This report, jointly written by IRENA and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) provides an insight into the strengths of diverse policy design decisions in important existing markets.
This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and other environmental factors.
This report tracks a rich and diverse portfolio of over 200 programs worldwide in more than 30 countries that have found creative ways to finance safe drinking water and instream supplies and to address water risks and dependencies, such as drought, flood, etc.
This latest volume of IRENA Renewable Energy Country Profiles take stock of the latest developments in the field of renewables at country level for Asia and covers India.
Illegal trade in rhinoceros horn continues to be one of the most structured criminal activities currently faced by CITES. There are clear indications that organized criminal groups are involved in rhinoceros poaching and illegal trade in rhinoceros horn.
Climate change is defined as a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth and has been a topic of global interest over the last few decades.
This study explores the politics of urban water supply and sanitation delivery in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, where improvements in coverage have been achieved within a national context characterised by almost three decades of civil war.
IFC, the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries, has completed a study on job creation by the private sector.
The Bhutan Environment Outlook (BEO) 2012 analyzes the state of the environment, principal environmental impacts, and the motivating forces and pressures for environmental change.
