Research / Carbon & Climate
Food & Agriculture
Myanmar: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
Myanmar remains one of the world's only countries with no prohibitions on log exports. The country provides much coveted teak and other hardwood logs to the region and beyond. Sawn …
The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis on the health of our only planet and the impact of human activity. Its key finding? Humanity's demands exceed our …
Carbon & Climate
Life cycle assessments of energy technologies
LCA Harmonization
As China's service economy grows and nonindustrial buildings proliferate, building efficiency becomes more important to the country's efforts to reduce the growth in its carbon emissions. Concerns over rising energy …
The World Bank published a book titled, “Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China,” offering practical lessons to policymakers in China to organize and coordinate sustainable low-carbon urban development.
The book suggests a multifaceted approach...
Carbon & Climate
Coming Clean: The Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2012
This report investigates the global state of cleantech innovation in entrepreneurial start-up companies. We are currently faced with a range of climate, energy and economic challenges. Technology start-ups provide one …
In the 20th century, governments and businesses didn't have to worry about resource productivity; they were able to focus on capital and labor instead. Over the next 20 years, resources …
Carbon & Climate
2012 Cleantech Directory
Clean technology is one of the fastest growing sectors in the global economy. From solar and wind, to energy efficiency and electric cars, new technologies and opportunities are happening every …
Policy & Finance
Working towards a balanced and inclusive Green Economy
A United Nations System-wide Perspective
The United Nations Environment Programme today released a new compilation of statistical data tracking environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years in a report called …
This report follows up on the 2007 report by examining the most recent data and trends related to primary energy supply, final energy demand, electricity generation and demand, greenhouse gas …
Carbon & Climate
Adaptation: resources now to plan and implement
What the COP17 conference in Durban can do to get rich nations to help poorer ones adapt to climate change - An opinion brief by Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow …
