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IPR for low-carbon economy: weighing the options By : Anonymous, Dec 11, 2009
Irrespective of the outcome at the COP15, low-carbon technologies are going to proliferate. This is the first article of an IPR series that will explore the multiple dimensions around existing treaties, tech-transfer and climate-relevant-IPR. Indian Prime... Read more.. |
Climate Of DenialBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 11, 2009
The gloves are off. Climate sceptics, who deny that climate change is caused by human activity - and who are admittedly sponsored by Exxon Mobil, the oil corporation - are holding a parallel climate change meeting in Copenhagen. They're just down the street from the Bella... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
India Clean-Tech Mission a Success: Commerce OfficialBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 11, 2009
The Indian energy efficiency market presents enormous potential to create U.S. jobs, asserted a senior level official of the U.S. Department of Commerce here. Speaking at a clean-technology exports luncheon at California State University East Bay, Ro Khanna, deputy... Read more.. |
Bloomberg Acquires Clean Energy Data Leader New Energy FinanceBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2009
Bloomberg L.P., the world's most trusted source of data, news, analytic and trading tools for businesses and financial professionals, has acquired New Energy Finance, a global leader in providing news, data and analysis on renewable energy, carbon markets, energy efficiency,... Read more.. |
India's first entrepreneur to sell solar power, commerciallyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2009
Inderpreet S Wadhwa has mostly been associated with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He also co-founded and sold a software education company in Silicon Valley a few years back. And though he's still associated with the word 'silicon', it does not relate to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
Analyse cost-benefit carefully: World BankBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2009
India will be able to reduce its carbon intensity considerably if it stays the course on its plans to slash its energy deficit and move to more environmentally friendly power alternatives by 2031, but any further cuts will come at a high cost, according to a yet-to-be-... Read more.. |
Beware of Carbon Trading Trap Warn ActivistsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2009
As the climate change summit in the Danish capital moves into a second day, environmental groups warn that by pushing carbon offsetting and trade, governments of developed countries are bypassing their responsibility to significantly reduce domestic... Read more.. |
World Bank Touts Carbon MarketBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2009
The World Bank proudly defended the global carbon market in the Danish capital Tuesday for its "contribution" to efforts to mitigate climate change, in spite of criticism from civil society. The multilateral lender presented its publication titled "10 Years of... Read more.. |
India seeks green technologies to boost industrial growthBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2009
Even as delegates from some 190 countries are grappling to clinch a deal on Uninted Nations' meet on climate change in Copenhagen, India today pressed for transfer of technologies from developed to developing world to accelerate green industrial growth at another UN forum... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
India, China likely to get less fundsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2009
With the African countries, Bangladesh and other developing countries hiking their demand for the share of the climate fund, it is becoming increasingly clear that countries like India and China will have to depend mostly on funding from private sources. Bangladesh... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |