The majority of chronically poor people are economically active but the poor quality of that work, including its low-pay, dangerous conditions, insecurity and irregularity means that this work frequently maintains people in poverty rather than enabling poverty escapes.

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has released a report, titled 'Cooperation for a Water Wise World: Partnerships for Sustainable Development.' The report will serve as an input to World Water Week, taking place from 1-6 September 2013, in Stockholm, Sweden, on the same theme.

This paper focuses on ways to reduce the emissions of the in-use vehicle fleet, with particular emphasis on heavy-duty diesel trucks, due to their disproportionate contribution to both urban air quality and greenhouse gas emissions.

Worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record according to this 2012 State of the Climate report released by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Global best practices in fuel efficiency policies by Anup Bandivadekar at CSE Workshop Series on Transport and Climate, July 24 - 25, 2013, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

This World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 (WNISR) provides a global overview of the history, the current status and the trends of nuclear power programs worldwide. It shows that China, Germany and Japan, and India, now generate more power from renewables than from nuclear power.

This report highlights lessons learned and examples of good practice from countries with experience in mplementing a wide range of measures to improve energy efficiency in urban transport systems.

The world experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes during the 2001-2010 decade, which was the warmest since the start of modern measurements in 1850 and continued an extended period of pronounced global warming.

Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation using bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells is a lifesaving treatment for patients with leukemia or other blood disorders. However, donors face the risk of physical and psychosocial complications. We aimed to synthesize qualitative studies on the experiences and perspectives of HSC donors. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and reference lists of relevant articles to November 13, 2012. Thematic synthesis was used to analyze the findings. Thirty studies involving 1552 donors were included.

The Global Tiger Recovery Program Implementation Plan: 2013–14 is based on the Priority Implementation Activities (PIAs) of the Tiger Range Countries, developed to address the Thimphu Affirmative Nine-Point Action Agenda on Tiger Conservation formulated at the Second Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in late 2012.

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