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Envido launches 1st carbon emission measurement tool for the advertising industry

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2010

Envido in partnership with SMG will today publicly unveil CarbonTrack™, the world’s first credible, universal measurement tool designed to calculate the carbon footprint of advertising campaigns. CarbonTrack™ has been developed with guidance from the Carbon Trust and the...

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India Day Ahead: Solar Auctions at Risk; OPEC to Maintain Quotas

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2010

India’s first auction of solar power permits may get derailed as plant builders say borrowing costs are too high to finance the projects, a key part of government efforts to reduce oil imports.

Tata Power Co., India’s biggest non-state power developer, said it isn’t...

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India defends actions on climate change, but says coal to stay

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2010

Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the South-Asian power could be more affected than any other country by the consequences of climate change as he laid out his plans for reducing India's own greenhouse-gas emissions.

But Ramesh also said India...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

World Bank chief to launch carbon market fund

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2010

World Bank President Robert Zoellick is set to launch a new multi-million dollar fund in Mexico on Wednesday to help emerging market countries set up their own carbon markets, the bank said on Tuesday.

While the list of participating countries is still being finalized...

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Subject Tags: Technology , World Bank

Plodding climate talks stepping up to higher level

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2010

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, trying to revive long-stalled climate talks, told world environment ministers on Tuesday he is "deeply concerned" that many years of negotiation have proven largely fruitless.

"The pace of human-induced climate...

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LG to slash CO2 emissions with eco-magnesium

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2010

LG Electronics has committed to replacing...

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UN Climate Envoys Consider 2-Year Deadline for Curbing Carbon

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 6, 2010

Diplomats at United Nations climate talks this week will consider a two-year deadline for industrial nations to sign up for further cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions after Kyoto Protocol limits expire in December 2012.

Brazil, named by the UN to help broker an agreement...

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What can Cancun spell for CDM?

By : Roselin Dey, Dec 5, 2010

COP 16 in Cancun is in full swing and one of the daunting questions is what will happen to CDM post 2012. Here’s what negotiations so far have meant for the CDM mechanism and some thoughts and expectations from the players in the Indian CDM market.

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REDD at Cancún Causes Angst in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 5, 2010

Forest rights advocates and indigenous community organisations from India are adding their voices to what promises to become the newest division in the climate talks here: the inclusion of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation + in developing countries, or...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Waste management can battle climate change: UN

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2010

Cutting emissions from the world's waste management companies could have a big impact in the fight against climate change, according to a United Nations report released on Friday.

"Waste and Climate Change: Global Trends and Strategy Framework" - prepared by the UN...

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Subject Tags: Technology