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UNDP Paper on the ODS Climate Facility and Carbon Markets UNDP - Environment and Energy Group , 2009-11-03 - UNDP Paper on the ODS Climate Facility and Carbon Markets

UNDP - Environment and Energy Group, 9 pages

At the request of the Executive Committee to the Multilateral Fund, the Fund Secretariat has been exploring the possibility of a Facility for Additional Income (‘the Facility’) to address the climate benefits related to the Montreal Protocol’s activities. The Fund Secretariat has issued two papers on ...

Posted: 2009-11-03 Downloads: 89 | Download Now! Reviews: 0 Rating: not rated yet
Handbook for Conducting Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change UNDP and UNFCCC Secretariat, 2009-09 - Handbook for Conducting Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change

UNDP & UNFCCC Secretariat, 178 pages

This advance document of the updated Technology Needs Assessment Handbook (TNA) provides a detailed framework for the development and implementation of technology needs assessments and in particular in the development of technology programmes and strategies in developing countries. The handbook is developed ...

Posted: 2009-09-29 Downloads: 225 | Download Now! Reviews: 0 Rating: not rated yet
Brazil: Early Retirement of Refrigerators and ODS Banks Management/Destruction UNDP - Environment and Energy Group , 2009-07-02 - Brazil: Early Retirement of Refrigerators and ODS Banks Management/Destruction

UNDP - Environment and Energy Group, 8 pages

Although the production and consumption of CFCs in Brazil have been successfully phased out under the Montreal Protocol, there is a significant residual amount of CFCs still found in equipment currently in operation. In the domestic refrigeration sector it is estimated that there are 50 million units ...

Posted: 2009-11-03 Downloads: 43 | Download Now! Reviews: 0 Rating: not rated yet
Ghana: Integrated Plan for Energy Efficiency, Climate Mitigation and ODS Reduction for the Refrigeration Sector UNDP - Environment and Energy Group , 2009-07-02 - Ghana: Integrated Plan for Energy Efficiency, Climate Mitigation and ODS Reduction for the Refrigeration Sector

UNDP - Environment and Energy Group, 4 pages

Various individual programmes targeting the refrigeration sector in Ghana are currently being formulated or are ongoing. As such, one of the conclusions from the HCFC inception workshop held in Accra from 15-16 June 2009, was the need for an Integrated Plan for Energy Efficiency, Climate Mitigation ...

Posted: 2009-11-03 Downloads: 43 | Download Now! Reviews: 0 Rating: not rated yet
Phasing Out Ozone Depleting substances: Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding the Global Climate UNDP - Environment and Energy Group , 2009-07-02 - Phasing Out Ozone Depleting substances: Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding the Global Climate

UNDP - Environment and Energy Group

HCFCs were due to be phased out in developed and developing countries by 2030 and 2040, respectively. Under the adjusted Montreal Protocol from 2007, HCFCs will be fully phased out in 2020 by developed countries and in 2030 by developing countries, allowing only a small percentage to be used for servicing ...

Posted: 2009-11-03 Downloads: 26 | Download Now! Reviews: 0 Rating: not rated yet
Managing Chemicals for Sustainable Development UNDP - Environment and Energy Group - Ozone Depleting Substances and Chemicals Cluster, 2009-04-27 - Managing Chemicals for Sustainable Development

UNDP/BDP/EEG: Ozone Depleting Substances and Chemicals Cluster, 28 pages

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) promotes sound management of chemicals as an important aspect of our work to reduce global poverty and promote human health. We at UNDP advocate for the importance of addressing issues related to chemicals management and chemically-linked pollution in ...

Posted: 2009-04-27 Downloads: 790 | Download Now! Reviews: 1 Rating:
Fast Facts: UNDP and Climate Change UNDP, 2008-01-31 - Fast Facts: UNDP and Climate Change

UNDP, 2 pages

UNDP and Climate Change: The Bali Action Plan on climate change will take the world community on one of the most complex and ambitious global negotiation processes ever over the next two years. Between now and December 2009, we are being offered an unprecedented opportunity to rethink the structure, ...

Posted: 2007-11-27 Downloads: 1302 | Download Reviews: 1 Rating:
Uruguay: El cambio climático aquí y ahora UNDP Uruyguay, 2007-12-20 - Uruguay: El cambio climático aquí y ahora

UNDP Uruyguay, 39 pages

Este documento, que acompaña al Informe mundial sobre Desarrollo Humano 2007-2008, tiene por fin brindar un panorama general sobre la situación del cambio climático en Uruguay. Se trata de un material de divulgación que, sin pretender hacer un relevamiento exhaustivo de la información existente, resume ...

Posted: 2008-01-02 Downloads: 3018 | Download Now! Reviews: 1 Rating:
OP-ED - Climate Change and Development: The central challenge of our time UNDP Administrator, Kemal Dervis, 2007-11-28 - OP-ED - Climate Change and Development: The central challenge of our time

UNDP, 2 pages

Imagine that a huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. Scientists tell us that there is a ten percent chance of a collision in 10 years and the consequences of its impact will be catastrophic. Your government advises you not to panic and reminds you that there is a 90 percent chance that the asteroid ...

Posted: 2007-11-29 Downloads: 1189 | Download Reviews: 1 Rating:
Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008, 2007-11-27 - Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world

UNDP, 399 pages

Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. Failure to respond to that challenge will stall and then reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. The poorest countries and most vulnerable citizens will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks, even though ...

Posted: 2007-11-27 Downloads: 1165 | Download Now! Reviews: 1 Rating:

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