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Railways cutting carbon footprintBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2009
The Indian Railways is doing its bit for the environment. Betting big on clean technology, the Railways has come out with a project design document for registration under the clean development mechanism (CDM) monitored by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. ... Read more.. |
Draft text of new "Copenhagen Accord"By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
Here is the latest draft text of the "Copenhagen Accord" put forward on December 18 by the U.S., China, India and South Africa, among other countries, at the climate summit in the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
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 |
U.S., China, India reach climate change dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate pact with major developing nations including China on Friday but European nations only reluctantly signed up for a deal they criticised as unambitious. All sides conceded the agreement -- the first pact for fighting global... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , 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 |
India, China’s CDM success becomes the world’s envyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2009
As global negotiators failed to thrash out a climate change deal, the world’s least developed nations made it known that any new version of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should include them. They have a point. CDM, a system that funds clean technology in... Read more.. |
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.. |