Reports and Documents

This World Bank paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. It indicates that the temperature is rising at a higher rate in Nepal and Chinese regions of the Himalayas compared with rest of the Himalayas.

Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat.

This report analyzes comprehensive 2009 data on government social protection programs in 35 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) used its Social Protection Index to help assess the nature and the effectiveness of these programs, as well as to facilitate cross-country comparisons.

Global environmental governance is characterized by a high number of international activities, but actual environmental outcomes vary. The ability to develop green political and economic power that leads to better environmental performance is not restricted to industrialized countries anymore.

The green power potential of a country is a central factor in the transformation to a green economy. This paper argues that green power will become a decisive factor for global change. Green power combines sustainability, innovation and power into one concept.

Bridging the Gap has released a newly updated publication reviewing the NAMA intentions communicated to the UNFCCC from a land transport perspective. The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the numbers of transport NAMAs submitted to the UNFCCC and additionally some examples of transport NAMAs that are yet to be submitted.

In this report, the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) has compared old images of Indian satellites of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) with the new images to assess the extent of damage in the Mandakini valley after the floods.

Acknowledge the fact that the present disaster management institutional policy and practices in India, although build on science and technology at it score, haven’t been able to harness the full potential of it by establishing innovative and effective institutional mechanisms which would facilitate real time and long term coordination between s

The overarching aim of this paper is to examine the challenges of addressing loss and damage through national institutional arrangements that integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Bangladesh.

This policy brief contributes to the ongoing debate around access modalities for the Green Climate Fund (GCF).