This latest UN report reveals alarming statistics on how indigenous peoples are faring in areas like health, education, poverty, environment and human rights. Shows that they suffer disproportionately compared to non-indigenous and face systematic discrimination and exclusion.
This paper examines the potential long-term impacts of global climate change on agricultural production and trade in the People
The central objective of the research project
The prime objective of the Policy is to facilitate & expedite establishment of SEZs, at the same time safeguarding the environment and the interests of land owners. The Policy provides for a package of incentives, supportive measures besides clarity on procedural guidelines.
This document by Reach Out Water Solutions (ROWS) highlights the daily reality of people living in the slums of Mumbai and the inadequate water supply available to the 10 million slum residents to meet their daily requirements.
Today, 370 million people live in cities in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050, these numbers are likely to more than double. Mortality risk therefore is highly concentrated in many of the world
Tuna is the world
Mainstreaming gender equity has become a strategic objective of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
A participatory assessment of the conditions for strengthening the technology
This report presents a concise diagnosis of the state of the bioshpere and observed trends and offers a treatment plan that is consistent with a 2
The commitments made by countries to cut carbon emissions have put the world on the threshold of hitting the target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees C.
Combined, aviation and marine transportation are responsible for approximately 5 percent of total greenhouse (GHG) emissions in the United States and 3 percent globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Controlling the growth in these emissions will be an important part of reducing emissions from the transportation sector.
Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests, water, and extractable minerals - from the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia.
This report is the fifth in the series documenting the World Bank Group
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recognizes the critical linkages that exist between land use and climate change (including agricultural and forestry activities). Indeed, changes in the Earth
Biofuels have been promoted as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Besides the claim of mitigating climate
Drawing on the evidence presented in the WWDR3, this paper restates the mounting evidence in many regions of the impact of climate change on the earth
The energy demand in Asia and the Pacifi c is expected to rise as
