African economic outlook 2023
The African Economic Outlook 2023 underscores the urgency to fast-track climate action and green transitions to drive the continent’s inclusive and sustainable development. The Bank’s new research, based
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Agrivoltaics in India: challenges and opportunities for scale-up
Agrivoltaics —the simultaneous use of land for both agriculture and photovoltaic (PV) power generation —offers a potential solution to the competition for land resources between agriculture and renewable
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No matter who’s fighting, hunger always wins: how violent actions drive food insecurity
More Than 85% Of People Facing Hunger Crises Live in Conflict-Affected Countries. New Action Against Hunger analysis shows how conflict drives food insecurity. Conflict and violence threatens food security
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Plastic waste in road construction- a path worth paving?: application of dry process in South Asia
As global plastic waste continues to grow, the global community is coalescing to reduce plastic waste. Some stakeholders are also exploring new options to use plastic waste as partial substitute for raw
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Over the tipping point: how multiple, overlapping climate and environmental shocks and hazards on children in the East Asia and Pacific region are eroding their coping strategies, exacerbating inequality, and forever changing their futures
More than any other region, children in the East Asia and Pacific region are having to survive multiple, often overlapping climate and environmental hazards and shocks, according to this latest UNICEF
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Enhancing policy and action for safe mobility
Countries can reduce deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by flipping the traditional mobility hierarchy and adopting the Safe System approach, finds this new report from the Sustainable Mobility
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Bengaluru 2030: impact of EVs on vehicular emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a direct cause of human-induced climate change. India accounted for 2.9 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2019. The transportation sector accounts for roughly 10% or
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Food and nutrition security in the Global South: policies, technologies and institutions
Food and nutrition security has regressed in countries of the Global South, necessitating a comprehensive approach to addressing the complex linkages between food and nutrition, and other sectors. This
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Assessing the viability of using autorickshaws for urban freight delivery in India
The paper assesses the viability of dual utilization of autorickshaws for commercial deliveries in urban India. The paper indicates that dual utility can not only overcome supply gaps in the freight ecosystem
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State and trends of carbon pricing 2023
This report provides an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including international, national and subnational initiatives. It also investigates trends
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Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2023
The Union government amended the green energy open access rules for the second time, in which it changed the name of the regulation to Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open
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Levels and trends in child malnutrition 2023
<p>Child malnutrition estimates for the indicators stunting, wasting, overweight and underweight describe the magnitude and patterns of under- and overnutrition aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 2.2. The UNICEF-WHO-WB Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates inter-agency group updates the global and regional estimates in prevalence and numbers for each indicator every other year.</p>
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Status of mortality and economic losses due to weather, climate and water extremes (1970-2021)
<p>Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that’s the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, according to this new figure from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).</p>
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A global climate alliance to accelerate climate action: proposals to the G20
Over the past two years, several academic institutions and think tanks have collaborated on these issues. This effort has resulted in the outline of a framework for a GCA. The GCA initiative builds on
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World health statistics 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals
The World health statistics report is the annual compilation of health and health-related indicators which has been published by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2005. The 2023 edition reviews
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Making adaptation work: addressing the compounding impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and conflict in the Near and Middle East
Climate action in the Near and Middle East remains extremely weak in areas affected by armed conflict, and the most fragile and unstable places are almost entirely excluded from meaningful climate finance,
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Promoting diversity in agricultural production towards healthy and sustainable consumption
The challenges facing contemporary production and consumption patterns are reflected most clearly in the agri-food system, which accounts for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Technological
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National electricity plan 2022-32
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has notified the National Electricity Plan (Volume-I Generation) for the period of 2022-32. The plan includes the review of the period 2017-22, a detailed plan for
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Vehicle Scrappage Policy of Goa, 2023
The Goa government has notified the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Policy of Goa, 2023 giving detailed guidelines over scrapping of old, unfit vehicles and also offering incentives to those voluntarily handing
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Report of the high-level working group on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change introduced the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 (“Bill”) in Lok Sabha on 29th March 2023, proposing amendments to the Forest (Conservation)