World energy prices 2019: an overview
This overview presents a selection of data from the second release of the World Energy Prices database of the International Energy Agency (May 2019). This database includes annual energy prices data for
India
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Review of water and climate change policies in South Asia
This report assesses the suitability of the water and climate-related policy environment (existing policy, legislation, strategy and planning instruments) for adapting to the impacts of climate change
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Review of water and climate adaptation financing and institutional frameworks in South Asia
This paper looks at two particular, yet interlinked, aspects: the current financial flows related to climate adaptation strategies, and the institutional landscapes in place for driving adaptation planning
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Five stitches in time: regulatory and policy actions to ensure effective electricity service
Once electricity connections are given, to improve quality of life and promote economic activities, it is essential to ensure sufficient and affordable electricity supply, delivered with good quality,
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Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2019
The 2019 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is informed by the latest data – including Sendai Framework target reporting by countries using the Sendai Framework Monitor – and infers
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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
The UN Secretary-General has released the advance, unedited version of his annual report on progress towards the SDGs. The report identifies cross-cutting areas where political leadership and urgent, scalable
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Uncertainty in ex-ante poverty and income distribution: insights from output growth and natural resource country typologies
This paper studies future poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity outcomes using a panel data set with 150 countries over 1980-2014. The findings suggest that global extreme poverty will decrease in
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Trade in environmentally sound technologies: implications for Developing Countries
This report aims to enhance understanding of the implications, capacity needs and enabling conditions for trade liberalization of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs), with focus on developing countries.
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Climate risk financing: a brief analysis of financial coping instruments and approaches to close the protection gap
This paper presents and discusses new and established climate risk financing instruments and approaches and how they could better contribute to closing the protection gap in vulnerable countries. It provides
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Socio-ecological resilience as a sustainable development strategy for remote rural settlements in different geo-climatic zones of India
Socio-Ecological Systems (SESs) play a fundamental role in determining the inherent capacities of rural communities located in and around natural systems like forest areas, as SESs are intricately linked
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Innovation outlook: smart charging for electric vehicles
Electric vehicles (EVs) hold the key to unleash synergies between clean transport and low-carbon electricity. Just as future transport must be increasingly electrified, future power systems must make maximum