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World Bank Launches Tenth Edition of Little Green Data Book
The World Bank has released the tenth edition of its Little Green Data Book, which provides evidence of the last decade's achievements - or lack of progress - on the road towards sustainable development.
The Book reports, for example, that urban air pollution declined in most countries between 2000 and 2006, with the greatest progress in low-income and lower middle-income countries. The Little Green Data Book also finds that during the past decade, the world has become drier as water resources per capita have diminished under the pressure of a fast-growing population, while forest cover has fallen in Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Book contains sections on, inter alia: agriculture; forests and biodiversity; energy; emissions and pollution; and water and sanitation.
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World Bank: In Washington: Karolina Ordon
(email: kordon@worldbank.org) Phone: +1 (202) 458-5971 |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/07/06/000333038_20100706034730/Rendered/PDF/555420PUB0litt1PI19564496001PUBLIC1.pdf |
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| Source of information | Climate-L.org |
| Keyword(s) | energy, forests and biodiversity, emissions, pollution, water and sanitation |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
| Relation | http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22663355~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html |
| Geographical coverage | n/a |
| News date | 04/08/2010 |
