There is growing recognition that successful adaptation of agricultural production systems to changes in climate will depend upon the improved access to, and use of, genetic diversity.

This report sets out fundamental priorities for improving community-level water security as part of an integrated water supply, sanitation and hygiene approach.

A new publication by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Union of Railways (UIC) highlights the environmental sustainability of rail transport. The report – Railway Handbook 2012: Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions – includes the latest information from the UIC and IEA databases.

This report presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment (URA), for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities. It is intended to assist in decision making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs.

The Child Development Index (CDI) offers a fascinating insight into how children are faring around the world.

This paper looks at the legal options for a group of interested countries to enter into a new international agreement dedicated to the interface between trade policy and climate change, which could be titled the Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA).

A new WSP working paper, What Does It Take to Scale Up Rural Sanitation?

This new report released by NOAA looks at extreme weather events that occurred in 2011 & finds 2011 among the 15 warmest since records began in late 1800. Shows human fingerprints identified in more than 2 dozen climate indicators examined by 378 scientists from 48 countries.

This report provides principles to foster effective decision making in national mass transit investment programs.

The solar heating and cooling (SHC) roadmap outlines a pathway for solar energy to supply almost one sixth (18 EJ) of the world’s total energy use for both heating and cooling by 2050. This would save some 800 megatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year; more than the total CO2 emissions in Germany in 2009.