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UN could tap private sector to meet $100bn Copenhagen pledgeBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 3, 2010
Governments seeking to raise $100bn (£62.2bn) to help poorer countries mitigate the effects of climate change look set to milk private sector cash flows, according to a leaked document. UN advisers are looking at new sources of cash to meet the promise made by... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , United Nations |
India should open retail to FDI: US bizBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2010
Ahead of US President Barack Obama's trip, a major US trade association suggested action in three key areas, including opening of India's retail industry to foreign direct investment to help India usher in an "Ever-Green Revolution". The US-India Business Council (... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Social Issues |
Indian farmers pool groundwater to protect against droughtBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 3, 2010
ntil 10 years ago, the six acres of land Dappu Pulya owns with his younger brother in India's drought-prone state of Andhra Pradesh produced nothing but debt. The brothers took out loan after loan to buy seeds, pesticides and fertilizers but their crops failed as the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
A lifeline for ecosystems?By : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 2, 2010
A historic global treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit. Rich and poor nations agreed to take "effective and urgent" action to curb the destruction of nature in an effort to halt the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , United Nations |
Bolivia poised to power world's electric carsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 2, 2010
"Back to the Future" is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. While we don't yet have the time-traveling Deloreans, the world is getting ready for the next automotive revolution. Electric vehicles are on the way. General Motors plans to release the new Chevy Volt in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Social Issues |
Japan offers $2bn environment rescue packageBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 27, 2010
Japan announced Wednesday a two-billion-dollar environment rescue package for developing countries in a bid to kickstart tense UN talks aimed at securing a pact on saving biodiversity. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Japan wanted to help lead the world in protecting the... Read more.. |
India, Japan to work together for success at UNFCCC conference in MexicoBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 26, 2010
While discussing the importance of a positive result during the current climate change negotiations at the forthcoming conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Mexico, Prime Ministers of India and Japan here today reaffirmed their... Read more.. |
Calculating Commitment to the ClimateBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2010
There was a surge of optimism at the Copenhagen climate conference, when the U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, backed an international aid package worth hundreds of billions of dollars to help poor countries counter threats like rising seas and desertification... Read more.. |
Solar power to be must for mobile towersBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 23, 2010
THE government will make it mandatory for mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy, a move it hopes will cut pollution and tamp down a key driver of diesel consumption in the country. However, this would raise construction costs by up to 50% for cellphone operators... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Put on notice, India's Pachauri tasked with carrying out IPCC reformBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 21, 2010
Beleaguered Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman and noted Indian economist Dr. Rajendra Pachauri has reportedly been put on notice to carry out new guidelines and ensure a management restructure after weathering a storm of criticism about mistakes in the... Read more.. |