Climate change: information kit.

Author(s) : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE), WMO, IUCC

Type of monograph: Other

Summary

Series of information sheets (30) on different topics including: greenhouse effect, gases and aerosols; how will greenhouse gas levels/climate change in the future; has climate change already begun; evidence from climate models and from past climates; adapting to the impacts of climate change; agriculture and food security; biological diversity and ecosystems; water resources; human health; infrastructure, industry, and human settlements; climate disasters and extreme events; the international response to climate change: a history; the Climate Change Convention; what is the Convention's objective?; how human activities produce greenhouse gases; limiting emissions: the challenge for policymakers; crafting policies that are cost-efficient; new energy and transportation technologies and policies; new approaches to forestry and agriculture; data on greenhouse gas emissions and sources.

Details

  • Original title: Climate change: information kit.
  • Record ID : 1997-3701
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Publication: Unep, Information Unit for Conventions - Switzerland/Switzerland
  • Publication date: 1997/02
  • Source: Source: 60 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; tabl.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.