Water is vital for human and economic development, and for maintaining ecosystems. However, billions of people lack … access to water and sanitation services, mainly due to poor governance and inadequate investment and maintenance. The … situation is becoming more urgent due to increasing pressure, competition and even conflict over the use of water resources. The …

The transport sector’s demand for oil is less price sensitive than any other part of the economy. This is partly … because demand for transport services is relatively insensitive to price and partly because substitutes for oil in road … demand becomes even less price sensitive. This implies that oil consumption is set to become increasingly concentrated in the …