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Modernizing weather, water, and climate services: a road map for Bhutan

The main objective of this technical assistance paper is to provide recommendations to the Royal Government of Bhutan for modernizing its hydrometeorological services, including capacity strengthening for disaster related early warning systems (EWSs).

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Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development

In this paper, ACFID argues that Australia must take action on climate change to play a fair and effective role in reducing poverty and inequality and promoting sustainable development.

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Forgotten voices: the world of urban children in India

This report discusses how the major urban development schemes in India do not adequately take into account issues related to children’s health, education, growth, safety and participation.

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Food riots and food rights: the moral and political economy of accountability for hunger in Kenya

The green revolution and the global integration of food markets were supposed to relegate scarcity to the annals of history. So why did thousands of people in dozens of countries take to the streets when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011? Are food riots the surest route to securing the right to food in the twenty-first century?

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Food Security Act, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Food Security Act, 21/07/2015. Central Government enacted the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity.

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in Metro cities, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in Metro cities, 21/07/2015.

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution due to suspended particles, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution due to suspended particles, 21/07/2015. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) were revisited and notified in November, 2009. In line with international senerio, the earlier listed pollutant ‘Suspended Particulate Matter’ (SPM) has been withdrawn from the list of notified pollutants.

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Not just hot air: putting climate change education into practice

A report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reviews the organization's recent work to support education policymakers and educators of teachers to incorporate climate change into their curriculum.

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Green Highways (Plantation & Maintenance) Policy-2015

This “green highways policy” approved by road ministry sets aside one per cent of the civil cost of national highway development projects for the planting of trees in a planned manner, covering both existing NH sections and new routes that would be added to the network. 

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on impact of climate change, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on impact of climate change, 21/07/2015. A scientific study to assess the impact of climate change has been undertaken and a report entitled “Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s” was published in 2010 by the Ministry.

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