Reports and Documents

Through the air, over land and in water, over ten thousand species numbering millions of animals travel around the world in a network of migratory pathways. The very foundation of these migratory species is their connection to places and corridors across the planet.

This report is based on several visits to villages and slums across Karnataka and information collected under RTI by several organisations working towards eradicating malnutrition in the State and is being filed by the Advisor to the Commissioners of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of PUCL vs. UoI and Ors (Writ Petition No.

This new report connects the dots between the climate and oil crises, new technologies and corporate power. It warns that the world’s largest companies are riding the coattails of the “Green Economy” while gearing up for their boldest coup to-date – not just by making strategic acquisitions and tapping new markets, but also by penetrating new industrial sectors.

This new study examines demand and supply aspects of the ethanol blending policy (EBP) of the Government of India. It examines the main sectors using ethanol. The preparedness of the automobile industry is a major factor in the successful implementation of this policy. In this context the issue of compatibility of vehicles to different levels of ethanol blending is also analyzed.

OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2011 is part of the Organization’s commitment to market stability and a means to highlight and further understand many of the possible future challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of the oil industry. This year’s WOO highlights that OPEC’s role will be even more important in the future.

The EMG’s Issue Management Group on Green Economy was tasked to prepare a report to assess how the United Nations system could coherently support countries in transitioning to a green economy. The report is expected to facilitate a common understanding of the green economy approach and the measures required for the transition.

Since the inception of MGNREGA in 2005, UNDP has supported the Government of India (GoI) to enable a transparent, accountable and efficient implementation of the Act through ICT innovations, monitoring and research, awareness generation and capacity development.

This new working paper by ICCT identifies the most effective technologies for CO2, emissions and safety measures and maps the status of regulatory programs for 2- and 3-wheeler management in Asian countries.

In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems, from farm to table. In 1975, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was founded.

Mountains cover approximately one-quarter of the world’s surface and are home to 12 percent of the human population.