This study has two objectives. The first
is to help decision makers, especially in developing
countries, to better understand and assess the risks posed
by climate change,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56663Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Cheung, William W. L. ;
Sumaila,Rashid Ussif
This paper attempts to assess the
economics of adaptation to extreme weather events. The
author address several questions that are relevant for the
international discussion:...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56659Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Blankespoor, Brian ;
Dasgupta, Susmita ;
Laplante, Benoit ;
Wheeler, David
Pakistan has achieved impressive
macroeconomic results during the first half of the current
decade , with ambitious reforms resulting in an acceleration
of growth from...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69561Date: June 5, 2010
Around the world, it is increasingly
being recognized that for sustainability goals to be
reached, efforts need to go beyond compliance with standards
and mitigation...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 55328Date: June 1, 2010
This summary presents the methodology
and the results for the global track. The current report for
the global track has undergone extensive review this report
is considered...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 64087Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Sir Iliff, William
Livelihoods, food security, and
development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly
dependent on land management practices to generate natural
ecosystem goods and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 54134Date: May 1, 2010
Under the Kyoto Protocol to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the
industrialized countries adopted quantified emission
reductions obligations....
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 55484Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Bosi, Martina ;
Cantor, Scott ;
Spors, Felicity
A pattern of forest area loss followed
by a period of reforestation is representative of the forest
transition process. Forest transition has been observed in
many countries...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 63131Date: May 1, 2010
The extractive industries have been a
significant feature of the Guinean economy since the 1950s.
The country hosts some of the largest global resources of
bauxite and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 72371Date: April 1, 2010
The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has
caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous
repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond
the areas...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70102Date: March 1, 2010
The Paraguay-Parana rivers waterway
system (referred to in the text as the Hidrovia, or HPP) is
potentially the greatest axis for freight movement in the
sub-region...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 54900Date: March 1, 2010
Over the past 10 years the government of
Uganda has endeavored to increase latrine coverage and
promote hygiene with a view to improving health outcomes. In
1997, in...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 44485Date: February 1, 2010
India is the largest groundwater user in
the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic
kilometers per year, more than a quarter of the global
total. With more...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 51676Date: January 29, 2010
Vietnam's gas sector is at a
critical point. Vietnam's gas industry, from the
producing field to the end-user, is already a vital
component of the nation's energy economy...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 52865Date: January 27, 2010
The objective of this is to provide a
framework for a sound economic approach to biodiversity loss
and its economic consequences in the context of climate
change and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 76245Date: January 13, 2010
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable
countries in the world to climate risks. Two-thirds of the
nation is less than 5 meters above sea level and is
susceptible to...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70266Date: January 1, 2010
Solid waste management (SWM) is a major
environment and health hazard in the urban areas of
Pakistan. The World Bank is of the opinion that as cities
economies are fast...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68343Date: January 1, 2010
The report is organized as follows. The
next section puts the study into context by briefly
discussing the global EACC study and the EACC methodology,
which was applied...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 76242Date: January 1, 2010
The report is organized as follows. The
next section puts the study into context by briefly
discussing the global EACC study and the EACC methodology,
which was applied...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 76242Date: January 1, 2010
The social component of the Economics of
Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) study aims to highlight
how vulnerability to climate change is socially
differentiated,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 63912Date: January 1, 2010
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