Reports and Documents

Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook focuses on the policy challenges of managing the next phase of growth after Asia's recovery from the global crisis.

Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of nuclear disaster zones -- showing just how dangerous the technology really is.

http://www.firstpeoplesfirst.in/admin/pdf/74_Atomic%20Deserts.pdf
 

The evidence of the Views from the Frontline 2011 study is that there is a growing gap between the UN’s ‘Hyogo Framework for Action’ and its implementation at the frontline where disasters impact. The framework aims to ‘build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters’.

12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2017-18) – NASSCOM Inputs. NASSCOM approach was to review of strategy challenges identified in line with their understanding of issues and imperatives. Each of these were deliberated in detail to identify, include and review any other challenge which was missing.

http://12thplan.gov.in/stakeholder_sugg.php

Global transportation and fossil fuels are inextricably linked. More than 60% of the 87 million barrels of oil consumed every day powers the world’s transportation system and liquid fossil fuels account for more than 96% of the current energy supply to the transport sector.

Since SACOSAN-III, held in New Delhi in November 2008, India has continued to accord priority to sanitation at the national, state and local government levels. This has resulted in continued improvements in access to sanitation, increased attention to usage of toilets and

This paper aims at providing a more objective vision of advantages and drawbacks highlighted from a joined thinking on the link between climate change and development. The agriculture sector is part of solution to cope with climate change and can be remunerated through climate change funds.

This report discusses the legal and institutional frameworks that apply to twenty-eight (28) international water bodies that were identified as part of the United Nations Development Programme-Global Environment Facility (?UNDP-GEF?) 'Good Practices and Portfolio Learning in GEF Transboundary Freshwater and Marine Legal and Institutional Frameworks' project.

This guidebook aims to provide expert information on the technologies most relevant for climate change adaptation in the water sector in developing countries. It is meant to be a practical tool for use by a broad range of stakeholders, including those in governmental agencies, water utilities, community water boards,

As India pursues ambitious plans for sustainable development and equitable growth, energy efficiency is emerging as an important low-cost and available technology resource. Both new and existing buildings provide opportunities to implement energy- and cost-saving measures in the building sector. However, the market for building efficiency remains relatively small.