World Bank http://bit.ly/gtJFN8 [From Website] The 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development finds that women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, but gaps remain in many areas. The authors use a conceptual framework to examine progress to date, and then recommend policy actions.
Posted on September 19, 2011 …
Policy Options to Support Climate-Induced Migration
Asian Development Bank for the Climate Change Fund http://www.adb.org/Documents/TARs/REG/43181-REG-TAR.pdf [Yale Environment 360] More than 30 million people across Asia were displaced by environmental disasters and weather-related events in 2010, a new report warns, and the region will become increasingly vulnerable as the effects of climate change grow. And with the frequency of extreme weather events … Continue reading »
Comparison of Essential Air Service Program to Alternative Coach Bus Service: Keeping Rural Communities Connected
MJ Bradley, Inc. for the American Bus Assoc., The Reason Foundation, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the NRDC / by Dana Lowell, Tom Curry, Lily Hoffman-Andrews, and Lea Reynolds http://www.buses.org/files/Foundation/EAS%20Study%20Final%20Report%20FINALv2%20%2012sep11.pdf [Bloomberg News] Taxpayers would save up to $89 million a year if buses rather than planes served 38 cities where the U.S. subsidizes flights, the … Continue reading »
Findings and Implications from a Coarse-Scale Global Assessment of Recent Selected Mega-Fires
Jerry Williams, et al. for the 5th International Wildfire Conference in Sun City, South Africa http://espacinsular.org/IMG/pdf/5thIWFConference2011.pdf [Abstract] In many parts of the world, the number of large wildfires has been increasing at an alarming rate. Among them, so-called “mega-fires” have emerged. These extraordinary conflagrations are unprecedented in the modern era for their deep and long-lasting … Continue reading »
Effectiveness of Strict vs. Multiple Use Protected Areas in Reducing Tropical Forest Fires: A Global Analysis Using Matching Methods
PLoS ONE / by Andrew Nelson and Kenneth M. Chomitz http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0022722 [Abstract] Protected areas (PAs) cover a quarter of the tropical forest estate. Yet there is debate over the effectiveness of PAs in reducing deforestation, especially when local people have rights to use the forest. A key analytic problem is the likely placement of PAs … Continue reading »
International Energy Outlook 2011
US DOE, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/ {From Press Release] Worldwide energy consumption grows by 53 percent between 2008 and 2035 in the Reference case, with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations especially China and India. “China and India account for half of the projected increase in world energy … Continue reading »
