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Metals in a low-carbon economy: resource scarcity, climate change and business in a finite world

This study is an effort to comprehensively assess the potential effect of material scarcity on low-carbon energy technologies, taking into account the significant uncertainty in potential future supply. The research was conducted

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Achieving food security in the face of climate change

The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has released its final report proposing policy responses to the challenges of feeding a world confronted with climate change, population growth, poverty, fluctuating food prices and degraded ecosystems.

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Reassessing wind potential estimates for India: economic and policy implications

Wind potential estimates in India needed to be reassessed to keep pace with improving technologies in the field. This study shows that the country had the capacity to yield wind power in the range of 600 to 1000 GW with current available technologies.

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Combatting Monsanto

This report provides snapshots of frontline struggles against Monsanto & other biotech corporations pushing GM crops. It shows that small-holder and organic farmers, local communities and social movements around the world are resisting Monsanto and the agro-industrial model that it represents.

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Recent trends in technologies in sewerage system

The Ministry has adopted service level benchmarks for the water and sanitation sector with a view to shift the focus of urban development projects from infrastructure creation to improvement of service levels.

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Biomass in a low-carbon economy: resource scarcity, climate change, and business in a finite world

This report, produced through a partnership between the business leaders’ initiative 3C (Combat Climate Change) and the Stockholm Environment Institute, gauges the availability of biomass for low-carbon energy and other uses in the context of sustainability and competing demands.

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Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation

This special report contributes to frame the challenge of dealing with extreme weather and climate events as an issue in decision-making under uncertainty, analysing response in the context of risk management.

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Technological abundance for global agriculture: the role of biotechnology

Science and innovation have always been the key forces behind agricultural growth in particular and economic transformation in general.

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Worldwide engagement for sustainable energy strategies

The IEA has published a document titled “Worldwide Engagement for Sustainable Energy Strategies,” detailing the IEA’s role in the global energy industry over time.

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Teak resources and market assessment 2010

The Teak Resources and Market Assessment 2010 (TRMA 2010) is a special study of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA2010). It aims to present updated country level information on teak (Tectona grandis), which is one of the emerging hardwood resources in the world.

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