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Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?
World Environment Day
5 June 2007
         
       
       
       
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Information Material

Press Releases
  • The Worlds of Art, Peace, Politics & Environment Unite to Present a Global Exhibition on Climate Change
    [English]
  • Barrow Alaska – Host of 2007 North American Celebrations
    [English]
Messages
Ban Ki-Moon Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
[عربي] - [English] - [Español] - [Chinese] - [Français] - [Русский]
UNEP Executive director Message from Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP
[عربي] - [English] - [Español] - [Français]
Video  (10.5 Mb)
King of Norway Message from His Majesty Harald V , King of Norway
[عربي] - [English] - [Español] - [Français]
Minister for Environment Message from Ms. Helen Bjørnøy, Minister of Environment, Norway
[عربي] - [English] - [Español] - [Français]
Message from Kandeh K.Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
[English]
Downloads
Posters

Melting Ice: A Hot Topic? - WED 2007 Poster Series
[English]

Melt Down - World’s shrinking cold spots
[English] - [Español] - [Français]

WED 2007 Posters
[English]

Changing climate

Our Changing Climate
Poster Series
Publications

World Environment Day 2007 booklet
The information in the booklet includes the Message of UN Secretary-General; Message of the Executive Director of UNEP; Message of King of Norway; Message of the Minister of Environment of Norway; Fact sheet on polar and arctic regions; 77 ways to celebrate WED; Inspiring examples of how WED has been celebrated; and a poster.
[English] - [Español] - [Français]

Our Planet: Climate Change and the Cryosphere
[English]

Tunza Vol. 5 No. 1: Meltdown
Will include the Melt Down poster, which features some of the world’s shrinking cold spots.
[English] - [Español] - [Français]

Global Outlook for Ice & Snow

Global Outlook for Ice & Snow
A new and unique report launched to mark World Environment Day (WED) in Tromso, on 4 June 2007, says that the futures of hundreds of millions of people across the world will be affected by declines in snow cover, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost and lake ice.
» More

Tore and the town on thin ice

Tore and the Town on Thin Ice
A children's environmental storybook based on the theme of climate change and on what children can do to mitigate effects of climate change. Tore and the Town on Thin Ice is part of the Tunza Environmental Series for Children.
[Chinese] - [English] - [Español] - [Français] - [Русский]

Tourism in the Polar Regions: The sustainability challenge
This publication outlines the key features of the Polar Region environment and describes tourism’s multiple roles and impacts in both the Arctic and Antarctica.
» More

Animated cartoon book launched on World Environment Day
Ozzy goes polar
Press Release
[English] - [Español] - [Français]

Bibliography of Selected Publications on Climate Change
[English]
Multimedia

WED Audio - Visual Presentation
Flash (2MB)

World Environment Day 2007 PSA
Video   (6.7 Mb)
[عربي] - [English] - [Español] - [Chinese] - [Français] - [Русский]

Earth Report: Arctic Blues
The earth is warming. Almost all the Arctic summer ice may have melted by the end of the century, claims the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. Earth Report discovers the importance of the worlds icy regions, and asks how much the geopolitical scramble will impact this, the world's last frontier. Broadcast on BBC World TV in 200 countries and territories. Five broadcasts a week.
» More

Pole to Pole
Visual journey of the alarming effects of climate change. View the film on green.tv the broadband TV channel for environmental films produced in partnership with the UNEP.
Video (10 Mb)

Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente 2007 - TV spot
Video 

Global Outlook for Ice and Snow VNR
Video  (10.7 Mb)
 

Message from Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP
Video  (10.5 Mb)
 
     
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