Reports and Documents

A Bill that seeks to amend the existing law governing exploration and production of oil and gas as well as delink petroleum operations from mining operations was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024, is aimed at boosting investment in the sector.

In this report, ESCAP explores the future of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on the dynamic shifts in the region’s urban landscape. It highlights the region’s demographic transformations, including population ageing, and the persistent challenges of urban poverty and inequality.

The Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) has introduced the Draft Regulations for Grant of Connectivity to the Intra-State Transmission System (InSTS), 2025. These regulations aim to facilitate the integration of entities into the state transmission system effectively, reliably, and economically.

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has issued a draft of the Karnataka Electricity Distribution Code (KEDC), 2024, under its regulatory authority as per the Electricity Act, 2003.

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today.

This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment.

In 2024, global employment expanded in line with a growing labour force, keeping the global unemployment rate steady at 5 per cent, similar to that of 2023. Slowing productivity growth remains a major bottleneck with respect to expanding the opportunities for decent work.

Africa deployed an additional 2.5 GW of solar in 2024, according to AFSIA‘s new “Africa Solar Outlook 2025” report. AFSIA’s figures, which do not include residential installations, take the continent’s combined solar capacity to 19.2 GW.

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have transformed modern medicine [1]. However, their impact is limited as they are not accessible to all.

The Global status report on road safety 2023 shows that the number of annual road traffic deaths has fallen slightly to 1.19 million. Road traffic deaths and injuries remain a major global health and development challenge. As