State of global environmental governance 2022
With the pent-up need for countries to agree how to address climate finance, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and other pressing environmental issues, a tidal wave of in-person negotiations swept
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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Securing a sustainable future in the Arctic
In recent decades, the Arctic has undergone major environmental, socio-economic and political changes. The rapid loss of Arctic ice is having negative consequences on northern communities and lifestyles, on iconic species such as the polar bear, and is altering the ecology of the Arctic ocean and the permafrost lands.
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UN convention to combat desertification from 3-14 Nov. 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey
The seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7) was held in Istanbul, Turkey back to back with the First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), from 3 to 14 November 2008, at the invitation of the Government of Turkey. For detailed day by day output: http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cric7/
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Vulnerability of North African countries to climatic changes: adaptation and implementation strategies for climate change
Climate data gathered in the region during 20th century indicate heating, estimated at more than 1