This report evaluates the initial trial phase of the EU Emissions Trading System and provides lessons for the EU moving forward as well as for the development of cap-and-trade programs in the United States.

As part of the various initiatives under the International year of sanitation, the Department of Drinking Water Supply organized a National Workshop on sustainable sanitation on 19th, 20th May, 2008 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

This book looks at methods to maintain a level playing field for US industry under domestic climate policy. Through an assessment of the economics and trade flows of key carbon-intensive industries, the authors evaluate a number of proposals included in current legislation. They argue that, given the limited role of exposed sectors in the US economy, measures need to be targeted rather than comprehensive. Efforts to contain costs for carbon-intensive manufacturing, if not properly considered, can harm other industries and raise the cost of reducing emissions for the economy as a whole.

Climate change is often seen as a global problem demanding global solutions. But for poor people hit hard by the impacts, climate change is a not a boardroom abstraction, but day-to-day reality. Faced with local shifts in weather patterns and natural resources, they are forced to find ways of coping that are locally relevant. This kind of experience, gained at the grassroots, boosts resilience as no top-down initiative can. Three case studies from rural communities in Benin, Kenya and Malawi show how it is done.

Virtually every aspect of economic activity results in greenhouse gas emissions, so meaningful climate policies will need to alter the fossil fuel foundation of economies over the long term. Climate change policy will likely cost more, benefit more, and require more changes in behavior by firms and individuals than any other environmental policy. The magnitude of this challenge has drawn attention to the potential use of market-based or economic-incentive instruments

This paper examines some important causes and challenges of the global food crisis, from a developmental perspective. Possible responses to this crisis are discussed pertaining to trade, investment and agricultural policies and measures at the national, regional and international levels. UNCTAD's potential contribution in addressing the crisis is highlighted in this context.

Monthly monitoring report for the month of March 2008.

The Little Green Data Book 2008 is based on World Development Indicators 2008, defining, gathering, and disseminating international statistics from many people and organizations.

Minutes of the 10th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 22/04/2008.

In 2007 Guangzhou, a city of 10 million, carried out the detailed engineering design and some preliminary road works of a Bus Rapid Transit system which is likely to be operational late in 2008.