Air / Climate

Bouleverser la biodiversité est lourd de menaces : invasions d'espèces, émergences de maladies, perte de productivité des écosystèmes, chute de la production agricole et donc réduction des espaces...

This book provides the non-specialist with the basic scientific background and information essential for understanding the complex processes that bring about climate change. The authors explain the...

The Arctic is undergoing rapid and dramatic environmental and social transformations due to climate change. This has ramifications for the entire planet, as change spreads through interconnected...

This first title in the Coastal Management Sourcebooks series is a practical guide for beach users, builders and homeowners. Written in a language and style accessible to the non-specialist, it...

Without question, the 1997–98 El Niño became a major news story, even a household word. Reports of floods, forest fires, droughts, fishery collapses, along with the ensuing loss of lives and property,...

L’El Niño 1997-1998 a incontestablement été un des grands sujets de l’actualité médiatique et son nom est maintenant connu de tous. Des comptes rendus d’inondations, de feux de forêts, de sécheresses,...

COMING SOON The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced...

This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University's Traditional...

This Atlas illustrates the significant reduction in glacier mass happening throughout the Andean region. It quantifies the contribution of glaciers to drinking water supplies in cities and to...

Amid contemporary scenarios of potential climatic catastrophes and global warming that might be imagined to bring a new ice age, the powerful image of the Gulf Stream rising from the Florida Straits...

With this special report, the Courier aims to open up new avenues for reflection on these lesser-known aspects of the greatest global challenge of our times. Because, in parallel to the scientific...

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL MARCH 22 The UN World Water Development Report 2020 Supported by examples from across the world, the latest United Nations World Water Development Report describes both the...