• Publication 16 August 2021 Organizing the institutional Public Health response to heat under climate change: A scoping review Extreme heat events are a major health risk, and their intensity and frequency are expected to increase under climate change. Heat health action plans (HHAP) aim to prevent adverse health effects through measures such as warning systems or communication campaigns. This scoping review asked whether the peer-reviewed Public Health literature suggests evidence for good practice governance of HHAP. Databases PubMed and Web of Science were searched using search string combinations of heat, policy,…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Implementing the Enhanced Transparency Framework: early insights from the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency
• Publication 16 August 2021 Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies in the East African Region Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are increasingly being promoted internationally, regionally and nationally as potential solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change and pollution, while building resilience andcreating opportunities for trade, economic growth and jobs. In East Africa, several policies have been adopted regionally and nationally to promote the diffusion of, and trade in, various EST-related goods, such as solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines and…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Short-Term Effects of Saharan Dust Intrusions and Biomass combustion on Birth Outcomes in Spain The objective of this study is to analyze the short-term effects of atmospheric pollutant concentrations (PM10, NO2 and O3) and heat and cold waves on the number of pre-term births and cases of low birth weight related to Saharan dust advection and biomass combustion. The dependent variables used in this analysis were the total number of births, births with low weight (>2.500 g) and pre-term births (<37 weeks), that occurred at the province level. Data provided by the NSI included: days…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Unfolding the reporting requirements for Developing Countries under the Paris Agreement’s: Enhanced Transparency Framework
• Publication 16 August 2021 Proteger la salud frente al cambio climatico en America Latina y el Caribe, una urgente necesidad
• Publication 16 August 2021 The Long Road to a Common Understanding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement aims to increase NDC ambition by mitigating emissions through voluntary cooperation among Parties. Such cooperation is pursued in three different ways: 1) decentralized cooperative approaches that involveInternationally transferable mitigation outcomes (ITMOs, described in Art. 6.2), 2) a centralized mechanism that generates emission reductions and contributes to sustainable development (Art. 6.4) and/or 3) non-market approaches (Art. 6.8). The three approaches…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Climate change adaptation and smaller businesses in the Global South: defining roles, limitations, and touch points for positive interventions for MSMEs situated in developing countrues How the private sector engages in adaptation represents a significant research gap in the climate change adaptation field, with focus traditionally falling upon adaptation at a household-, community- and national-level. In the last decadehowever, the private sector has begun to receive greater attention, particularly with regards to how it can contribute to achieving global adaptation goals. In this shift however, emphasis has mainly been upon the role that large, commonly multinational…

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