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Atmospheric brown clouds: Regional assessment report with focus on Asia
This report, written by a team of international scientists and published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), explores the effects of 'atmospheric brown clouds'(ABCs) on regional climate, agriculture and human health. ABCs are large plumes of pollutant gases that result from burning fossil...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
A Technical Guide to Carbon Sequestration
Concerns over climate change may soon force drastic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. In response to this challenge, it may prove necessary to render fossil fuels environmentally acceptable by capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide until other inexpensive, clean and plentiful technologies...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2003 | EN
International emissions trading and global climate change
Several factors influence the costs of greenhouse gas mitigation. This report illustrates the importance of one such factor -- international emissions trading -- in reducing the costs of carbon control. The authors argue that an international greenhouse gas emissions trading regime will...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: December 1999 | EN
Transportation in developing countries: an overview of greenhouse gas reduction strategies
Worldwide, greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster in transportation than in any other sector. Rapid motorisation -- more cars and trucks -- is the principal cause. This report focuses on the challenges faced by developing countries in accommodating and managing motorisation and the demand for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: May 2002 | EN
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Easier REDD than done
Designing a framework for reducing forest emissions that will live up to expectations will be hard
A climate for disease?
Will climate change worsen the burden of insect-borne disease? The scientific jury is still out
