Reports and Documents

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Advancing sustainable low-carbon transport through the GEF

A GEF-STAP (Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel) Advisory Document entitled 'Advancing Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport Through the GEF' has been published.

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Shifting sands: Indias new approach to the politics of climate change

India is becoming a strategically important actor in global climate negotiations. This reflects not only its rising economic and geopolitical importance, but also a greater level of recent engagement by Indian representatives with international efforts to reach a climate
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Biodiversity indicators and the 2010 biodiversity target

This report summarises the experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP), as well as providing details of 27 global indicators developed in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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Megacities on the move

Urbanisation presents us with a wealth of new opportunities and huge challenges. It has the potential to further economic development and innovation, but also threatens to exacerbate key global problems, including resource depletion, climate change, and inequality.

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Evaluation study on Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)

The AIBP was conceived in the year 1996 by the Government of India in order to provide financial assistance to States to complete various ongoing projects in the country so that envisaged irrigation potential of the project could be created and thereby extend irrigation to more areas.

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Impacts of pollution on ecosystem services for the Millennium Development Goals

This report has examined three stress factors that have the potential to decrease the supply of ecosystem services, thus reducing the chances of reaching the Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG 1) in a sustainable way. Air pollution, energy generation and indiscriminate use of pesticides may affect provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural ecosystem services.

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Evaluation study on Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM)

The specific objectives of the study were to: Assess the extent of coverage and access to improved services in the rural areas; Assess the institutional arrangements placed by the State Governments for
implementation and performance of the mission; Evaluate the overall impact of the mission on the rural habitations, especially on
women in terms of access to improved water services and awarenes

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