Almost 250 million people around the world are affected by climate-related disasters in a typical year. This report projects that, by 2015, this number could grow by 50 per cent to an average of more than 375 million people.
One of the lingering effects of the food price crisis of 2007
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India proposes to embark on a project, namely, Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP), at two sites of global and national biodiversity importance in the country.
The document on the MOU between Ministry of renewable energy and Department of energy of USA.The purpose of this MOU is to at establish framework of cooperation covering scientific, technical and policy aspects of production, conversion, utilization, distribution and marketing of biofuels in a sustainable manner and in accordance with national priorities and socio-economic development strategies.
This paper provides a brief overview of the evolving economic crisis in developing Asia1 and the Asian Development Bank
This paper provides a brief overview of the evolving economic crisis in developing Asia1 and the Asian Development Bank
This guide, while it aims to present the substance and the sense of the IPCC
Insurers have more incentives than any other industry to catalyze global action on climate change.This latest Ceres report outlines the insurance industry
In the past few years, the number of lenders adopting voluntary environmental codes, such as the Equator Principles, is increasing. The main reasons for this form of over-compliance include warm glow preferences of agents, credit risk and incentives arising from regulation. Empirical evidence suggests that lenders that over-comply are generally bigger than those
Dams have had serious impacts on the lives, livelihoods, cultures and spiritual existence of indigenous, tribal and illiterate people, moreover on the physical environmental conditions and on the biodiversity of the area concerned. The dam related developmental activities in Ravi catchment area have been threatening the biodiversity in the whole catchment.
This latest report warns that South-East Asia will be hit hard by climate change, causing the region
This report contains a list of key messages that together can effectively improve the conditions for food productions and poverty alleviation. There is a large potential to improve water productivity through improved and known water and land management practices, says co-author Jennie Barron. Water productivity is a measure of the amount of water needed to generate an amount of produce.
In 2005, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) started a three-year research study on
This note proposes a structured methodology for engaging in urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) reforms, presents what is usually accepted as best practices, and discusses conditions
Revised draft of the National Water Mission approved by the Prime Minister
The background document explaining the methodology (GDR type approach) behind the South African proposal with respect to A1 targets for the next 2 commitment periods. This paper draws on research in the public domain, in order to provide an analytical basis for a proposal on possible quantified emission reduction commitments for Annex 1 countries under the Kyoto Protocol.
Transport has played a significant role in Europe's economic growth during the recent boom years; more construction, shopping and tourism have all ultimately relied on more transport. In recent months governments across the EU have reacted to the economic crisis with stimulus packages.
This Act may be cited as the
Finalization of TOR for the development of Multi Product SEZ (Phase 1B and Social Infrastructure) at Mundra, Kachchh, Gujarat by M/s Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone Ltd (31/03/2009).
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has moved firmly onto the agenda as the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approach the climate change negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 15 at Copenhagen in December 2009.
