Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library

Trends in Commodity Prices

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:57:49 -0100

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The Carbon Cycle

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:59 -0100

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Number of cars to be scrapped in Europe

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:39 -0100

Scrapped cars or “end-of life vehicles” are not collected as bulky waste, but they too pose problems because of their size and disparate components. Given car production trends this is an issue that demands serious consideration.

CO2 emissions from fossil fuels by region

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:32 -0100

No data.

Examples of GHG emission amounts 05

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:20:04 -0100

Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).

Time scales and sea level rise

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19:03 -0100

No data.

Transboundary water governance - averting conflict

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:19:00 -0100

Most governments recognize that violence over water is seldom strategically workable or economically viable and the most hostile enemies have a capacity for cooperation where water is concerned. The institutions that they create to avert conflict have shown extraordinary resilience. The considerable time taken to negotiate the establishment of these institutions - 40 years for the Jordan agreement for example - bears testimony to the sensitivity of the issues. If conflict is the exception to the rule, how do countries cooperate? Extensive analysis of 145 international treaties provides some insights. Perhaps surprisingly, in only about a third of cases does cooperation include volumetric allocations. In recent years benefit-sharing, such as hydroelectricity, flood and pollution control, and navigation, has received greater emphasis, perhaps because the requirements for negotiating volumetric allocations are so challenging. However, from a future water security perspective, there are problems in not dealing with volumetric flow. For example, the impact of climate change, human activity and an increasing population could, in the future, lead to volumes requested not being realized. (UNDP Human Development Report 2006).

Tea Production Areas and Forest Distribution in Kenya

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:48 -0100

No data

Forest per Total Land Area

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:18:41 -0100

No data

Trade, growth and the environment

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:33 -0100

No data

Comparison of global river nitrogen export from natural ecosystems, agricultural systems, and sewage effluents, 1975 and 1990

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:13:27 -0100

Nutrient loading is projected to become an increasingly severe problem, particularly in developing countries. Nutrient loading already has major adverse effects on freshwater ecosystems and coastal regions in both industrial and developing countries.