Research / Global
Carbon & Climate
Giving REDD+ Life
Income generated from REDD+ should be given to forest communities to invest in their future, recommends a new report by The Forests Dialogue (TFD). Investing locally in this way should …
Access to affordable modern energy services may not be a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) but without it, sustainable development, indeed the MDGs themselves, cannot be achieved. Yet energy access remains …
Technologies that make buildings smarter and more energy efficient continue to evolve at a rapid pace, with new entrants and solutions announced every week. Many of the new products and …
Water
Smart Water Meters
Rising Demand for Water to be a Key Driver for Smart Water Meter Adoption
Policy & Finance
The Little Green Data Book 2012
The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, …
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
Learn how sustainability at the research and development phase can not only drive innovation but also bring cost savings.
New McKinsey research indicates that the industry is suffering from growing pains rather than undergoing death throes. Solar is entering a period of maturation that, in just a few years, …
Oil Incumbents Building Empires to Dominate Biofuels and Other Alternative Fuels
Manufacturing
How to radically transform industrial energy use
A new IEA-IIP report offers step-by-step guide to implementing energy management programmes for industry.
Policy & Finance
State of the Planet Declaration
Scientists issue first "State of the Planet" declaration at the world's largest gathering of experts on global environmental and social issues in advance of the major UN Summit Rio+20 in …
