RT null
T1 UNEP Year Book 2010: New science and developments in our changing environment
T2 PNUMA anuario 2010: Avances y progresos cientificos en nuestro cambiante medio ambiente
T2 Annuaire PNUE 2010: Avancees scientifiques et developpements dans notre environnement en mutation
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 environmental governance
K1 ecosystem management
K1 climate change
K1 biodiversity
K1 resource efficiency
PB United Nations Environment Programme
SN 9790000000000
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7822
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7822
NO The UNEP Yearbook 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and within six chapters the Year Book addresses the following: In 2009, efforts to advance international environmental governance focused on defining key objectives and functions for an improved UN architecture to address global environmental change. Ecosystems are being pushed beyond thresholds. Drivers of change that lead to biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services are growing in intensity. Dead zones in coastal areas have doubled in extent every decade since the 1960s. Much work remains to be done to reduce and mitigate the effects of harmful substances and hazardous waste on human health and the environment. Many unanswered questions remain about nanomaterials. The effects of increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are better understood, as more indicators of climate change are being assessed. Direct observations and modelling indicate that the planets tropical belt is expanding. Sustainable natural resource management can reduce vulnerability to disasters and conflicts and support peacebuilding. Promising tools to reduce disaster conflict risks are being integrated into policy and institutional structures. Better managing material and energy flows will help meet challenges associated with environmental impacts and advance decoupling of economic growth and resource use.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026