Today, coal is used to produce nearly 40% of the world

Recognizing that poor communities in developing countries are the least responsible for climate change but most vulnerable to its impacts, the Bali Action Plan calls for

This handbook aims to highlight the strategies and approaches in

Transboundary rivers are increasingly being drawn upon to meet the needs of growing populations and economies. This increased pressure on the available water resources sharpens competing
demands between countries, rural and urban areas, different user groups, and the river ecosystems themselves. The challenge is to balance these competing demands in a way that is equitable and

This report presents a conceptual framework that can be used by stakeholders concerned by the development and management of shared freshwater resources. The objective is to promote the sustainable and equitable use of transboundary water resources,

Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact
on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain
ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries

This report presents the collective recommendations of more than 5000 scientists, engineers, students, and decisionmakers who have participated from 2000-2008 in the annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment convened by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).

This report provides a comprehensive management effectiveness evaluation of the Protected Areas Network in India. It also includes the assessment criteria for management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) of PA network in India - site level.

In this document, the OECD expands its analysis in two important domains: first, it focuses on the role of technological innovation in bringing down the costs of climate change mitigation over time. It argues that a concerted research and development effort can indeed be expected to yield important benefits, but not by itself.

This report sets out a range of pollution problems and for each gives a brief summary of the problem

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