Climate change

The meeting brought together 20 international heritage experts on climate change from 15 countries with the aim of discussing the update of the Policy Document on the Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties, adopted by the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention in 2007. The expert group was tasked to discuss the implementation to date of the 2007 policy document, the potential contents of an updated policy and to provide inputs to

Options Magazine presents IIASA and its latest research for a non-specialist audience.

An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist.

Charcoal is widely used for cooking and heating in developing countries. The consumption of charcoal has been at high level and the demand may keep growing over the next decades, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The overall objective of the publication is to provide data and information to allow for informed decision-making on the contribution sustainable charcoal production and consumption can make to climate change mitigation.

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Unit A2 1: Physical Processes, Landforms and Management

Option A Plate Tectonics – Theory and Outcomes; Option B Tropical Ecosystems – Nature and Sustainability; Option C Dynamic Coastal Environments; Option D Climate Change – Past and Present

Claro e concreto na abordagem da complexidade amazônica, este livro tem como foco a gestão do grande bioma em seus múltiplos aspectos. Expõe fluentemente as questões dominantes no debate interno ou externo sobre os seus principais desafios: biodiversidade, riqueza hídrica, ideias e projetos, desmatamento, conflitos, quadro social, estratégias empresariais. Isso é feito de forma clara, traço marcante da obra do autor.

This book conveys how sustainable land management practices are helping shape a sustainable future for people and the planet. It demonstrates how human ingenuity is largely driving innovations in soil, land, water, and vegetation management around the world. And it describes how harnessing natural, social, and cultural capital is addressing fundamental needs for livelihood and well-being—food, water, energy, and wealth—while delivering global environmental benefits.

Climate change poses serious threats to many coastal and marine systems, including those being managed as protected areas. The following manual describes an approach – Climate Adaptation Methodology for Protected Areas (CAMPA): Coastal and Marine – for developing climate adaptation measures in the management of coastal and marine protected areas. 

Climate change poses serious threats to many coastal and marine systems, including those being managed as protected areas. The following manual describes an approach – Climate Adaptation Methodology for Protected Areas (CAMPA): Coastal and Marine – for developing climate adaptation measures in the management of coastal and marine protected areas.