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Technology transfer (TT) is of high importance for India and also in global environmental governance. This is reflected in horizontal UN goals and instruments as well as various multilateral environmental agreements. This report addresses the conditions for and the state of technology transfer, with a focus on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. It also debates how technology needs in this field are similar to or differ from the needs in other fields of global environmental governance such as climate change and chemicals.

This sheet accompanies the poster on building coasts for the Pacific Islands. It provides details and links to key resources that support the key messages in the poster and their practical implementation.

The Australian Government has developed this National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy to articulate how Australia is managing the risks of a variable and changing climate. The Strategy affirms a set of principles to guide effective adaptation practice and resilience building, looks at leading practice nationally, and considers areas for future review, consultation and action.

Funded by BMZ • Implementing CC adaptation activities • 12 Pacific Island Countries • 6 components • Time frame: 2011-2018 • 23,2 Mio. Euro (plus additional co-fundings from USAID & EU) • Implemented with SPC; in close collaboration with SPREP; others partners are USP, MSG

The Keeling Curve is the name given to the chart of rising atmospheric CO2 levels, as measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. So far, none of the action taken to tackle climate change has slowed the curve's inexorable rise. Co2 has now reached the symbolic threshold of 400 parts per million (ppm)

And advance brief from the State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2015 report, to be released late 2015