This Monitoring Review Report was commissioned as the second 6-monthly update on Vedanta’s progress in implementing the Recommendations from the original independent strategic sustainability review that Scott Wilson undertook in September 2010.

The events on 11 March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which resulted from the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami, was initially expected to have wide ranging consequences on the global energy mix as governments and companies seek to address the challenges of providing a sustainable supply of energy for all.

This report by the Earth Security Initiative seeks to reframe the debate of ‘land-grabs’ in terms of solutions. It builds an argument for taking decisive action on ecological and human rights from a perspective of risk management, based on the prediction that resource pressures will continue to intensify globally.

The majority of the world’s population now live in urban centres, which will also absorb virtually all population growth in the next century.

ISO 26000 is a new international standard on social responsibility developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

This index of 120 of world's most competitive cities by Economist Intelligence Unit examines many dimensions of cities as new engines of growth & pegs Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai & Kolkata at rank 68, 70, 97, 98, 105 & 106, respectively.

The BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees overall energy demand growing some 40% over next two decades, with virtually all growth coming from developing countries & more than half will come from China and India.

Ensuring that the poor or the most vulnerable sections of society benefit from REDD+ projects is crucial to building both national and international legitimacy and to fostering successful delivery of conservation and social objectives.

This briefing gives an overview of the key REDD+ issues, in particular: integrating mitigation and adaptation actions; addressing tenure; learning from participatory forest management and payment for ecosystems services; taking the right approach to gender; developing safeguards to minimize negative impacts of REDD+; and strengthening South-Sout

Over the next four decades, the global transportation sector will face unprecedented challenges related to demographics, urbanization, pressure to minimize and dislocate emissions outside urban centres, congestion of aging transport infrastructure and growth in fuel demand.