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Technology Transfer, Policy and Climate Change: Goal 2020 By : Roselin Dey, Apr 27, 2010
In context of technology transfer as a key focus of discussion between nations post Copenhagen, on April 20th, India Carbon Outlook convened a roundtable of multilateral investors, trade commissioners, policy thinktanks and corporates to discuss the global prototypes and... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Energy efficiency: A shortcut to cleaner future By : Romita Pandita, Apr 9, 2010
With National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), India has embarked on an ambitious plan to cut its energy consumption by 5% by 2015. If it delivers, the plan would also prevent 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from being emitted in the atmosphere, showing... Read more.. |
Punj Lloyd to set up multi crore solar-based EPC Water Treatment Plant in BiiharBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 8, 2010
Punj Lloyd Group, the global engineering, procurement and construction conglomerate will set up an Rs 232 crore solar-based EPC Water Treatment Plant for removal of arsenic and flouride across multiple districts in Bihar in Bihar. Punj Lloyd on Tuesday announced... Read more.. |
'Climate change killing 150,000 a year in low-income economiesBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 5, 2010
Climate change has begun to affect human health, leading to a rise in cases related to stomach ailments and vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. This has been indicated in a report in the recent bulletin of the World Health Organization. The apex... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
IPCC processes to be revampedBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2010
New Delhi: Days after the United Nations (UN) asked the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to streamline the procedures of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) for preparing assessment reports, experts suggest that there is an urgent need to tighten the entire process... Read more.. |
75 nations set '20 carbon emission targetsBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 1, 2010
Seventy-five countries accounting for more than 80 percent of greenhouse gases have filed pledges to curb carbon emissions by 2020, the UN climate convention said today. The promises were made under the Copenhagen Accord, the outcome of the global climate summit in the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues |
Can the US Learn from India’s Climate Change Policy?By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2010
2010 could well end up being a landmark year for Green Development in India. On February 26th, Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian Finance Minister, announced the creation of a National Clean Energy Fund to support development of Renewable Energy to be financed by a tax of Rs. 50 (... Read more.. |
Trillion-dollar question: Who leads climate battle?By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 29, 2010
Political and business leaders gather this week in an attempt to revive the world's faltering challenge to global warming. But they face a battle to lift the cloud of scepticism that has descended over climate science and chart a new way forward. Some of the planet's... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Entertainment , Environment , Health , Labor , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
Energy security worry to drive India`s low-Co2 planBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2010
Worries over energy security will drive India's goal to slow the growth of its carbon emissions, the head of a government panel tasked with developing the country's low-carbon strategy said on Monday. Reserves of fossil fuels such as coal were fast running out, making... Read more.. |
India has many experiences to share: UNDP chiefBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 12, 2010
New Delhi, Mar 11 : Helen Clark, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Thursday said India has many experiences to share with other developing countries.Clark met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, the last day of her five-day... Read more.. |