science Research and Development
- ETSU
Author(s):
- Dalal-Clayton, D. B. (D. Barry)
- Hughes, Ross
- Roe, Dilys
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Organization(s):
- UNDP
- World Bank, Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
Author(s):
- Park, Wayne
- Bender, Stephen O.
Organization(s):
- World Bank, Economic Development Institute
Organization(s):
- United States, AID
- CBY Associates, Inc., US
Author(s):
- Deleage, J. P.
- Souchon, C.
Organization(s):
- Unesco-UNEP International Environmental Education Programme
Organization(s):
- United Nations Sudano Sahelian Office (UNSO)
- UNEP
Options Magazine presents IIASA and its latest research for a non-specialist audience.
Organization(s):
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), AT
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