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World Bank Looks to Help Developing Nations With Carbon Capture and ...By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
Norway and the World Bank are in discussions over setting up a new trust fund to help developing countries create and deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The fund is still in the planning stages, and World Bank officials declined to discuss it beyond... Read more.. |
Report: Is CCS an option for India?By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2009
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IEA Calls for Fast Action on Carbon Storage in Developing WorldBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2009
Developing countries need more than 2,000 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) plants by midcentury to stave off catastrophic global warming, an International Energy Agency report out today will say. The report, set to be released at the Carbon Sequestration... Read more.. |
Bill McKibben tells why 350 is a crucial numberBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2009
He has profiled low-emissions lifestyles in Brazil and India. He has challenged the conventional goal of relentless economic growth. He has championed the cause of local food and detailed his experiences as a Vermont localvore.A scholar in residence at Middlebury College,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
IEA Sends Message to Copenhagen Delegates: $10 tn Needed to Combat Climate ChangeBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 10, 2009
The IEA released an early version of its yearly World Energy Outlook that reveals a $10 trillion investment is needed in order to combat climate change. The agency released the excerpted version of the report in an effort to inform the debate leading up to climate... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Environment |
No deal on crucial issues as UN climate talks endBy : Editor, Oct 9, 2009
<BANGKOK (AP) - The United States was heavily criticized Friday at the U.N. climate talks in Bangkok for failing to offer emission cuts or financing for developing countries — both considered crucial to reaching a global warming pact this year.The Bangkok talks ended just... Read more.. |
Natural gas to play key role in cutting CO2 - studyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2009
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Global natural gas production will need to grow by 70 percent if the world is to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions quickly enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change, according to a study released on Tuesday ... Subject Tags: Environment |
Eco-Tourism Gets TrendyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 6, 2009
For years, eco tourism was something that no one has heard of, but today thanks to increased pressure by world governments to reduce carbon emissions and become more environmentally friendly, responsible tourism is becoming a big issue for both tourists and also tour... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment |
Can Carbon Trading help create Greener IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 3, 2009
Carbon Trading or Carbon Emission Trading is defined as, Carbon emissions trading is emissions trading specifically for carbon dioxide (calculated in tones of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) and currently makes up the bulk of emissions trading. It is one of the ways... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment |
Copenhagen and Beyond: Time for Leadership By : Upendra Bhatt, Oct 3, 2009
Over the course of last 2 decades, the world has moved through a state of denial to uncertainty to panic and acceptance on the challenge that Global Warming represents.However leadership or rather statesmanship required to steer the global imperative at an expeditious pace is... Read more.. |