The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has since been recognized as an extraordinary environmental success in global cooperation to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol has completed more than 20 years of its progress.
The climate crisis and the financial crisis are not two competing issues that need to be addressed separately by the world community. The solution to one is, in fact, the answer to the other. Investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy helps the economy by increasing employment in the power sector, while reducing energy costs and easing the over-use of precious natural resources.
The South Asia Environment Outlook 2009 covers the state and trends of the environment (land, air, water, biodiversity) and five key issues - Climate Change, Food Security, Water Security,
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage.
This report by World Bank suggests that an effective climate deal needs to frame development and climate within a single agenda. It shows how the global response to climate change can strengthen, rather than undermine, development in the world's poorest countries.
This paper examines the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. It focus on the first two moments of the distribution of calorie consumption and consider the differential impacts across socioeconomic groups within the country.
This paper examines the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. It focus on the first two moments of the distribution of calorie consumption and consider the differential impacts across socioeconomic groups within the country.
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in association with State Ground Water Departments has assessed that 1065 talukas/blocks/mandals fall under over exploited and critical categories. Ground water levels have been on the decline in urban/semi-urban areas and rural areas and the issues of ground water quality are natural corollary.
Building greater climate resilience into the agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific must begin with an understanding of the likely added risks and vulnerabilities the sector will face from climate change.
