This report provides an overview on indigenous peoples in five REDD+ countries in Asia, namely, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand and the status of REDD+ implementation in these five countries.
This new report analyses the challenges and options involved in shifting to a “green economy” based on more efficient and renewable energy technologies, transforming agricultural technologies so as to guarantee food security without further degrading land and water resources, and utilizing technology to adapt to climate change.
The report makes numerous recommendations for further research and addresses a number of policy implications arising from the study. These address wildlife management policy at both state and national level and some consideration is also given to the implications for Convention on Biological Diversity.
The global oil crisis of 2008 increased the fiscal burden of maintaining generous subsidies that have existed for decades. More recently, these subsidies have been the driving force of ever more precarious fiscal imbalances.
Chronic Emergency: Why NCDs Matter examines the magnitude of the challenge posed by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in middle- and low-income countries, and makes the case for elevating the challenge as a priority item to address on the agenda of decision-makers. NCDs are on the rise in all middle- and low-income country regions.
The overall objectives of the study was to explore possibility of REDD plus implementation in CFM areas. Furthermore the study assessed the bio-physical potentiality of forests in line to climate change adaptation.
Against the backdrop of the enhanced importance of technology transfer in the context of the ongoing climate change negotiations, the potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a vehicle for technology transfer has been underscored.
This is a report from Office of the Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioners on food-nutrition insecurity and starvation in 15 villages of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh displaced due to the Sardar Sarovar Project.
This research provides the evidence base which confirms what we have long suspected – that there are more fossil fuels listed on the world’s capital markets than we can afford to burn if we are to prevent dangerous climate change.
This publication highlights the issues related to Community-managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR). It contains articles contributed by disaster risk reduction practitioners from different agencies and reflects a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective. It also highlights how to enhance actions at local levels with local community.
