No Change in BASIC Stand on Emission Cuts
The BASIC quartet—Brazil, South Africa, India and China—came together scorching all rumours that China had decided to break ranks when it made its “offer” of accepting a legally binding agreement. On
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Global malaria burden and achieving universal coverage of interventions: a glimpse on progress and impact
<p> Malaria continues to remain a serious public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the World with around 225 million cases and near one million deaths every year causing
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Changing perceptions
Experts say changes in the Earth s orbit may have led to the formation of the Sahara desert
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Energy and air pollution: World Energy Outlook Special Report 2016
<p>This report released by the International Energy Agency says air pollution has become a major public health crisis leading to around 6.5 million deaths each year, with “many of its root causes and cures” found in the energy industry.</p>
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Regulatory and financial incentives for scaling up concentrating solar power in Developing Countries
This World Bank report analyzes existing renewable energy schemes supporting concentrated solar power (CSP) and proposes measures to scale up CSP promotion. It highlights the potential of CSP technologies to scale up renewable energy at the utility level, diversifying the generation portfolio mix, powering development, and mitigating climate change. It also evaluates the effectiveness of existing schemes in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, India and South Africa.
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The security of cities: development, environment, and conflict on an urbanizing planet
Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history, cities have become the default condition for human habitation almost
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Navigating transport NAMAs: practical handbook for the design and implementation of NAMAs in the transport sector
TRANSfer Project published a first draft of its Handbook "Navigating Transport NAMAs". The purpose of the handbook is to provide practitioners in the transport sector around the world with practical step-by-step
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WMO provisional statement on the state of global climate in 2012
According to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Provisional Statement on the State of Global Climate in 2012, released at the Doha Climate Change Conference on 28 November 2012, the years 2001-2011
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Regulatory indicators for sustainable energy: a global scorecard for policy makers
<p>An increasing number of developing countries – Mexico, China, Turkey, India, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa – are emerging as leaders in sustainable energy, with robust policies to support energy access, renewables and energy efficiency, according to this new World Bank Report.</p>
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Entering uncharted waters: El Niño and the threat to food security
Millions of poor people in Southern Africa, Asia and Central America face hunger and poverty this year and next because of droughts and erratic rains as global temperatures reach new records, and because
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Climate and irrigation reduce Lake Chad to one twentieth its size in four decades
Climate change and irrigation have reduced Lake Chad in north central Africa to one twentieth of its size in the 1960s, say NASA-funded scientists. Using modelling systems and long time-series
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Good practices for regulating wastewater treatment: legislation, policies and standards
<p>This UNEP publication presents a critical analysis of successful cases for regulating wastewater treatment and management in six countries - Argentina, Austria, Finland, Jordan, Singapore and South Africa. It reviews procedures and processes in the implementation of wastewater legislation and may be useful for other countries in addressing the global wastewater challenge.</p>
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Multiple solutions to address the climate change challenge
The brief highlights that: new Country Assistance Strategies substantively address climate-related issues; low-carbon growth country studies have been undertaken for Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland and South Africa; the Latin America and Caribbean Region has developed a portfolio of approximately 180 activities with adaptation and mitigation co-benefits totaling over US$7 billion;
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Enabling farmers to face climate change
This booklet provides an overview of the characteristics and main activities of the projects that are being implemented as part of the second project portfolio of the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the
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Europe to fund renewables in developing world
Europe has announced plans to back investment in renewable energy in Africa and other parts of the developing world in an effort to provide reliable electricity in an environmentally sustainable way. The European Commission has launched the Global Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fund with Euro 80 million to part-fund private projects over the next four years. The fund will target small-scale projects, predominantly in African states. According to EC statistics, around 1.6 billion people have no regular access to reliable energy sources.
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Sea-level rise and coastal wetlands: impacts and costs
Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect
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Problems of solutions
Birth control measures in African elephants have been withdrawn following undesirable results
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The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2016
Global per capita fish consumption has risen to above 20 kilograms a year for the first time, thanks to stronger aquaculture supply and firm demand, record hauls for some key species and reduced wastage,
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The Sustainable Development Goals report 2017
<p>More than 2 billion people globally are living in countries with excess water stress says the Sustainable Development Goals report 2017. Northern Africa and Western Asia, as well as Central and Southern Asia, experience water stress levels above 60 per cent, indicating the strong probability of future water scarcity.</p>