Drawing on the experience of 30 international experts, Troubled Waters looks at the necessity of effective intergovernmental cooperation to ensure the global sustainability of this precious resource, using past successes and failures in ocean management as examples.

UNESCO: Troubled Waters

The challenges which will hold India back, he writes, are the Maoist insurgency, the "insidious presence" of the Hindu right wing, degradation of the "once liberal and upright" centre, the increasing gap between the rich and the poor, trivialisation of media, the sustainability of "present patterns of resource consumption" and the instability and policy incoherence caused by multi-party governments.

BBC: Why India will not become a superpower

The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, an inter-agency set of ten proposals aimed at protecting a key resource for the future of the planet, has also been prepared.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses

Energy and sustainability strategies are about hard-core business decisions and going back to the basics of managing resources and resource use.

FORBES: Every Company Is An Energy Company

Other resources include the Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, an inter-agency document which puts forward 10 proposals to protect marine habitats, a key resource for the future of the planet.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

This need has served as a strong stimulus for the sustainability reporting software market, which sits at the top of the enterprise to aggregate carbon, energy and resource information from various data sources.

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