Lawrence Hislop

• Master of Arts - International Environmental Policy
• Researcher at Simon Fraser University

As part of an overall initiative of the Mountain Partnership (www.mountainpartnership.org) to mainstream mountain-related issues into the SDG process, a series of three thematic policy briefs were produced in 2013 and 2014, on Why Mountains Matter for Energy, Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Forests and Biodiversity, and Water. The brief...

In the fragile Arctic region, the extent of sea ice was at a record low in September 2012. Land ice is also retreating, while snow is disappearing and permafrost is thawing. Rapid environmental change in the Arctic, as a result of climate change, is providing new development opportunities including easier access to oil and gas, minerals and fisheri...

As part of an overall initiative of the Mountain Partnership (www.mountainpartnership.org) to mainstream mountain-related issues into the SDG process, a series of three thematic policy briefs were produced in 2013 and 2014, on Why Mountains Matter for Energy, Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Forests and Biodiversity, and Water. The brief...

Pressure on land resources has increased during recent years despite international goals to improve their management. The fourth Global Environment Outlook (UNEP) highlighted the unprecedented land-use changes created by a burgeoning population, economic development and global markets. The outcome of those drivers continues to cause resource deplet...

This report compares the needs of Arctic stakeholders (as articulated in policies and strategies) with the contribution different types of satellite technologies (communications, weather, navigation, earth observation, surveillance, and science) can make to meet current and future requirements. It will help the European Space Agency (ESA) understan...

The main goal of UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is to keep governments and stakeholders informed of the state and trends of the global environment. Over the past 15 years, the GEO reports have examined a wealth of data, information and knowledge about the global environment; identified potential policy responses; and provided an outlook fo...

The Arctic region is home to many unique, diverse and vulnerable ecosystems. But the enigmatic and once pristine Arctic environment is being increasingly affected by human activities. This thematic issue presents the latest research into the impacts of climate change and resource extraction on Arctic biodiversity and indigenous communities.

The Arctic region is characterized by some of the largest continuous intact ecosystems on the planet, but is facing increasingly larger threats. These threats include the full range of stressors known from other parts of the world, namely habitat loss and fragmentation from infrastructure and industrial development, chemical pollution, overharvesti...