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Shinde takes up stalling of hydel projects with MOEF

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 8, 2009

Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that he has taken up with Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) over stalling the work of six hydel project in Sikkim earlier this year over environmental concerns.

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Subject Tags: Environment

Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 7, 2009

By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection. Green...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Climate friendly policies pay off: Study

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2009

Climate-friendly policies not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions and bring environmental benefits, they also boost and diversify the economy, reveals a recent study analysing some 100 climate policies of G20 countries.

Carried out by think tanks Ecofys and...

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Subject Tags: Environment , G20

India and a Carbon Deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2009

There is an emerging consensus among governments that aggressive climate change mitigation would be desirable, though...

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Subject Tags: Environment , India

Trouble for 'save the world' talks

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2009

Negotiations to save the planet from catastrophic climate change are heading for trouble, five weeks before a crucial UN conference in Copenhagen. The European Union has been at the forefront in pressing for binding, internationally monitored reductions in greenhouse gas...

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IIMA students to project BRTS' carbon credits

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 31, 2009

Under the guidance of Amit Garg and PR Shukla, faculties of IIMA, three PGP-2 students - Jyoti Prakash Mishra, Abhishek Mundra and Pankaj Kumar Das - are conducting a project on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the city. The objective is to assess the reduction, if any...

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Subject Tags: Environment

Norway willing to do more to fund UN climate deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 30, 2009

Norway is willing to give extra cash to launch a UN climate deal in December on top of hundreds of millions of dollars already promised to slow deforestation, environment minister Erik Solheim said on Friday.

He also said in an interview with Reuters that greenhouse...

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Forest Carbon Core to Climate Change Deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 30, 2009

As the Copenhagen talks progress, negotiators must not miss the opportunity to ensure that forests become a vital part of the post-2012 climate change framework. Efforts to mitigate dangerous climate change revolve around the overarching goal of holding the average increase...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

'Climate change is a good business opportunity'

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2009

The founding director of the UK’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, Mike Hulme heads the EU integrated project ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies) that contributes to EU climate policy. In India to participate in the Low Carbon Futures project of the British Council...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Pre-Copenhagen Executive Mission Matches U.S. Technology to Indian Needs

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2009

NEW DELHI, India - (Business Wire) The U.S.-India Business Council launched today the first annual Green India Executive Mission, with an executive delegation representing some of the world’s leading clean energy and water infrastructure companies. Led...

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