Intro -- NEPAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- NEPAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 DEMOGRAPHY, ETHNICITY AND SOCIETY -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOGRAPHY -- DEMOGRAPHY -- Population Growth -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Demographic Transition (DT) -- Population Planning -- ETHNICITY --...

"This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector. The study finds that the main regulatory instruments used in practice are fuel economy standards, vehicle emission standards, and fuel quality standards. Although industrialized...

In response to the pressing global challenges of climate change, initiatives under the auspices of ‘reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation’ (REDD) have been implemented in over 30 developing and least-developed countries since 2005. The initiatives cover nearly every...

Agriculture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting for approximately 14 percent of total GHG emissions. However, unlike other sectors such as transport or energy, agriculture is potentially a significant carbon 'sink'. Moreover, because the majority of GHG...