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India CDM pipeline September report By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2010
While global CDM activity has picked up recently and September has seen the largest number of newer projects enter the CDM pipeline, projects coming from India seemed to have slowed down. This trend has been emerging in the last few months. In September,... Read more.. |
India solar power plans over-subscribedBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2010
India will begin rolling out hundreds of megawatts of solar power by December next year, ahead of an initial target for an ambitious plan that seeks to zoom production from near zero to 20 gigawatts by 2022. Under its Solar Mission plan issued last year, India is to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
To counter West, China and India reach out to small island-StatesBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 12, 2010
The BASIC group of large developing nations – India, China, Brazil and South Africa – on Monday intensified their efforts to win the crucial support of small island States on the climate change debate ahead of the year-end U.N. summit at Cancun in Mexico. Their... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , Technology |
Population growth demographics spur climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2010
The world is probably going to be a more crowded place by 2100 and demographic changes in this growing population -- how many more people there are, how old they are and where they live -- will affect climate-warming emissions, researchers reported on Monday. Slowing... Read more.. |
Minimum efficiency norms for buildingsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 11, 2010
Not just green buildings, but green towns; sustainable construction not just by an enthusiastic few but by all with clear regulations by the authorities. These are some of the imperatives to ensure viable built-up space, say experts at the international conference organised... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Standing on Thin IceBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 11, 2010
India has a prominent presence in the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) but we fail to realise that our country, which has the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar cap has no university offering a specialised programme in glaciology. And much... Read more.. |
Calling: More architects to Bengal with green building knowhowBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 11, 2010
Joining the world in fighting back global warming, the state government is emphasising on churning out more architects with proper knowledge and skills to build green buildings in Bengal. Last month, the Association for Development and Research on Sustainable Habitats... Read more.. |
Asia-Pacific firms worried over carbon laws: surveyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 11, 2010
Asia-Pacific firms are worried that tougher laws on greenhouse gas emissions will hit financial performance and uncertainties on the issue are already limiting their ability to raise capital, a survey published on Monday showed. The survey by Standard & Poor's and... Read more.. |
J&K to tax water used to generate hydel powerBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 11, 2010
Jammu & Kashmir will be the first Indian state to levy usage of water for generating electricity. |
CII inks pact to establish green manufacturing centreBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 10, 2010
A green manufacturing center of excellence will be set up in Germany in the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode under a pact inked between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) and Germany's Fraunhoffer Institute,... Read more.. |