2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
<p>The Departments of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services established the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for the single, time-limited task of examining the evidence on specific nutrition
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ACCC: Local Government Renewables Action Tracker: Summary of Methods and Data
<p>The Local Government Renewable Actions Tracker (hereafter referred to as the “Tracker”) is a resource developed by the American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator, a partnership
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Economic Issues for Women in Texas 2020
<p>Texas Women’s Foundation has released the findings of its Economic Issues for Women in Texas 2020 report, which examines the economic status of Texas women in regard to gender, race, and ethnicity.
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Milking the Planet: How big dairy is heating up the planet and hollowing rural communities
<p>Thirteen of the world’s largest dairy corporations combined to emit more greenhouse gases (GHGs) in 2017 than major polluters BHP, the Australia-based mining, oil and gas giant or ConocoPhillips,
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E-commerce provisions in RTAs: Implications for negotiations and capacity building
<p>This paper addresses the regulatory and policy environments conducive for e-commerce to thrive. In particular, as regulatory issues affecting e-commerce have become more prominent in recent regional
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2020 Corporate Energy and Sustainability Progress Report
<p>The purpose of this report is to provide high-level insights into global energy and sustainability trends with the goal of supporting organizations on their journey to Active Energy Management. In partnership
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Statistical Review of World Energy 2020
<p>Growth in energy markets slowed in 2019 in line with weaker economic growth and a partial unwinding of some of the one-off factors that boosted energy demand in 2018.This slowdown was particularly evident
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Shining Cities 2020: The Top U.S. Cities for Solar Energy
<p>Solar power is expanding rapidly. The United States now has 77.7 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – more than enough to power one in every 10 homes in America. Hundreds
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Healthcare products trade and external shocks: The US-China trade war and COVID-19 pandemics
<p>In 2019 and the early months of 2020, global trade faced two major albeit very different shocks, namely the United States-China trade war and the cascading response of the countries around the world
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COVID-19 State Of Smoking Poll
<p>A recent poll explores the relationship between COVID-19 social distancing and health among 6,801 tobacco and nicotine users in 5 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, and India).