Reports and Documents

This report analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well as future trends.

The CEO Water Mandate, part of the UN Global Compact, has released a report titled ‘Corporate Water Disclosure Guidelines: Toward a Common Approach to Reporting Water Issues.' The report aims to provide common approaches and metrics for disclosure that will facilitate progress towards sustainable corporate water management.

The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread announced the release of “Navigating to New Shores: Seizing the Future for Sustainable and Resilient U.S. Freshwater Resources,” a report that culminates the Foundation’s work through its Charting New Waters (CNW) initiative.

In the wake of excitement on the Indian Government’s decision on becoming mercury free, NGO Toxics Link’s report “Mercury Free India-Right Choices”, highlights the fact that once mercury is released into environment, it bio-accumulates and bio-magnifies up food chain, and easily enters human body passing through skin, blood-brain & placenta

The latest Greendex survey by the National Geographic Society and the research consulting firm GlobeScan measured consumption habits and attitudes in 18 countries. Each was scored on the relative size of its environmental footprint. This year's report, the fifth since 2008, focused on food.

A report investigates the causes of a wide variety of extreme weather and climate events from around the world in 2013. Published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, "Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective" addresses the causes of 16 individual extreme events that occurred on four continents in 2013.

Concentrating solar plants (CSP) generate solar thermal electricity (STE) while producing no greenhouse gas emissions, so it could be a key technology for mitigating climate change. In addition, the flexibility of CSP plants enhances energy security.

Solar energy is widely available throughout the world and can contribute to reduced dependence on energy imports. As it entails no fuel price risk or constraints, it also improves security of supply.

Mangroves are being destroyed at a rate 3 - 5 times greater than the average rates of forest loss, costing billions in economic damages and denying millions of people the ecosystem services they need to survive, according to a new report by UNEP.

Agricultural biotechnology has been used to address constraints in agriculture and has the potential to make a major contribution to the overall goal of sustainable intensification. The adoption of agricultural biotechnology, and specifically