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Atmosphere
Emerging Issues
Major Assessments
WHO
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 Climate
change and human health - risks and responses 
Released by WHO on 11 December 2003.
by A.J. McMichael, D.H. Campbell-Lendrum, C.F. Corvalán, K.L.
Ebi, A. Githeko, J.D. Scheraga and A. Woodward, 250 pages. ISBN 92
4 156248 X
This book, published by WHO in collaboration with UNEP and WMO, describes
the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely
impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should
respond, with particular focus on the health sector.
UNEP
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 Emmission
Tradings: Climate Change Working Group Statement by UNEP Finance Initiative
(PDF)
UNEP, 2003. Released at UNFCCC COP 9.
CCWG Emissions Trading CEO Briefing.
The report is available for download in pdf format.
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CLIMATE
CHANGE and Winter Sports: Environmental and Economic Threats - 2003
(DOC)
IOC/UNEP, 2003. 5th World Conference
on Sport and Environment, Turin 2-3 December 2003.
Rolf Bürki, Hans Elsasser, Bruno Abegg.
The report is available for download in word format.
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CLIMATE CHANGE & THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES INDUSTRY: Module 1 & 2 - 2002
Prepared by the UNEP FI Climate Change
Working Group. July 2002.
The study shows why climate change is relevant to the financial services
industry and explains the need for long-term, market-based, frameworks
to foster finance sector participation.
The two modules can be downloaded in PDF format:
Module
1 - 432 Kb
Module
2 - 276 Kb
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 THE
ASIAN BROWN CLOUD: Climate and other Environmental Impacts
UNEP/C4; 2002. Thailand: United Nations
Environment Programme Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP RRC.AP), 9th August. ISBN: 92-807-2240-9.
Report commissioned by UNEP and prepared by the Center for Clouds,
Chemistry and Climate (C4).
It is a seven-year study by 200 scientists indicating that the "Asian
Brown Cloud" reduces the amount of solar radiation reaching the ground,
leading to a drop in crop productivity, as well as trapping heat,
altering rainfall and causing deadly respiratory diseases.
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 PROTECTING
THE OZONE LAYER, The United Nations History - 2002
Stephen O Andersen and K Madhava Sarma
(UNEP); 2002. 513p. ISBN 1853839051
This book tells the story of the ozone layer and how the Montreal
Protocol averted a grave threat to the whole of humanity through the
destruction of this layer.
UNFCCC
- NATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS FROM PARTIES INCLUDED IN ANNEX I TO THE CONVENTION COMPILATION
AND SYNTHESIS OF THIRD NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS (PDF)
FCCC/SBI/2003/7. 16 May 2003. This is the
executive summary of the compilation and synthesis report on third national
communications from Annex I Parties. It summarizes information presented
in the other parts of the report (FCCC/SBI/2003/7/Add.1–4). This
document provides an overview of trends in greenhouse gas emissions
in the period 1990–2000, highlights major policies and measures
of Annex I Parties, presents an overview of projections of emissions
and covers other information provided by Parties in their national communications.
UN
- PROTECTION
OF THE ATMOSPHERE - Report of the Secretary-General (PDF)
E/CN.17/2001/PC/12. Prepared by the World
Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme
as task managers for chapter 9 of Agenda 21, with contributions from
other United Nations agencies and international organizations. March
2001.
WMO/UNEP
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SCIENTFIC
ASSESSMENT OF OZONE DEPLETION: 2002 (executive summary) (PDF)
Released by WMO/UNEP on 23 August 2002
It contains the most up-to-date understanding of ozone depletion and
reflects the thinking of 250 international scientific experts who
contributed to its preparation and review. The full report is being
prepared for publication. Printed copies will be available in April
2003.
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SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF OZONE
DEPLETION - 1998
WMO Ozone Report No. 44.
The Executive Summary is summarized under Ozone
depletion on the Emerging Issues page for Agenda 21 Chapter 9.
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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF OZONE
DEPLETION - 1997
Interim Summary, September 1997. Issued
by the Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, Nairobi.
IUCN/UNEP
IPCC (WMO/UNEP)
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 CLIMATE
CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY IPCC Technical Paper V - 2002 (PDF)
IPCC; April 2002. 77 p. ISBN 92-9169-104-7
This is a Technical Paper of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change prepared in response to a request from the United Nations Convention
on Biological Diversity.
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IPCC
THIRD ASSESSMENT REPORT : CLIMATE CHANGE 2001
Vol.
I - CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS - January 2001
Vol.
II - CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION & VULNERABILITY
- February 2001
Vol.
III - CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: MITIGATION - March 2001
Vol.
IV - CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: SYNTHESIS REPORT - September 2001
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METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER - 2000
IPCC
Special Report - Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Jan-Willem Martens,
Sascha Van Rooijen and Laura Van Wie Mcgrory (Eds.) - Cambridge University
Press, UK. 432 p.
Available from Cambridge
University Press
Summary for Policymakers
IPCC,
Geneva, Switzerland. 8 p.
Available from IPCC
Secretariat in English,
French,
Spanish
and Russian.
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EMISSIONS SCENARIOS - 2000
IPCC
Special Report
Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Rob Swart (Eds.) - Cambridge University Press,
UK. 570 p.
Available from Cambridge
University Press
Summary for Policymakers
IPCC,
Geneva, Switzerland. 20 p.
Available from IPCC
Secretariat in English,
French, Spanish
and Russian.
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LAND USE, LAND-USE CHANGE, AND
FORESTRY - 2000
IPCCSpecial Report
Robert T. Watson, Ian R. Noble, Bert Bolin, N. H. Ravindranath, David
J. Verardo and David J. Dokken (Eds.) - Cambridge University Press,
UK. 375 p.
Available from Cambridge University Press
Summary for Policymakers
IPCC,
Geneva, Switzerland. 20 p.
Available from IPCC
Secretariat in English,
French,
Spanish
and Russian.
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CLIMATE CHANGE 1995
WMO/UNEP Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Second Assessment Report. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
World Bank
WRI
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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 CLIMATE
CHANGE MITIGATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Brazil, China, India, Mexico,
South Africa, and Turkey
- 2002
William Chandler, Roberto Schaeffer, Zhou
Dadi, P.R. Shukla, Fernando Tudela, Ogunlade Davidson, Sema Alpan-Atamer;
Oct 2002.
For each of the six countries, the report profiles energy and emissions
sources, identifies measures contributing to climate mitigation, and
evaluates the potential for future mitigation.
Earlier assessment
1994 Report of the Halon Fire Extinguishing
Agents Technical Options Committee
1994 Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel - 1995 Assessment
1994 Report of the Aerosols Sterilants and Miscellaneous Uses and Carbon
Tetrachloride Technical Options Committee
1994 Report of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee, 1995 Assessment
1994 Report of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Technical
Options Committee, 1995 Assessment
1994 Report of the Flexible and Rigid Foams Technical Options Committee,
1995 Assessment
1994 Report of the Solvents, Coatings and Adhesives Technical Options
Committee, 1995 Assessment
Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Part I, II, III, IV, V, and
VI, March 1996 Report
UNEP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Vol. I & II, April 1997
Report
Issued by the Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, Nairobi.
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CARBON,
FORESTS AND PEOPLE: Towards the integrated management of carbon sequestration,
the environment and sustainable livelihoods
BUILDING
ON THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: Options for Protecting the Climate
