Reports and Documents

This report evaluates the Clean Power Plan – proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 2, 2014 – from the perspective of how it might impact consumers. The report examines how states’

Every year, disasters related to weather, climate and water hazards cause significant loss of life and set back economic and social development by years, if not decades From 1970 to 2012, 8 835 disasters, 1 94 million deaths and US$ 2 4 trillion of economic losses were reported globally as a result of droughts, floods, windstorms, tropical cyclo

Forests (and landscapes with trees) are such an important part of a number of different Sustainable Development Goals that we recommend working towards a transformative ‘forest module’. The module improves on the more limited current focus on sustainable forest management, deforestation and reforestation targets.

Businesses are actively and successfully adding renewable energy to their own facilities and increasingly entering into contracts to buy or invest in offsite renewable energy.

On  23rd  June  2014,  the  Right  to  Information  Act  (RTI  Act)  stepped  into  its  10th  year  of implementation. The text of this law was published in the Official Gazette on that day in 2005 and some provisions became operational. Other provisions detailing the procedures through which people can access information or file appeals and co

In view of the growing dependence of the economy of the country on import of crude oil and the fact that the highest consumption of diesel is by commercial vehicles i.e. 26.75% followed by 10.75% by buses/STUs, it has been felt imperative by the government to define fuel economy norms for Heavy Duty Vehicles (Trucks and Buses) in India.

This working paper aims to help data center users and operators develop practical strategies for sourcing low-carbon power and to improve shared understanding about the challenges and opportunities with low-carbon power
sourcing that apply to data centers in many different situations.

The Planning Commission has periodically estimated poverty lines and poverty ratios for each of the years for which Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure have been conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Tentative Action Plan to tackle drought like situation for arrangement of drinking water in affected districts the Rajasthan State.