The purpose of this UN-Water GLAAS pilot report is to present the concept of a possible global, periodic, comprehensive reporting mechanism to inform policymaking in the sanitation and drinking-water sectors.
The dramatic growth in chemicals production and trade over the past three decades has raised concerns about the risks posed by hazardous chemicals and pesticides. Countries lacking adequate infrastructure to monitor the import and use of these chemicals are particularly vulnerable.
Global warming is already making a mark on Pennsylvania
Several recent studies have concurred that Vietnam will be one of most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. Gradual changes such as sea level rises and higher temperatures, more extremes of weather such as drought, and more intense typhoons are all on the horizon and will have a potentially devastating impact on the country
Diarrhoea is the leading cause of child deaths in South Asia. Universal access targets have been set in the region and changes made, yet governments are still failing to act with the urgency required. At current rates of progress, the 2015 MDG target for sanitation will not be met in South Asia until 2043
Karnataka mineral policy 2008 approved by the state cabinet recently.This new policy has 13 major objectives, including progressive features such as adoption of modern techniques in mining, transparency in granting mineral licences and emphasis on value addition.
The Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Guidelines effort was initiated to develop a set of preliminary guidelines and recommendations for the deployment of CCS technologies in the
This brief is based on a paper that uses farm households
In this State of the Nation report the Institution of Civil Engineers sets out a 10 step plan which offers a solution to the transport problems facing the UK. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) envisages major transport changes in the UK by 2020.
This paper identifies inadequate effort to use market-based approaches, among others, as a reason for limited progress in arresting continuing environmental degradation in the Asia and Pacific region.
Electricity production in India is projected to expand dramatically in the near term to energize new industrial development, while also easing the energy shortages throughout the country.
This paper analyses the administrative history of water governance in Ghana, and related problems to date. The case study on fisheries management has its setting in the Upper East Region of Ghana, where people use reservoirs to improve their livelihoods through irrigation, cattle watering, and fisheries.
This report presents data on both level of consumption
Marine and large lake fisheries depend on the coastal area in many different ways. A fishery
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) envisages enhanced
An intended effect of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the reflection of greenhouse gas emissions related costs in the production costs of installations covered by the Directive.
This volume is based on a review of the evolving groundwater situation during the 1990s in a substantial number of developing nations.
This brief describes the potential role of government in facilitating widespread and more rapid deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage through a number of means including: providing financial incentives for initial CCS projects through the use of bonus allowances under a cap-and-trade program, or a fund generated by charges on electricity or fossil-fuel based sources of electricity; setting GHG
This report takes a look behind the bright vision of carbon capture and storage
This factsheet deals with the planning of sustainable sanitation for urban and peri-urban areas of the developing world and its importance for accelerated sanitation coverage by 2015. The United Nation
