The UNEP Yearbook 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and within six chapters the Year Book addresses the following: In 2009, efforts to advance international environmental governance focussed on...  Read More

During the stormy summer of 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita brought torrential rains and catastrophic damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast, raising concerns about the potential effects of global warming...  Read More

Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause about one-quarter of anthropogenic carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, and other environmental services. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change talks are now considering...  Read More

A Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) project, Abrupt Climate Change in a Warming World (ACCWW), studies abrupt changes in climate in the past, present and future in the context of anthropogenic...  Read More