Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Librarieshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?sort=default&fq=str_location_country:China&fq=str_location_country:Indonesia2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT LibrariesGEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28575/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28575/"><img alt="GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment" title="GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28575/small/"/></a></p><p>This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.</p>GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28576/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28576/"><img alt="GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment" title="GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28576/small/"/></a></p><p>This publication is an overview of major global environmental issues and policy decisions during the course of 2007.</p>Renewables 2010: Global Status Report2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28540/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28540/"><img alt="Renewables 2010: Global Status Report" title="Renewables 2010: Global Status Report" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28540/small/"/></a></p><p>This report describes economic trends in building the capacity of renewable energy in several countries.</p>Winds of Change: East Asia's Sustainable Energy Future2010-07-07T13:45:27-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc25999/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc25999/"><img alt="Winds of Change: East Asia's Sustainable Energy Future" title="Winds of Change: East Asia's Sustainable Energy Future" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc25999/small/"/></a></p><p>This report outlines the strategic direction of the energy sector to meet its growing energy demand in an environmentally-sustainable manner over the next two decades, and presents a pathway of policy frameworks and financing mechanisms to get there. This study found that large-scale deployment of energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies can simultaneously stabilize East Asia’s CO2 emissions by 2025 and significantly improve the local environment and enhance energy security, without compromising economic growth.</p>Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010: Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Finacning2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28505/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28505/"><img alt="Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010: Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Finacning" title="Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010: Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Finacning" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28505/small/"/></a></p><p>This report shows that in spite of the global economic downturn, investment in sustainable energy is still strong.</p>Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28586/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28586/"><img alt="Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development" title="Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28586/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses some vital services that natural ecosystems contribute to human health and development.</p>UNEP Year Book 2009: New Science in Our Changing Environment2010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28578/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28578/"><img alt="UNEP Year Book 2009: New Science in Our Changing Environment" title="UNEP Year Book 2009: New Science in Our Changing Environment" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28578/small/"/></a></p><p>This publication provides an overview of global and regional environmental issues policy decisions during 2009.</p>The Cost of Avoiding Deforestation: Update of the Report prepared for the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change2010-05-28T13:18:34-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13712/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13712/"><img alt="The Cost of Avoiding Deforestation: Update of the Report prepared for the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change" title="The Cost of Avoiding Deforestation: Update of the Report prepared for the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13712/small/"/></a></p><p>According to the introduction, this report provides a global estimate of the cost of reducing the rate of deforestation.</p>Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon2010-05-28T13:18:34-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13715/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13715/"><img alt="Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon" title="Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13715/small/"/></a></p><p>According to the Executive Summary, the aims and objective of this report are to provide an assessment of national capacity and capability in 25 tropical countries for measuring and monitoring forest as a requirement for reporting on REDD under IPCC guidelines. This paper was commissioned by the United Kingdom Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (the Eliasch Review).</p>Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 4, 20072010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28556/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28556/"><img alt="Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 4, 2007" title="Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 4, Number 4, 2007" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28556/small/"/></a></p><p>Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to the relationship between gender and the environment.</p>Our Planet, February 20102010-09-11T23:15:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28538/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28538/"><img alt="Our Planet, February 2010" title="Our Planet, February 2010" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28538/small/"/></a></p><p>Magazine of the United Nations Environment Programme discussing worldwide environmental policies and other concerns. This issue is devoted to programs in several countries that are investing in a "green economy" in order to ensure the efficient and sustainable use of natural resources.</p>