1. Monitoring Environmental Sustainability : Trends, Challenges and the Way Forward
- Author
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Ruta, Giovanni
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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ,TROPICAL FORESTS ,NATIONAL ACCOUNTING ,POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION ,NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ,WOOD FUEL ,FOREST CONVERSION ,POWER SOURCES ,EXTERNALITIES ,NITROGEN CYCLE ,PHOSPHATES ,FUTURE GENERATIONS ,EMISSIONS ,NATIONAL LEVEL ,NATURAL CAPITAL ,WATER POLLUTION ,URBANIZATION ,GROSS NATIONAL INCOME ,HYDROGEN ,DEGRADED AREAS ,DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES ,TRANSPORT SECTOR ,BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ,EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES ,ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ,BLACK CARBON ,FERTILIZERS ,FOSSIL FUELS ,EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE ,VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ,ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ,FERTILITY RATES ,NITRATE ,LAKES ,TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ,SULFUR ,PARTICULATE ,INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ,RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ,SULFUR DIOXIDE ,COMBUSTION ,ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ,GLACIERS ,METHANE EMISSIONS ,FERTILITY ,GLOBAL WARMING ,GAS FLARING ,GHGS ,RAIN ,ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING ,DRINKING WATER ,THERMAL EMISSION ,EFFLUENTS ,GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES ,CARBON FOOTPRINT ,ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ,PERFLUOROCARBON ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,ENVIRONMENTAL ,ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ,FOOD PRODUCTION ,FOREST DIEBACK ,ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ,SURFACE TEMPERATURE ,BIODIVERSITY ,SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ,GREENHOUSE ,IRREVERSIBILITY ,EMISSION SCENARIO ,ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS ,CLIMATE CHANGE ,URBAN POPULATION ,EMISSIONS GROWTH ,WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ,NUTRIENTS ,ARABLE LAND ,FOREST DEGRADATION ,BIOMASS ,CARBON ,ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ,METHANE ,PESTICIDES ,ELECTRICITY GENERATION ,FORESTS ,TROPICAL DEFORESTATION ,ENERGY CONSUMPTION ,TEMPERATURE ,AIR ,N2O ,FOREST ,SUSPENDED PARTICLES ,AIR POLLUTION ,URBAN DWELLERS ,PRECIPITATION ,CO2 ,SOIL EROSION ,ECONOMIC VALUE ,FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ,RECYCLING ,OCEANS ,ECONOMISTS ,NATURAL DISASTER ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,PM10 ,POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY ,CULTIVATED LAND ,REDUCING EMISSIONS ,CARBON EMISSION ,FLOODS ,ECONOMICS ,GLOBAL POPULATION ,AIR QUALITY ,CARBON MONOXIDE ,PHOSPHOROUS ,SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS ,GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT ,GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCE ,CLIMATE ,EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT ,UNEP ,EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ,ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ,GHG ,WOOD PRODUCTS ,PH ,GLOBAL EMISSIONS ,ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ,WORLD POPULATION GROWTH ,ECONOMIC GROWTH ,DRYLANDS ,GASES ,LOGGING ,ECONOMIC WELFARE ,ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ,AMAZON FOREST ,GLOBAL FOREST ,OZONE DEPLETION ,LAND USE ,RAINFALL ,POPULATION GROWTH ,AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ,NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ,LANDFILLS ,TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES ,INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ,WORLD POPULATION ,AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS ,EMISSION INTENSITY ,OIL ,ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ,BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES ,GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL ,GREENHOUSE GAS ,HUMAN HEALTH ,GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT ,FISHING ,ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES ,LANDFILL ,FARMS ,FISH ,FOREST PLANTATIONS ,TIMBER ,NATIONAL INCOME ,PROGRESS ,DECISION MAKING ,NATURAL RESOURCE ,ATMOSPHERE ,WASTE MANAGEMENT ,BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ,GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ,ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ,GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ,ACIDIFICATION ,ENVIRONMENTS ,NITROGEN OXIDE ,TROPOSPHERIC OZONE ,DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ,CARBON SINKS ,ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ,ELECTRICITY ,CARBON FERTILIZATION ,COAL ,PARTICULATE MATTER ,CARBON DIOXIDE ,URBAN POPULATION GROWTH ,EFFECTIVE USE ,FOREST AREA ,IPCC ,EQUATORIAL ZONE ,CANCER ,ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ,WMO ,HUMAN CAPITAL ,LAND DEGRADATION ,HAZARDOUS WASTE ,SOIL DEGRADATION ,EMISSION LEVELS ,GROUND LEVEL OZONE ,GROUNDWATER POLLUTION ,ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ,NATURAL GAS ,URBAN AIR POLLUTION ,OLD MINES ,SUSTAINABLE USE ,TROPICS ,POPULATION GROWTH RATE ,FORESTRY ,LOSS OF FOREST ,WATER QUALITY ,WIND ,NATURAL RESOURCES ,NITROGEN ,CAPACITY BUILDING ,WATER RESOURCES ,ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE DISPOSAL ,NUMBER OF PEOPLE ,RENEWABLE RESOURCES ,URBAN AREAS ,ECOSYSTEM ,WASTE DISPOSAL ,DEFORESTATION ,FISHERIES ,FOREST AREAS - Abstract
This report presents a concise review of the major environmental and natural resources issues at the global and national level over the coming two decades. The environmental issues reviewed include air pollution and deterioration of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, water quality, scarcity and access, land and soil degradation, deforestation and forest degradation, natural disaster, loss of biodiversity and protected areas, and governance and institutions for environmental and natural resource management. Besides providing an environment outlook, the report tackles the issue of monitoring also from the supply side. It identifies the relevant data and indicator sets available at the global level and country level to capture the global and locally relevant environmental issues with the underlying objective of pinpointing at data gaps. It concludes with a set of recommendations for moving forward on the monitoring agenda. Overall, the threats from climate change caused by Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, biodiversity loss, water pollution and scarcity as well as pressure on land as well as worsening ocean's state and biodiversity have to be taken under close observation in the period over the next 20 years. The environment challenges that the world faces are not trivial and some of them require immediate action. Action, in turn, requires reliable and accurate information. The second part of the report looks at information from the supply side. It identifies the relevant data and indicator sets available at the global level and country level to capture the global and locally relevant environmental issues with the underlying objective of informing and advising decision making and to identify the data gaps.
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- 2010