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Monitoring Environmental Sustainability : Trends, Challenges and the Way Forward. / Giovanni Ruta.
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- Author/Creator:
- Ruta, Giovanni.
- Series:
- Other papers
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air Pollution.
- Air Quality.
- Biodiversity.
- Cancer.
- Capacity Building.
- Carbon Dioxide.
- Carbon Sinks.
- Climate.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Coal.
- Decision Making.
- Deforestation.
- Developed Countries.
- Developing Countries.
- Development Policy.
- Drinking Water.
- Economics.
- Electricity.
- Emissions.
- Energy.
- Energy and Environment.
- Energy Consumption.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics & Policies.
- Environmental Information Systems.
- Environmental Policy.
- Fertility.
- Fertility Rates.
- Floods.
- Food Production.
- Forests.
- Fossil Fuels.
- Glaciers.
- Global Warming.
- Gross National Income.
- Hazardous Waste.
- Human Capital.
- Indoor Air Pollution.
- Lakes.
- Landfills.
- Logging.
- Methane.
- Natural Gas.
- Natural Resources.
- Ozone Depletion.
- Particulate Matter.
- Pesticides.
- Population Growth.
- Precipitation.
- Rainfall.
- Recycling.
- Soil Erosion.
- Temperature.
- Urban Areas.
- Urban Population.
- Urbanization.
- Waste Management.
- Water Pollution.
- Water Resources.
- World Health Organization.
- Local Subjects:
- Air Pollution.
- Air Quality.
- Biodiversity.
- Cancer.
- Capacity Building.
- Carbon Dioxide.
- Carbon Sinks.
- Climate.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Coal.
- Decision Making.
- Deforestation.
- Developed Countries.
- Developing Countries.
- Development Policy.
- Drinking Water.
- Economics.
- Electricity.
- Emissions.
- Energy.
- Energy and Environment.
- Energy Consumption.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics & Policies.
- Environmental Information Systems.
- Environmental Policy.
- Fertility.
- Fertility Rates.
- Floods.
- Food Production.
- Forests.
- Fossil Fuels.
- Glaciers.
- Global Warming.
- Gross National Income.
- Hazardous Waste.
- Human Capital.
- Indoor Air Pollution.
- Lakes.
- Landfills.
- Logging.
- Methane.
- Natural Gas.
- Natural Resources.
- Ozone Depletion.
- Particulate Matter.
- Pesticides.
- Population Growth.
- Precipitation.
- Rainfall.
- Recycling.
- Soil Erosion.
- Temperature.
- Urban Areas.
- Urban Population.
- Urbanization.
- Waste Management.
- Water Pollution.
- Water Resources.
- World Health Organization.
- Other Title:
- Monitoring Environmental Sustainability
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2010.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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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