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The authors briefly consider the recent dramatic reductions in the underlying costs and market prices of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and their implications for decision-makers. In many cases, current PV costs and the associated market and technological shifts witnessed in the industry have not been fully noted by decision-makers. The perception persists...
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of Turkey (FCCC/ARR/2011/TUR), which shows that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 97.6% between 1990 and 2009.
The centralized review was undertaken by the Expert Review Team (ERT), which concluded that the preparation and reporting of Turkey’s inventory submission was...
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of the UK (FCCC/ARR/2011/GBR), which shows that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 27.2% between 1990 and 2009, and by 8.7% in 2009 compared with 2008.
The report outlines that the Expert Review Team (ERT) concluded that the UK’s inventory submission has been prepared and...
Twenty years on from the Rio 1992 meeting (the first “Earth Summit”), participants coming from all regions met in Lucerne on 11 and 12 October 2011 to raise the role of mountains in the agenda of international development discussions.
Regional reports from different mountain ranges, including the Andes and Hindu-Kush-Himalaya, were presented at the Conference. As a result,...
500 networks, civil organizations and citizens have already signed the present Adhesion Letter which was launched in Sao Paulo State, parallel to the 1st Rio +20 Paulista Seminar, as during the Seminar of the 4th edition of the MDGs promoted by The Presidency General Secretariat , the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) and the National Movement for Citizenship and Solidarity, as...
Priority: Management and reduction of trans boundary risks from hazardous activities
Outcomes:
- Reduced local environmental and human health risks and minimized tensions among SEE countries through reduction of risk of accidental transboundary pollution arising from hazardous...
Mr. Lehmann, former Secretary of the Adelboden Group, provides his insights regarding the challenges and the need for joint teams to develop national agriculture and rural development policies involving authorities and mountain communities.
He mentions the experience of the Adelboden Group and some key findings of the SARD-M project on rural development...
This study offers a perspective on the changing use and social significance of the Sibillini mountains over time. Interestingly, taking a historical overview provides a kind of intellectual framework for perceiving today’s demand that mountains offer increasing tourist and health related activities, provide a refuge, and an environment for counter urbanization.
This study is the...
The history of Le Marche in Central Italy is very well documented, yet there are few if any books which take the little settlements in the Sibillini mountains (located over 700 meters altitude) as their focal point. Instead, historical writing mentions these mountain hamlets marginally, without detail. Furthermore, there is a total lack of any history of these mountain communities in English...
An international mechanism to reduce emission for deforestation and forest degradation and increased carbon stocks through improved forest management (REDD+) is likely to become part of a post-2012 international convention on climate change. Meanwhile, the academic and public debate on the role od forest conservation in climate change mitigation has become increasingly polirized. Many of these...
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