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Energy for a Sustainable Future (open access)

Energy for a Sustainable Future

This report provides a high-level overview and specific recommendations for governments to help achieve universal energy access and reduce energy intensity. The report recommends that energy access be achieved through a combination of grid extension, mini-grid access, and off-grid access approaches. The need for government targets, access to financing, capacity building, and improved utility performance are also discussed.
Date: April 2010
Creator: UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC)
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities (open access)

United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities

The newsletter includes updates on projects, performance indicators, impacts and results, and policy and mainstreaming announcements on UNDP's activities around the world in support of climate change adaptation.
Date: April 2010
Creator: United Nations Development Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polls on the Environment and Global Warming (open access)

Polls on the Environment and Global Warming

This report is a meta-analysis of twenty years of public opinion polls about Americans views on environmental quality, environmental policy, and environmental science.
Date: April 2010
Creator: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan's Climate Change Policies (open access)

Japan's Climate Change Policies

Japan in Global GHG emissions, International negotiations, Framework for achieving the Kyoto Target, Mid- and Long-term mitigation actions.
Date: April 12, 2013
Creator: Ministry of the Environment, Japan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change (open access)

A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change

This report identifies areas of research for understanding the impact of climate change on human health. Research areas include respiratory, cardiovascular, and mental health, as well as infectious diseases, nutrition, and others.
Date: April 22, 2010
Creator: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
System: The UNT Digital Library