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Norway willing to do more to fund UN climate dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 30, 2009
Norway is willing to give extra cash to launch a UN climate deal in December on top of hundreds of millions of dollars already promised to slow deforestation, environment minister Erik Solheim said on Friday. He also said in an interview with Reuters that greenhouse... Read more.. |
Forest Carbon Core to Climate Change DealBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 30, 2009
As the Copenhagen talks progress, negotiators must not miss the opportunity to ensure that forests become a vital part of the post-2012 climate change framework. Efforts to mitigate dangerous climate change revolve around the overarching goal of holding the average increase... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
India's kerosene stoves a climate hazard: Al GoreBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 29, 2009
Nobel Laureate Al Gore has warned that black carbon emissions from the kerosene powered lamps and stoves of the subcontinent will adversely impact the great rivers that are the lifeblood of India's agrarian economy. Keynoting the gala Lighting a Billion Lives reception... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
Financial Solutions: Singapore’s new carbon credit exchange set to ...By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 28, 2009
A carbon credit exchange is to be up and running in Singapore before next year. A senior Singapore government official has announced a new commodities exchange to trade carbon credits before the end of the year, Financial Soultions has learned. The Senior... Read more.. |
UNFCCC To Meet World’s Carbon Buyers And SellersBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 28, 2009
Dr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN agency in charge of the Kyoto Protocol, has just confirmed that a representative from their Accreditation and Project Assessment unit will be meeting with carbon buyers and sellers in China, in a last chance for the industry to... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , Technology |
The US should help India fund climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 28, 2009
As director of the Earth Institute at the New York-based Columbia University, economist Jeffrey Sachs has advised prime ministers, scientists and United Nations diplomats on climate change. Hindustan Times caught up with him for an interview in New Delhi. Excerpts: To... Read more.. |
Europe puts figure on green aid to push climate change dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 28, 2009
Europe is to breathe life into the faltering search for a new global deal on climate change by pledging billions of pounds in financial support for poor countries, the Guardian can reveal. European heads of state will formally recommend this week that rich countries... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Technology |
India, Japan Agree to Work Together on Climate Change IssueBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2009
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama have agreed to work together in a positive and constructive way on the climate change issue. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in the Thai seaside town... Read more.. |
Three solar firms picked for Andhra Pradesh developmentBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2009
The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has issued offer letters, so far, to an Indian and two American companies for setting up solar power plants at Kadiri in Anantapur district where it has earmarked an area of 5,000 acres for allotment to solar... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Technology transfer crucial in fight against climate change: FMBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2009
New Delhi, Oct 21 : Minister for Finance Pranab Mukherjee today said transfer of clean technology and finances by the developed nations to the developing countries was crucial in the fight against climate change as it was beyond the latter's capability to bear the cost of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |