Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts, to identifying environmental...
Policy makers are under increasing pressure to deliver policies that not only foster employment and growth but also are environmentally sustainable. Green growth seeks for even more ambitious results where...
Around the world, it is increasingly being recognized that for sustainability goals to be reached, efforts need to go beyond complying with standards and mitigating adverse impacts, to identifying environmental...
On March 31, 2005, the Board of the World Bank approved the Bank's participation in a US$1.45 billion financing arrangement for the Nam Theun 2 (NT2) hydroelectric project in the Lao People's Democratic...
The energy-environment review (EER) for the Islamic Republic of Iran illustrates how placing environmental issues in the context of key economic indicators was useful to incorporate environmental considerations...
The book examines the impacts of medium- and large-scale mines on local communities, through six case studies, analyzing both the socioeconomic and cultural effects, as well as environmental impacts of...
The book examines the impacts of medium- and large-scale mines on local communities, through six case studies, analyzing both the socioeconomic and cultural effects, as well as environmental impacts of...