This database contains results of urban outdoor air pollution monitoring from almost 1100 cities in 91 countries. Air quality is represented by annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 microns). The database covers the period from 2003 to 2010, with the majority of values for the years 2008 and 2009.

This latest World Disasters Report focuses on hunger and malnutrition, analyses the causes and impacts of this growing crisis and advocates solutions at community, national and international levels.

A new technology roadmap on Carbon Capture and Storage in Industrial Applications shows that carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from industrial applications by 4 gigatonnes in 2050.

The World Development Report 2012 published by World Bank focuses on gender equality and highlights the challenges facing women and girls across the world. It calls for changes in policies to provide women with more access to education and health care (particularly maternal health).

The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years
after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and
40 years after President Nixon launched

Developments over the past few years have shown that reforms to address climate change are no less difficult to implement than reforms in other areas, even if the objective of limiting global warming is broadly accepted.