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India, EU pact won’t be ready before Dec summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2010
Negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU), which began in 2007, cannot be concluded by 10 December, when a summit between the two sides is scheduled to start. ... |
U.N. seeks climate progress; deal may be years offBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2010
The world will seek to break a U.S.-China standoff and agree modest steps to rein in global warming at U.N. talks in Mexico next week amid worries that the first climate treaty since 1992 may still be years away. Most nations have few hopes for the meeting of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
EU launches '13 ban on disputed HFC carbon offsetsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2010
The European Union's executive Commission has proposed banning from 2013 the most common types of carbon offsets, mostly from India and China, in order to boost money flowing to offset projects in... Read more.. Subject Tags: European Union , Technology |
Intertek feels buyers are now cognizant of product carbon footprintBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2010
In this interview under our “Corporate Sustainability” Series, David Horlock, VP Global Inspection and Auditing talks about sustainability- its drivers, role of consumers and their new 'Think Green Initiative' tool. David Horlock is the Global Inspection and... Read more.. |
ADB signs JV to develop renewable energy in India -By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a joint venture agreement with India's NTPC Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Company of Japan to develop and operate 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects in India in the next three years. India is the third largest... Read more.. |
Action plan for climate change likely by MarchBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 25, 2010
A comprehensive State Action Plan for Climate Change ( SAPCC), complete with details of vulnerable sectors, Green House Gas inventory, strategies, plan of action, timeline and evaluation criteria for UP will be ready by March 2011. This was decided at the first daylong... Read more.. Subject Tags: National Action , Technology |
Solar short list raises spectre of fresh scamBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2010
Mystery firms dominate the list of developers short-listed for setting up solar photovoltaic (PV). These companies have offered large discounts and rank ahead of corporate majors like Indian Oil Corporation, Punj Lloyd and Mahindra Solar. Their selection and very low... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Look out for the Energy Outlook By : Ashish Rana, Nov 24, 2010
This article looks at the India picture of the recently released annual World Energy Outlook of IEA. The central scenario in this year’s outlook is “New Policies Scenario” in place of the usual Reference scenario. Every November, the International Energy... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , electricity , energy , International Energy Agency , Labor , Law , Policy Tracker , Sustainable Energy , Technology |
UN outlines green-house gas emissions gapBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2010
A new United Nations-led report says that nations can deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius only if the pledges made at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference are fully met. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
Coal drives 2009 global carbon emissions higher than expectedBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2010
A new analysis of 2009 global greenhouse gas emissions published in the journal Nature Geoscience has found that increased coal use in the developing world, particularly China and India, boosted global greenhouse gas emissions to the second highest level on record. The result... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United States |