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This report investigates the damage caused by hydrogen fluoride emissions from traditional Bull’s Trench brick kilns to fruit trees and farmer livelihoods in Peshawar, Pakistan, as part of a broader trend of peri-urban brick production in south and south-east Asia.

The report details two 2012 capacity building workshops in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, designed to train community radio reporters from the Bundelkhand region in climate change journalism. Organized by Development Alternatives under the CDKN – Shubh Kal project, the training combined theoretical lessons on climate science with practical field visits to villages and interviews with scientific experts and government officials. The workshops aimed to empower local journalists to bridge the gap between scientific research and rural communities, resulting in the creation of radio stories and a plan for a series of 'magazine format' programs on climate adaptation and sustainable agriculture.

This report examines how increased transparency and a two-track approach—combining domestic accounting improvements with an international data-gathering regime—can accelerate the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies to support climate change and sustainable development goals.

This policy brief examines the economic opportunities and challenges for Namibia in aligning its red meat sector with European Union sanitary requirements. It emphasizes that while such harmonization can drive economic growth, it must be integrated with land-use planning and conservation to protect wildlife-based livelihoods. The brief also suggests a transboundary risk-management zone with Angola to address livestock pressures in northern rangelands.

The paper argues that while neoliberal policies drove growth in resource-rich African nations, they failed to reduce poverty. It advocates for a balanced approach where African governments nurture domestic industries and legislate private sector social responsibility to ensure economic benefits reach the wider society.

The provided text is a bibliographic reference for a 2008 policy brief on EU climate change policy and promotional information for citizen science events; it contains no substantive findings from the report.

This briefing outlines the ongoing efforts by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to revise its 1976 Arbitration Rules to increase transparency in investor-State disputes. It highlights that while these rules are widely used, their origin in private commercial law allows for secrecy in cases involving public interests—such as environmental protection and natural resource management—and large financial awards. The document notes that on June 27, 2008, the Commission agreed by consensus to ensure transparency, with specific work on this issue scheduled to begin in September 2009.

A transcript of a December 2008 address by Jonathan Lash of the World Resources Institute outlining key environmental questions for 2009, focusing on green economic stimulus, U.S. climate legislation, U.S.-China relations, and global forest protection.

Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder condemned President Bush's global warming strategy as a "charade" intended to derail international talks, noting that the United States produces 25 percent of global greenhouse gases.

This case study examines a 1995 power purchasing agreement between Tanzania's Tanesco and Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL). The deal is presented as a failed Public-Private Partnership characterized by alleged corruption, excessive costs, and a lack of feasibility studies, resulting in the state paying for unnecessary generating capacity while facing a deficit in grid infrastructure.

David Jhirad's testimony argues that climate change will complicate U.S. foreign aid and security, requiring the U.S. to re-engage internationally on mitigation and adaptation, expand economic focus to the global poor, and implement strong domestic actions to restore global leadership.

The document lists South African provinces and their respective districts or cities under the heading of crime statistics, but it provides no actual data or findings.

The document outlines a voluntary repatriation programme starting in August 2006 to return approximately 4,000 Angolan refugees from South Africa to Angola. While the UNHCR provides resettlement grants, it will end its assistance in October 2006. The briefing notes that many refugees are reluctant to return due to Angola's severe socio-economic challenges, including high poverty (70%) and unemployment (over 50%), despite a government shift in spending from defence to social sectors between 1999 and 2003.

Botswana is characterized by a paradox of high GDP growth and strong fiscal management—driven largely by diamond mining—alongside declining human development indicators, high income inequality, and a severe HIV/AIDS crisis.

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) issued a statement clarifying that Amigos da Terra Amazonia Brasileira, led by Roberto Smeraldi, is not a member or ally of the federation. FoEI asserts that the group is using the 'Friends of the Earth' name to promote 'the Forest Dialogue'—a proposal involving the pulp and paper sector that supports market-based forest protection and changes to legislation. This stands in opposition to the work of FoEI's actual Brazilian member, Núcleo Amigos da Terra Brasil, which is campaigning to protect Brazil's forest protection code against agribusiness lobby interests.

This document is a role-playing guide featuring a persona of a 62-year-old woman in Barrio Inundado to illustrate how flooding affects vulnerable populations and to discuss the utility of volunteer networks for disaster support.

This briefing presents ten recommendations from experts in India, Pakistan, and Nepal for the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Key proposals include mandating community involvement in monitoring, integrating DRR with climate change adaptation, addressing urban risks in informal settlements, and mainstreaming DRR into national budgets and local financial institutions.

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs explains that the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (AQA) partially commenced in 2005, with full implementation targeted for 2009/2010. Full commencement was delayed to ensure local governments had sufficient specialist capacity and to allow for the creation of new emission standards and activity lists. The Minister also confirms that FIFA World Cup organisers set no minimum air quality conditions for stadiums.

A 2009 draft reply to the National Assembly detailing engineering shortages within the South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs. The Department reports significant vacancies in civil (210) and mechanical (16) engineering roles and outlines mitigation strategies including a Learning Academy, bursaries, and the use of retired specialists.

An affidavit by Suzanne Karen Powell of the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) confirming specific details in a previous affidavit by Andrew Clifford Johnstone for a case before the Water Tribunal.