Economic criteria shape investments in drinking-water supply systems and services. Yet, often they may be defined in a narrow sense and economic returns may be evaluated in strictly financial terms. The result is an emphasis on large, urban infrastructural works.
As adaptation to climate change becomes the focus of increasing attention and the target of significant spending, there is a growing need for frameworks and tools that enable organisations to track and assess the outcomes of adaptation interventions.
Climate change poses a major challenge to agriculture. Rising temperatures will change crop growing seasons. And changing rainfall patterns will affect yield potentials. Underinvestment over the past 20 years has left the agricultural sector in many developing countries ill-prepared for the changes ahead.
Ending the global water, sanitation and hygiene crisis must now be counted as one of the biggest international development challenges of the 21st century. Almost 900 million people worldwide live without access to clean water, and over two and a half billion people live without adequate sanitation.
The World Energy Council in partnership with Oliver Wyman (global consulting firm) has over the past year worked on its third Assessment of country energy and climate policy aiming to identify key areas for policy improvements and to understand how successful policies can be transferred from one country to another.
This paper reviews the potential of geographical indications and trademarks to protect and promote biocultural products of small producers in developing countries, and thereby contribute to sustainable development. It examines relevant
In the face of climate change adversities, which can be an impediment to the sustainable growth of economy, India can benefit from a low carbon growth trajectory to achieve its objectives for economic development and mitigation of climate change.
Water is impacting global business now,
and yet water is not nearly as high on the corporate agenda as climate change reveals this new analysis of global companies operating in sectors which are exposed to water-related risks.
Communities are frequently excluded from important aspects of environmental management. But they can play a fundamental role in the management of common pool resources such as water. This is particularly true when state capacity is weak or when communities remain on the periphery of support from any government.
