Restoring soils vital to feed world, forestall climate change: experts
Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Reykjavik, and United Nations University 30 Aug 07 Protecting soils claimed as an immediate fix […]
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Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations
United Nations University 27 Jun 07 Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents “the greatest environmental challenge of our times” and
Investors flock to renewable energy and efficiency technologies: UN study
United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Paris 20 Jun 07 Renewables shed fringe image — Transactions
UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
United Nations Environment Programme Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, Denmark 29-Apr-2007 UNEP-led project expands to other developing
Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations
26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of
Experts advise world policies to cope with causes, rising consequences of creeping desertification
14-Dec-2006 United Nations University Joint International Conference Algiers, Dec. 17-19 About 200 experts from 25 countries are convening in Algiers
How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
29 May 06 United Nations Environment Programme / World Bank Without significant gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and
Landslides: Asia has Most; Americas, the Deadliest; Europe, the Costliest; Experts Seek Ways to Mitigate Losses; Danger Said Growing Due to Climate Change, Other Causes
17 Jan 06 United Nations University Asia suffered 220 landslides in the past century – by far the most of
Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
13 Jun 04 United Nations University The number of people worldwide vulnerable to a devastating flood is expected to mushroom
How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of