Gender equity in agriculture and rural development
Mainstreaming gender equity has become a strategic objective of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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From knowledge to action: learning to go the last mile
A participatory assessment of the conditions for strengthening the technology
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Density and disasters: economics of urban hazard risk
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
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Taking stock of tuna
Tuna is the world
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A Copenhagen prognosis: towards a safe climate future
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
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Deciding our future in Copenhagen: will the world rise to the challenge of climate change?
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.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and marine transportation: mitigation potential and policies
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.
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What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies?: empirical evidence from patent data
Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990
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Exploiting natural resources: growth, instability, and conflict in the Middle East and Asia
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.
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Interlinkages in climate change: vulnerability of a mitigation strategy?
Biofuels have been promoted as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Besides the claim of mitigating climate
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Beyond Bonn: World Bank group progress on renewable energy and energy efficiency in fiscal 20052009
This report is the fifth in the series documenting the World Bank Group
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The implications of climate change on water
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
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Tackling climate change on the ground: corporate case studies on land use and climate change
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
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Renewable energy for the agricultural sector to enhance energy security and food security
The energy demand in Asia and the Pacifi c is expected to rise as
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REDD realities: how strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could impact on biodiversity...
This publication includes independent monitoring reports on the development of national strategies to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation by NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations from 9 different developing countries, as well as links to reports by NGOs in 3 additional countries.
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Technology roadmaps: wind energy
This fifth IEA report under the clean energy technology roadmap series on wind energy discusses the rationale for investing in wind energy, actions and milestones envisioned for its development and the policy frameworks.
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Climate change and the urban poor: risk and resilience in 15 of the world's most vulnerable cities
This report outlines lessons learnt regarding the principal effects of climate change on 15 cities in low-income countries, and what makes them vulnerable to these effects. It includes 12 cities from Africa and three from south Asia.
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Review of the developments in transport in Asia and the Pacific 2009
The Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Review is structured into three main parts.
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Assessment of comparative advantage in aquaculture: framework and application on selected species in developing countries
International trade in fishery products has increased, together with the absolute and relative importance of aquaculture, as a source of fish production. Shrimp and salmon are two examples of species grown in developing countries that are traded internationally.