UNEP Year Book 2010

Download or read book UNEP Year Book 2010 written by Unep and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UNEP Year Book 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and reports on new environmental science plus recent developments in our changing environment. It looks at progress in environmental governance: the effects of continuing degradation and loss of the world's ecosystems; impacts of climate change; how harmful substances and hazardous waste effect human health and the environment; environmentally related disasters and conflicts; and unsustainable use of resources. Water is a recurrent theme in this seventh edition. Each chapter considers water-related environmental changes, together with a number of challenges and opportunites.