You are here

UN eyes private help in $100 billion climate aid

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 14, 2010

UNITED NATIONS A pledge by rich nations in Copenhagen to provide as much as $100 billion a year of climate-related aid to developing countries by 2020 may depend in part on the generosity of private donors and other non-governmental sources.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-...

Read more..

India sitting on huge untapped solar PV off grid opportunities

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2010

India is sitting on huge untapped solar Photo Voltaic offgrid opportunities, given its ability to provide energy to hitherto vast untapped remote rural areas, the scope of providing backup power to cell towers and its inherent potential to replace precious fossil fuels.

... Read more..

India climate meet ahead of Mexico to push tech deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2010

India will try to push climate talks forward at a two-day ministerial meeting in November by focusing on winning agreement on sharing clean technologies, a sticky issue that divides rich and poor countries.

The Nov 8-9 talks are aimed at clarifying rules on sharing...

Read more..

Researchers aim to stem deaths from arsenic-contaimnated water in the developing world

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 12, 2010

One in five of all deaths in Bangladesh are caused by drinking water contaminated with arsenic, according to a study published recently in the medical journal The Lancet by an international team of researchers. Some 70 million people are drinking arsenic-contaminated water....

Read more..

Climate Change Means More Heatwaves, Premature Deaths, Scientists Warn

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 11, 2010

Climate change is a serious health hazard that the United States must prepare for, according to government and university scientists from across the country.

Dust storm in Queensland, Australia, September 2009. (Photo by Tom Fletcher) They advised Thursday that climate...

Read more..

The Future of Electric Vehicles: Technology, Infrastructure Developments and The Future Outlook

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 9, 2010

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Future of Electric Vehicles: Technology, infrastructure developments and the future outlook...

Read more..

United Nations warned that corruption is undermining grants to stop logging

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010

A revolutionary scheme backed by the World Bank to pay poor countries billions of dollars a year to stop felling trees is the best way to stop logging and save the planet from climate change, according to wealthy countries and conservationists, yet documents seen by the...

Read more..

India needs more quality research in science: PM

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010

Pitching for greater collaboration between institutions like IITs and the corporate sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the country urgently needs to increase quality research in science and technology to meet newer challenges like climate change.

Addressing...

Read more..

Water Levels In Major Reservoirs In The Country

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 3, 2010

 Central Water commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water Resources is monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country, of which as many as 36 reservoirs are having significant hydropower benefits with installed capacities of more than 60MW...

Read more..

Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 2, 2010

A Kyoto Protocol scheme may be encouraging projects to emit more greenhouse gases because of incentives to earn carbon offsets from subsequently destroying these, a U.N. report said.

The projects under investigation are the most lucrative under Kyoto's Clean...

Read more..
Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology