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Climate-change movie suffers without disaster footageBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
No longer content to simply present persuasive data models using PowerPoint as in "The Inconvenient Truth," films like "The Age of Stupid" and "Climate Refugees" are demonstrating the devastating relationships between contemporary natural catastrophes and the effects of... Read more.. |
Water Supply, Air Pollution Most Pressing Issues For Cities, Say Participants At Singapore's World Cites SummitBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
Clean and adequate water and clean air rank as among the current top concerns for some cities around the world - with waste management, jobs, housing, and balancing development and the environment identified as the next most pressing issues today. That is the response from a... Read more.. Subject Tags: Singapore , Technology |
Report: Damage to oceans almost irreversibleBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 5, 2010
A sobering new report warns that oceans face a “fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation” not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |
New push for solar-energy projects in AsiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
The Asian Development Bank is leading the establishment of a nonprofit organization to promote the large-scale development of solar energy in Asia, a senior ADB official said this week. The ADB will unveil the plan at the inaugural Asia Solar Energy Forum it is holding... Read more.. |
UNEP to unveil report on size of EXPO's carbon footprintBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will issue a report to assess the carbon footprint from the Shanghai World Expo at the end of the event, a senior U.N. official said Sunday. The report will review the goals set by the organizers of the EXPO and study how... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations Environment Programme |
UN panel recommendation may make India lose half carbon creditsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
A United Nations panel recommendation this week to change carbon credits calculating methodology for hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) can result in India losing half of its credits valid till 2012. Certified Emissions Reduction Units (CERs), also called carbon credits, for... Read more.. |
A chair to showcase India's concern on climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 4, 2010
The year 2010, so far, has been the hottest year recorded by many scientists. Not to forget that climate change is the biggest global phenomenon in today’s time, Delhi-based graphic designer Puneet Gupta has put his best foot forward by designing a climate change chair made... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
PM inaugurates swank new T3 Terminal at Delhi AirportBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 4, 2010
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated the swank new T3 Terminal at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, one of the largest airport terminals in the world that will be an integrated facility for both international and domestic flights. The terminal will be... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Stepping up the ‘green' footprintBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 4, 2010
India will overtake the US in becoming the nation with the largest registered green building footprint in the world by 2015, according to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Apart from the sense of pride one feels over India's achievement, the country's prospective... Read more.. |
India needs more quality research in science: PMBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 3, 2010
Pitching for greater collaboration between institutions like IITs and the corporate sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the country urgently needs to increase quality research in science and technology to meet newer challenges like climate change. Addressing... Read more.. |