List of environmental reports - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of notable environmental reports. In this context they relate to the impacts of human activity on the environment

Environment (biophysical)

The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...

Clean Energy Trends
Clean Energy Trends
Clean Energy Trends is a series of reports by Clean Edge which examine markets for solar, wind, geothermal, fuel cells, biofuels, and other clean energy technologies. Since the publication of the first Clean Energy Trends report in 2002, Clean Edge has provided anannual snapshot of both the global...

- a series of reports by Clean Edge - beginning in 2002
Copeland Report
Copeland Report
The Copeland Report was the result of a United States Congressional investigation of forestry for the purpose of outlining a coordinated plan that would "insure all of the economic and social benefits which can and should be derived from productive forests by fully utilizing the forest land." The...

- for the US government - completed in 1933
Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport
Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport
The "Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport", unofficially known as the "Leopold Report" or the "Leopold-Marshall Report", was a report authored by hydrologist Luna Leopold of the United States Geological Service for the Department of the Interior and officially released on September...

("Leopold Report") - United States Department of the Interior
United States Department of the Interior
The United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...

(1969)
Forest Principles
Forest Principles
The Forest Principles is the informal name given to the "Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests," a document produced at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment...

- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
The Global 2000 Report to the President
The Global 2000 Report to the President
The Global 2000 Report to the President was released in 1980 by the Council on Environmental Quality and the United States Department of State. It was commissioned by President Jimmy Carter on May 23, 1977, and was directed by Gerald O. Barney. It was based on data collected by different institutions...

- Council on Environmental Quality (1981)
Global Environment Outlook
Global Environment Outlook
The UNEP Global Environment Outlook project was initiated in response to the environmental reporting requirements of Agenda 21 and to a UNEP Governing Council decision of May 1995 which requested the production of a new comprehensive global state of the environment report.The coordinated global...

- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Hirsch report
Hirsch report
The Hirsch report, the commonly referred to name for the report Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management, was created by request for the US Department of Energy and published in February 2005....

(Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management) - United States Department of Energy
Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
Index of Leading Environmental Indicators is a report published yearly since 1996 by the Pacific Research Institute. Author Steven F. Hayward stated that he issues the index every Earth Day in an effort to track environmental trends in the U.S. and worldwide.- External links :*, Pacific Research...

- Pacific Research Institute
IPCC First Assessment Report
IPCC First Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change first assessment report was completed in 1990, and served as the basis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ....

- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
IPCC supplementary report, 1992
IPCC supplementary report, 1992
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change supplementary report of 1992 was published to contribute to the debate on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the 1992 Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro....

- IPCC
IPCC Second Assessment Report
IPCC Second Assessment Report
The Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , published in 1996, is an assessment of the then available scientific and socio-economic information on climate change...

- IPCC
IPCC Third Assessment Report
IPCC Third Assessment Report
The IPCC Third Assessment Report, Climate Change 2001, is an assessment of available scientific and socio-economic information on climate change by the IPCC. The IPCC was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme and the UN's World Meteorological Organization ".....

Climate Change 2001 - IPCC (2001)
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects, and options for...

Climate Change 2007 - IPCC (2007)
Leopold Report
Leopold Report
The Leopold Report, officially known as Wildlife Management in the National Parks, is a 1963 paper composed of a series of ecosystem management recommendations that were presented by the Special Advisory Board on Wildlife Management to United States Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. Named...

("Wildlife Management in the National Parks") - Special Advisory Board on Wildlife Management (1963)
Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options
Livestock's Long Shadow
Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options is a United Nations report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 29 November 2006, that "aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical...

- United Nations (2006)
Living Planet Report
Living Planet Report
Living Planet Report is published every two years by the World Wide Fund for Nature. It is based the their Living Planet Index and ecological footprint calculations.-External links:* - Living Planet Report**...

- WWF - every two years
Making Sweden an Oil-Free Society - Government of Sweden (2006)
Nuclear Power and the Environment
Nuclear Power and the Environment
Nuclear Power and the Environment, sometimes simply called the Flower's Report, was released in September 1976, and is the sixth report of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, chaired by Sir Brian Flowers...

- UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom was created under Royal Warrant in 1970 to advise the Queen, Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues...

- 1976
Our Common Future
Our Common Future
Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, from the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development was published in 1987....

World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
Outlook On Renewable Energy In America
Outlook On Renewable Energy In America
The Outlook On Renewable Energy In America is a comprehensive two volume report, published in 2007 by The American Council on Renewable Energy , about the future of renewable energy in the United States...

(2 volumes) - American Council on Renewable Energy
American Council on Renewable Energy
The American Council On Renewable Energy is focused on accelerating the adoption of renewable energy technologies into the mainstream of American society...

- 2007
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
In the United States, an environmental site assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities. The analysis, often called an ESA, typically addresses both the underlying land as well as physical improvements to...

- generic
Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
PPS 10
Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management commonly abbreviated as PPS 10, is a document produced by the British Government and forms part of the national waste management plan for the United Kingdom...

(PPS 10) - British Government
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation on May 9, 2011. The report evaluates the global potential for using renewable energy to mitigate climate change...

- United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...

(IPCC) - planned for 2010
Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification was published in 2001 by the government appointed Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.Thomas Eichelbaum chaired the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.-External links:...

- Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (2001)
State of the Climate
State of the Climate
The State of the Climate is an annual report that is produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center ....

- NOAA/NCDC (published annually)
The State of the World
The State of the World
The State of the World is a series of books published annually since 1984 by the Worldwatch Institute. The series attempts to identify the Earth’s most significant environmental challenges...

- Worldwatch Institute (published yearly since 1984)
Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster (2007)
World Climate Report
World Climate Report
World Climate Report, a newsletter edited by Patrick Michaels, was produced by the Greening Earth Society, a non-profit organization created by the Western Fuels Association....

- Greening Earth Society
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates is a list of highly endangered primate species selected and published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group , the International Primatological Society , and Conservation International...

-- selected and published by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC PSG), the International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI)

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