The Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted by the Third Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-3), which met in Japan in December of 1997. The negotiations included delegates from 159 countries and featured 11 days of fierce debate. (November 2000)

The Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was one of the principal achievements of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992. (November 2000)

Gender and the Environment: Reflections from Central America
Cristina Espinosa and Lorena Aguilar, from the Social Policy Program of the World Conservation Union, gave a seminar at PRB on "Gender and the Environment: Reflections from Central America." (August 2000)

South Africa's Water Policy Champions Rights of People and Ecosystems
During their country's democratic transition, legislators in South Africa seized the opportunity to redress racial injustice. Under apartheid, water had been so inequitably distributed that water policy reform became a lead component of the new government's Reconstruction and Development Programme. In one fell swoop, policymakers erected what some describe as the most progressive water policy in the world. (Population Today, July 2000)

Health Experts Make Case for Environmental Justice
The environmental justice movement has sought for years to ensure that minority and low-income groups do not bear a disproportionate share of exposure to environmental hazards. Now researchers are putting the issue on the national health agenda. (Population Today, May/June 2000)

Household Transportation Use and Urban Air Pollution: Thailand, Mexico, and the United States
This report presents the results of a comparative case-study analysis of the impact of household transportation use on urban air pollution. The case studies were conducted in three cities that are known to have severe transportation-related problems: Bangkok, Mexico City, and Washington, DC. (1999)