The nexus between water, energy and food (WEF) security is a critical component of human well-being, and billions of dollars are spent annually on investments intended to ensure that it is adequately addressed.

Environmental Defence ranks the largest cosmetics companies in Canada from best to worst on their chemical policies and use of toxic ingredients in their products. A new report finds the largest cosmetics companies in Canada still need to give their products and policies a makeover when it comes to toxic chemicals.

Nepal's action plan to reduce green house gas emissions from aviation (the action plan) describes ongoing and planned activities to reduce green house gas emissions from Nepal's domestic and international aviation activities.

The report is not formally mandated; rather it is an independent evidence-based analysis of how water can be addressed in a development agenda beyond 2015.

This analytical brief published by United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health offers a working definition of water security developed from contributions made by the broad range of organizations, agencies, programmes and institutions that form UN-Water.

In 2011-2012, the Government of India spent over USD$15 billion subsidizing fuel products such as diesel, kerosene and liquid petroleum gas. The government’s total subsidy expenditure increased by 27 per cent from the previous year, significantly contributing to the deterioration of India’s fiscal balance.

This paper examines the current state of alignment between climate knowledge brokers (CKB) platforms with the information-seeking and knowledge-sharing behaviour of users of online climate change information.

This report evaluates the principal costs and benefits of the European Union’s biofuels industry, based on an assessment of best available information. Depending on the availability of data, some costs and benefits are quantified, while others have not been due to a lack of systematic or disaggregated information.

This analytical brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system. The working definition of water security offered here was developed from contributions made by the broad range of organizations, agencies, programmes and institutions that form UN-Water.

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in June 2012—commonly referred to as Rio+20—left many perplexed. If a number of advances were made, the results fell well short of what is needed to redirect the global economy onto a sustainable course.