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Canada offers green technologies to IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 5, 2009
Canada will offer India a wide range of eco-friendly technologies ensuring sustainable development, besides protecting environment, Ontario premier has said. "Ontario has world-class high-tech industry with 2,600 environmental firms, is ready to provide access to India... Read more.. |
Over 20,000 trees face the axe in HimachalBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2009
Himachal Pradesh could lose as many as 20,000 trees, thanks to apparent lapses on the part of the state forest department, which has given the green signal to a power transmission corridor in a highly eco-sensitive zone. The forest department has recently allowed... Read more.. |
Multi-Country Poll Reveals That Majority of People Want Action on ...By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2009
Carried out by WorldPublicOpinion.org and commissioned by the World Bank, the poll questioned 13,518 respondents in 15 nations -- Bangladesh, China, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Senegal, Turkey, the United States, and Vietnam. A... Read more.. |
Bridging the gap on clean technologyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2009
India is clear that technology transfer should be a key part of any climate treaty. Along with more than 130 developing countries in the world, India’s checklist of demands from the rich, held responsible by the poor for the state of the environment, includes the technology... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Multi-country poll reveals majorities of people want action on climate ...By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2009
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A new poll of 15 nations, most of them in the developing world, has found that majorities of the people canvassed want their governments to take steps to fight climate change, even if that entails costs, the World Bank reported on Thursday.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
India follows China, to set clean-air goalsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 3, 2009
In a shift from its we-won’t-change stance, India is likely to announce a carbon-intensity reduction target in Parliament on Thursday, three days before delegates from 192 countries meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate an agreement to save the world from global warming... Read more.. |
UN climate head eyes Copenhagen aid dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 3, 2009
The UN climate chief voiced optimism Wednesday that the upcoming Copenhagen summit will offer immediate aid for developing nations but urged rich states also to chart out long-term help. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read more.. |
India Can Curb Carbon-Emissions Growth Through 2031, Saran SaysBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 3, 2009
India, the world’s fourth-biggest polluter from burning fossil fuels, can keep its greenhouse-gas emissions growing more slowly than the economy through 2031, the top climate official said. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
India CDM pipeline November report By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2009
Two N2O abatement projects from Rashtriya Chemicals Fertilizers accounted for 1.35 million CER generation potential: being amongst the larger projects getting registered. Unexpectedly, a leading indicator for future projects is strong in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Health , India , Labor , Resource Efficiency , Social Issues , Sustainable Energy , Technology |
Deal in Copenhagen likely, India under more pressure: PachauriBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2009
Thanks to recent announcements by the US and China, there may be a deal at this month's Copenhagen climate summit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief RK Pachauri said on Tuesday. This would put more pressure on India, which needed to quantify the steps it... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |