The health and livelihoods of people in rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries is often strongly related to ecosystems services and water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Although provision of both is integral to water
Responding to climate change is a challenge for global agriculture. In the coming decades, differences in rainfall, temperatures and the ranges of plants and pest species will transform agriculture. Developing countries are predicted to experience stronger impacts than others. For example, by the
The objective of this study is to establish regulatory options for the EU to ensure that climate policies in road transport result in a push for electricity from renewable sources rather than coal and nuclear or unsustainable biofuels.
This report presents an analysis of, and discussion on, the
environmental, financial and negotiation consequences of
various strategies of dealing with surplus emission allowances
or assigned amount units (AAUs), often known as
This report starts with a description of the methodology followed in the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) in Asia Project, including the overall project approach and some key concepts applied.
This latest manual covers a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint accounting and shows how water footprints cane be calculated for individual processes/products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses. Also includes methods for water footprint sustainability assessment and a library of water footprint response options.
This report by Ecofys and Germanwatch analyses over 100 policies in the G20 countries and shows that climate-friendly policies not only bring environmental benefits, but they can also boost and diversify the economy.
This new publication 'the Global Peatlands CO2 picture provides for the first time the peatland emission data for all peat-containing countries in the world (175 countries= 90% of all countries).
In the international climate negotiations leading up to a Copenhagen agreement, different topics are often discussed separately and with specialized experts. This implies that synergies between concepts are sometimes not identified.
