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London's environment revealed

Submitted by susan on Mon, 2011-08-08 16:26

State of the Environment Report for London, June 2011.

 
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Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
London
United Kingdom (UK)
Urban Air Quality
Green Spaces
Public Transport
Water Quality
Climate Change
Water Resources
Waste Management
Floods
Biodiversity
Publisher : 
Environment Agency
Attachment(s): 
SOE-2011-report.pdf
Main Topic: 
Environment
Place of Publication: 
UK
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Herbicide tolerance and GM crops: Why the world should round up glyphosate

Submitted by susan on Fri, 2011-08-05 13:12

Herbicide tolerance and GM crops: Why the world should round up glyphosate, is a report created by Greenpeace and GM Freeze, UK, that  is based on about 200 scientific studies recently published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. It presents the current scientific evidence of the harm caused by glyphosate.

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Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Attachment(s): 
363 - GlyphoReportDEF-LR.pdf
Main Topic: 
Pesticides And Toxins
Publisher : 
Greenpeace International
Herbicide
GM Crops
Pesticides And Toxins
Health Effects
Argentina
Paraguay
Pesticide Residues
Pesticide Use
Global
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Health in the green economy: health co-benefits of climate change mitigation housing sector

Submitted by sheeja on Thu, 2011-06-02 04:30

The WHO has launched a report on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the housing sector, the first of a new series of reports on health in the green economy.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
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Climate Change
Housing
Environmental Health
Climate Mitigation
Developing Countries
India
Green House Gases
Health Effects
Climate Impacts
IPCC
Diseases
Publisher : 
World Health Organization
Attachment(s): 
hgehousing.pdf
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Place of Publication: 
Geneva
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Draft national climate change policy for Sri Lanka

Submitted by sheeja on Thu, 2011-06-02 04:30

This draft of the National Climate Change Policy for Sri Lanka contains a a vision, mission, goal and a set of guiding principles followed by broad policy statements under Vulnerability, Adaptation, Mitigation, Sustainable Consumption and Production and Knowledge Management.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
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Climate Change
Sri Lanka
Climate Impacts
Climate Adaptation
Climate Mitigation
Sustainable Development
Green House Gases
Technology Transfer
South Asia
Publisher : 
Ministry of Environment (Sri Lanka)
Attachment(s): 
CC_Policy_English.pdf
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Place of Publication: 
Sri Lanka
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National Advisory Council (NAC) note of recommendations on the Land Acquisition and Resettlement & Rehabilitation Bill

Submitted by sheeja on Wed, 2011-06-01 19:00

Two important and related Bills are under consideration of the Government of India.  These are the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill,2009 and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009.  The first proposes amendments to the Land Acquisition Act 1894, and the latter a statutory framework for Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of persons displaced and affected by any development

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Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Attachment(s): 
la_billl.pdf
Land Acquisition
Land Act 1894
Rehabilitation
Displacement
India
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi
Publisher : 
National Advisory Council
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Agricultural monitoring and evaluation systems: what can we learn for the MRV of agricultural NAMAs?

Submitted by sheeja on Wed, 2011-06-01 09:30

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has released a working paper titled "Agricultural Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: What can we learn for the MRV of agricultural NAMAs?"  The paper describes an existing monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system for a large scale grass cultivation programme in China and explores attributes of the MRV system that are consistent wit

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Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Climate Change
Climate Mitigation
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV)
China
Agriculture
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
UNFCCC
Publisher : 
World Agroforestry Centre
Attachment(s): 
Agricultural Monitoring.pdf
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Author: 
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Andreas Wilkes
Wang Shiping
Timm Tennigkeit
Place of Publication: 
Beijing
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State and trends of the carbon market 2011

Submitted by sheeja on Wed, 2011-06-01 09:30

During the Carbon Expo taking place in Barcelona, Spain, the World Bank released the 2011 edition of its State and Trends of the Carbon Market Report, which indicates a slight decline in carbon markets compared to 2009.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
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Carbon Market
EU-ETS
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Certified Emission Reduction
Climate Mitigation
India
Global
REDD
Finance
Carbon Offset
Emissions Trading
Climate Change
Publisher : 
The World Bank
Attachment(s): 
StateAndTrend_LowRes.pdf
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Place of Publication: 
Washington DC
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Improving food security for vulnerable communities in Nepal

Submitted by sheeja on Wed, 2011-06-01 09:30

This case study describes the struggle faced by poor communities in
highland Nepal to produce and buy sufficient food. It explores how Oxfam is working with local organizations to provide sustainable long-term and short-term responses to the problems of food insecurity and climate change in the region.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
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Food Security
Nepal
Climate Change
Agriculture
Food Supply
Water Management
Publisher : 
Oxfam International
Attachment(s): 
cs-improving-food-security-nepal-010611-en.pdf
Main Topic: 
Agriculture
Place of Publication: 
UK

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