Disasters and climate change are increasingly influencing the attainment of development objectives. Poor people regularly face hazards and stresses which undermine their lives and production systems, and on occasions result in widespread disaster. Climate change is causing many hazards and stresses to increase in frequency and intensity.

The World Bank released its annual State and Trends of the Carbon Market report at Carbon Expo in Cologne, Germany, on 26 May. The report indicates that the value of the global carbon market grew six percent, to US$144 billion, in 2009 despite being its most challenging year to date.

Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in a new study called 'Accelerating action against Child Labour' that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a

Prior to the Copenhagen meeting on developing a new framework for climate-change policy there were sharp differences between the positions of developed and developing countries regarding the role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in fostering international technology transfer (ITT). Expanding effective

This edition of the Convention on Biological Diversity

"Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment Tools and Benchmarking Practices" has been developed from a careful review of selected papers presented during two ESMAP-sponsored sessions at the fifth World Bank Urban Research Symposium,

Around the world, global water problems continue to grow, adversely affecting people, prosperity and national security. This policy brief examines the scope of the problem and
identifies a number of important policy considerations for addressing the issues related to this complex matter. While the management of the world

A new analysis of perceptions and opinions of offset buyers towards forestry as an option for corporate offsetting. It finds that there has been less interest in forest carbon offsets from India and China despite the large potential for afforestation and reforestation activities in these countries.

This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. The term

This IEA technology roadmap for solar PV estimates that by 2050, PV will provide around 11% of global electricity production, and avoid 2.3 gt of CO2 emissions per year. But says that achieving roadmap