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Human Development Report 2016: human development for everyone

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The report finds that although average human development improved significantly across all regions from 1990 to 2015, one in three people worldwide continue to live in low levels of human development, as measured by the Human Development Index.

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22/03/2017
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World Water Development Report 2017: wastewater - the untapped resource

This report shows that improved wastewater management is as much about reducing pollution at the source, as removing contaminants from wastewater flows, reusing reclaimed water and recovering useful by-products

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Draft of solar policy for Goa - 2017

The state Government introduces the “Solar Energy Policy (Goa) - 2017”, with the following objectives: To promote use of solar energy for generation of power, steam and hot water for use in industrial, commercial, domestic and other applications. Only the solar PV power generation is considered here.

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Soil Organic Carbon: the hidden potential

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This publication provides an overview to decision-makers and practitioners of the main scientific facts and information regarding the current knowledge and knowledge gaps on Soil Organic Carbon.

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21/03/2017
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Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy

Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. Historically most incremental energy demand has been met through fossil fuels, however in future that energy will have to be low-carbon and ultimately zero-carbon.

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Wild water: the State of the World's Water 2017

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Across the world 663 million people still do not have access to water; the vast majority of them - over half a billion - live in rural areas.

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21/03/2017
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Cars, carbon taxes and CO2 emissions

Is a carbon tax effective in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and thereby mitigating climate change? This paper is one of the first empirical analyses of this question and the

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Blueprint for an EU cycling strategy

This draft blueprint document for an EU Cycling Strategy is the first time ever that, in a consolidated manner, all EU policies that have a direct or indirect link to cycling, have been

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Beyond the source: the environmental, economic and community benefits of source water protection

Wastewater is a resource that is too valuable to throw away, especially in an increasingly water-scarce world. Wastewater from large cities is often pumped directly into rivers or seas without treatment, leading to pollution and posing a threat to the health of ecosystems and people.

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Boom and bust 2017: tracking the global coal plant pipeline

The number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide saw a dramatic drop in 2016, mainly due to shifting policies in Asia, according to a new report released by Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and CoalSwarm.

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21/03/2017
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