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The UNEP YEAR BOOK 2008 (Formerly called GEO Year Book)
 The UNEP Year Book 2008 (formerly the GEO Year Book) is the fifth annual report on the changing environment produced by the United Nations Environment Programme in collaboration with many world environmental experts. The UNEP Year Book 2008 highlights the increasing complexity and interconnections of climate change, ecosystem integrity, human well-being, and economic development. It examines the emergence and influence of economic mechanisms and market driven approaches for addressing environmental degradation, and it describes recent research findings and policy decisions that affect our awareness of and response to changes in our global climate and environment.
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2007/2008 Human Development Report tackles climate change
The report, "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world", provides a stark account of the threat posed by global warming. It argues that the world is drifting towards a “tipping point” that could lock the world’s poorest countries and their poorest citizens in a downward spiral, leaving hundreds of millions facing malnutrition, water scarcity, ecological threats, and a loss of livelihoods. “Ultimately, climate change is a threat to humanity as a whole. But it is the poor, a constituency with no responsibility for the ecological debt we are running up, who face the immediate and most severe human costs,” commented UNDP Administrator Kemal Derviş. |
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| Participatory Budgeting in Africa - A Training Companion
Introduction of participatory budgeting can be a sound vehicle in realizing good governance and fighting poverty. It is a mechanism that involves elected leaders, public officials, service providers, and non-state actors – civil society, private sector and development partners. This Training Companion is part of the effort to build capacity of local government practitioners in introducing participatory budgeting in local government in Africa. The Companion was developed with a view to providing users with Information, tool, methodologies, case studies and tips on how participatory budgeting can be introduced. The materials in the Companion were collected from various local governments in Africa and beyond that are already practicing participatory budgeting. Users are encouraged to adopt the material to their local condition.
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| Habitat Debate Vol. 13, No. 4, Healthy Cities
 As humanity becomes predominantly urban, the major challenge for public health in the 21st century will be in cities. Patterns of future urban growth will affect the incidence and severity of health issues. The morphology of cities, their density, the age of their populations, accessibility to shelter and basic services, and the stress factors of urban living will have an increasing impact on the health of populations. The morphology of
cities, their density, the age of their populations, accessibility to shelter and basic services, and the stress factors
of urban living will have an increasing impact on the health of populations
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