Virtually every business decision is also a decision about the use of natural resources. This paper describes how global warming is affecting water and energy resources, and the challenges and opportunities this presents globally.
Water in the Arab World
This report is a synthesis of three individual country studies carried out in Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria in 2008-2009 that investigate the sustainability and equity aspects of total sanitation programmes.
This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of biotech crops in the twelve years since they were first commercially planted on a significant area. It focuses on the farm level economic effects, the production effects, the environmental impact resulting from changes in the use of insecticides and herbicides, and the
This scoping study report reaches the conclusion that any attempt to advance corporate ecosystem valuation should focus on new ways of valuing ecosystem dependencies and impacts and incorporating these values within existing financial and business planning tools, drawing where relevant on the existing methods that have been developed specifically to value ecosystem services.
Asia's increasing population and economic growth has meant that the energy demand is doubling every 10 years, which is more than twice the world average, resulting in an increased risk of human exposure to higher air pollution from fossil fuel burning. In
This Project Design Document is prepared for the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Restoration Initiative to meet the standards of the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance.
This report provides: an overview of possible options for differentiation in the CDM between different project types and between host countries; a qualitative assessment of the practical feasibility of a number of selected options, with a focus on possible criteria for differentiation and institutional and governance implications; and an assessment of possible impacts on the supply of CDM credits
Despite the spate of media reports and some published research,
The transition to a climate-constrained world is occurring at a time when nearly half of the world
As new mechanisms for
The positive association between the service sector share of output and per capita income is one of the best-known regularities in all of growth and development economics. Yet there is less than complete agreement on the nature of that association.
Climate change has become a major issue in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. If average temperatures increase as predicted, all aspects of human and natural life will be affected. The mountain regions are particularly vulnerable, both because warming trends are higher and because the impacts are magnified by the extreme changes in altitude over small distances.
The goal of this report is to present and analyze the state of forest tenure in much of the world
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion regarding the integration of biodiversity conservation aspects into the cross-cutting issue of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD).
This report aims to provide a general framework for the implementation of adaptation in the Mediterranean context, based on a number of important clarifications and accompanied by operational recommendations. In the first part the scientific basis of the study will be set, notably from the works of the IPCC.
The brief provides an overview over the technical mitigation potential in the agricultural sector, noting that most of this potential is in developing countries.
This paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using different indicate the importance of effective and efficient mobility in large cities is becoming essential for planners and citizens due to its
This paper assesses the role of consumption and savings in Asia
A European Eco-efficient Economy has been prepared as a background report for the 2009 Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It forms a common basis for discussions at the informal ministerial meetings of the Council dealing with energy, environment and competitiveness .
