Drinking Water Management Act (open access)

Drinking Water Management Act

This law was passed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) to safeguard public health by protecting drinking water resources from pollution by dumping, logging, industry, nuclear waste, ranching, recreation, mineral exploration and extraction, transportation, and other activities.
Date: January 27, 2006
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Impact Assessment Act (open access)

Environmental Impact Assessment Act

This law was passed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to protect the natural environment from some of the negative effects of economic growth.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act (open access)

Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act

This law was passed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to protect human health and the environment by controlling the production and handling of toxic chemicals.
Date: January 3, 2007
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
System: The UNT Digital Library
More El Niños May Mean More Rainfall Extremes (open access)

More El Niños May Mean More Rainfall Extremes

Researchers at NASA and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), studying changes in tropical precipitation patterns, have noted a higher frequency of El Niños and La Niñas over the last 21 years. In addition, when either of those events occur, the world can expect more months with unusually high or low precipitation with droughts more common than floods over land areas.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Earth Observatory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resource Kit: Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting for Sustainable Land Management in LDC & SIDS Countries (open access)

Resource Kit: Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting for Sustainable Land Management in LDC & SIDS Countries

This Resource Kit is designed to be used by Project Teams on national MSP projects supported by GEF and UNDP and implemented within the framework of the portfolio project ‘LDC and SIDS Targeted Portfolio Approach for Capacity Development and Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management Project’. The portfolio project is hereafter referred to as the LDC-SIDS Portfolio Project.
Date: January 2006
Creator: Fenton, Dennis & Jacobs, Greg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quebec and Climate Change: A Chllenge for the Future (open access)

Quebec and Climate Change: A Chllenge for the Future

In June 2006, Québec established its first climate change action plan that set ambitious goals and established the means to achieve them. Entitled QUÉBEC AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A Challenge for the Future, the 2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan was a major step on the road to a society where sustainable development is at the core of priorities and collective choices. The government is now moving forward by improving the action plan with new measures and additional funding. The revised action plan allows Québec to maintain its position as a North American leader in the fight against climate change.
Date: January 2008
Creator: Government of Quebec
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2003 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2003

The annual report summarizes the state of the global environment and development of individual and community efforts in Japan, FY 2002. Also it introduced the environmental issues and environmental conservation measures by the Japanese government.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2004 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2004

The annual report includes an overview of the diffusion of environmentalism in Japan and the world during FY 2003. The report details the environmental issues and the environmental conservation measures by the Japanese government in FY 2003.
Date: January 2005
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2005 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2005

The annual report describes the environment of Japan in FY 2004. It includes an overview on efforts to build a Low Carbon Society, as well as the environmental issues and environmental conservation measures led by the Japanese government.
Date: January 2006
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
System: The UNT Digital Library
CYCLOCITY® A Revolutionary Public Transport System Accessible To All (open access)

CYCLOCITY® A Revolutionary Public Transport System Accessible To All

Presentation to the OECD Working Group on Transport.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Mari, Isabelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Afghanistan (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Afghanistan

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Angola (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Angola

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Armenia (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Armenia

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Armenia (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Armenia

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Barbados (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Barbados

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Belize (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Belize

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Benin (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Benin

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Cambodia (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Cambodia

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Chad (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Chad

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Comoros (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Comoros

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Cuba (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Cuba

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Dominica (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Dominica

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles:Dominican Republic (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles:Dominican Republic

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles:Equatorial Guinea (open access)

UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles:Equatorial Guinea

These country-level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country-level studies of climate observations and the multi-model projections
Date: January 2006
Creator: McSweeney, C.; New, M. & Lizcano, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library