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What Copenhagen agreement really means to IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2009
Though media reports point to an acrimonious and anarchic Copenhagen Summit, in hindsight it appears that there has been a method in the madness. Just run through the ensuing version of Copenhagen Climate Play. Act 1: Copenhagen witnesses the expected. G77, India and... Read more.. |
Compulsory licensing for clean energy technologies By : Anonymous, Dec 19, 2009
This second article in our IPR series, outlines the existing framework for compulsory licensing and how it may be in India's best interest to work within the existing TRIPS framework. The vast majority of clean energy technology patents are held by... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Environment , Health , India , IPR Company , Labor , Policy Tracker , Social Issues , Technology |
Obama reaches climate deal with emerging powersBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
President Barack Obama reached agreement with major developing powers on a climate deal on Friday, a U.S. official said, but he said the accord was only a first step and was insufficient to fight climate change. The official said Obama, China's Premier Wen Jiabao,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Lightspeed’s 2010 Cleantech PredictionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
Lightspeed has invested across several cleantech areas, including solar, biofuels, clean coal, LED lighting and energy storage. Here are some of its predictions for 2010: Lightspeed has invested across several cleantech areas, including solar (Stion), biofuels (LS9,... Read more.. |
Campaign to save Western Ghats becomes a mass movementBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
By Maitreyee Boruah, Bangalore, Dec 18 : Long before words like 'climate change' came to hit common lexicon, a group of environmentally conscious people in India took up the cause of the Western Ghats, one of the world's richest biodiversity hotspots. Those behind the... Read more.. |
Little hope for last day of UN climate summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
Hopes for the last day of UN climate talks Friday were raised by a US pledge to a climate finance fund, but leaders still warned of failure amid debate on sharing the burden of carbon-emissions cuts. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brightened a grim summit mood... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Disaster , Entertainment , Environment , Health , Politics , Social Issues , Technology , United Nations , United States |
Cabinet may consider carbon capture projectBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
The Union Power ministry has sought the cabinet’s approval to participate in research on a controversial technology to capture carbon and store it. India is all set to ink a Memorandum of Understanding with Australia to become a member of the global carbon capture... Read more.. |
'Clean coal' no substitute for clean energyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 16, 2009
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has touched down in Copenhagen to the news that so-called "clean coal" would not be considered as a substitute for clean energy measures. The summit has decided that the technology will not qualify for climate finance under any new deal. ... Read more.. |
India's carbon intensity decline is enviableBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 15, 2009
Several articles — some of them misleading — have recently appeared in the media on a study by the World Bank, ‘Energy Intensive Sectors of the Indian Economy: Options for Low Carbon Development’. In an exclusive article for TOI, the report’s authors, Kwawu Mensan Gaba (Lead... Read more.. |
African protest hits U.N. climate talks in last weekBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 15, 2009
A protest by African nations accusing the rich of doing too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions slowed U.N. climate talks on Monday just four days before world leaders are due to forge a deal in Copenhagen. African nations agreed to allow talks to restart in a... Read more.. |