According to a report published in recent years, developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that more than a million people per year may be resettled as a result of resource extraction in various parts of the globe.

Current United Nations structures are highly inequitable and obstruct progress towards international climate policy cooperation.

Two new drugs to treat drug-resistant TB are expected to hit the market in 2013. The drugs, Bedaqiline (TMC207) and Delamanid (OPC6783) are practically the first drugs to be developed in nearly 50 years and are expected to improve treatment of DR-TB.

These two investigational TB drugs are entering phase 3 studies and are likely to be submitted to the regulatory authorities this year. Dr Manica Balasegaram, executive director of Medicine Sans Frontier’s (MSF) Access Campaign has expressed confidence that these drugs will make treatment more accessible and affordable.

Over the next five years, 20th-century manufacturing stalwarts like the United States, Germany and Japan will be challenged to maintain their competitive edge to emerging nations such as China, India and Brazil, according to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Global Manufactu

An analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Annual Global Power Generation Forecasts 2012, finds that during the current decade, gas will see the highest growth rate among the major fuels.

Nuclear power, despite some delays after the Fukushima disaster, will also expand strongly due to the large number of nuclear plants currently under construction, particularly in Asia, the analysis says.

This Global Wind Energy Outlook 2012 released by Global Energy Council projects that by 2030 India would generate almost 504 TWh per year from wind power and avoid the emission of 304 million tons of CO2 each year.

India has 63 million people living with diabetes and is only second to China in terms of global diabetes cases warns this Diabetes Atlas 2012 released by International Diabetes Federation today on World Diabetes Day.

In one half of a PLOS Medicine Debate, Jeff Collin argues against Simon Chapman's proposal for a smoker's license, saying that it is strategically flawed and ethically unsound.

In one half of a PLOS Medicine Debate, Simon Chapman lays out a case for a smoker's license designed to limit access to tobacco products and encourage cessation.

The 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook presents authoritative projections of energy trends through to 2035 and insights into what they mean for energy security, environmental sustainability and economic development. Oil, coal, natural gas, renewables and nuclear power are all covered, together with an update on climate change issues.

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