REmap 2030 is a roadmap to double the share of renewable energy by 2030, and is the first study of global renewable energy potential to be based on data from official governmental sources.

This paper attempts to quantify capital investment in transport around the world. Distinguishing public and private investment at the national and international level is the first step needed to shift investment towards more sustainable, low-carbon modes and systems.

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014 reports that the global economy is improving but remains vulnerable to new and old headwinds. Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate from a sluggish 2.1 per cent in 2013 to 3.0 per cent in 2014 and 3.3 per cent in 2015.

Water crises, climate impacts and food crises are amongst the top ten global risks of highest concern in 2014 that can be addressed only by long-term thinking and collaboration among business, governments and civil society says this new World Economic Forum report. Read more...

Five years after the global financial crisis, the world economy is showing signs of bouncing back this year, pulled along by a recovery in high-income economies, says the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report.

This meat atlas published by Heinrich Boell Foundation sheds light on the impacts of meat and dairy production in Europe, across the United States and in the emerging economies of China and India. It aims to catalyse the debate over the need for better, safer and more sustainable food and farming.

Population growth and increasing social pressures on global water resources have required communities around the globe to focus on the future of water availability. Global climate change is expected to further exacerbate the demands on water-stressed regions.

This annual report released by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) reviews progress on fuel economy policies worldwide, and assesses further work needed to reach GFEI target of a 50% reduction in new car fuel consumption (L/100km) compared to 2005 levels, particularly in non-OECD countries. Says that India, along with Australia and Russia now remain the three largest markets without an official fuel efficiency target.

In this 2014 Nuclear Threat Initiative's Nuclear Materials Security Index released by NIT, India has been ranked 23rd out of 25 countries with weapons-usable nuclear materials. India received 41 out of 100 points, thus improving by one point from the 2012 score.