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India to draw road map for low-carbon growthBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 23, 2009
Getting down to implement a comprehensive domestic agenda of adaptation and mitigation and seeking to reduce the emission intensity of gross domestic product by 20-25 per cent by 2020, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the Planning Commission to... Read more.. |
India to be held to its climate goals, says USBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2009
A statement by senior White House advisor David Axelrod, that the US will be able to “challenge” India if it fails to meet the climate change goals it has agreed to under the Copenhagen Accord, will provide further ammunition to opposition parties, which are claiming India... Read more.. |
What Copenhagen agreement really means to IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2009
Though media reports point to an acrimonious and anarchic Copenhagen Summit, in hindsight it appears that there has been a method in the madness. Just run through the ensuing version of Copenhagen Climate Play. Act 1: Copenhagen witnesses the expected. G77, India and... Read more.. |
GAIL’s prospects brighten as India moves toward clean energyBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2009
The prospects of public sector natural gas marketer GAIL look brighter as the country’s energy consumption pattern shifts towards this comparatively benign fuel. The increased availability of natural gas will help the company to improve utilisation of its pipeline... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
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 |
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.. |
Shell rules out more capital investment in IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
Energy firm Shell ruled out huge capital investments in India and said it would rather improve upon on its competitiveness in the market. "We have already made over a billion dollar investment in India. We do not have to make more investments. We have to run the... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
India stands with developing world at climate summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
India on Wednesday placed itself firmly on the side of the developing world as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the country's approach to the December 7-18 climate summit "is anchored in the sanctity of the troika - the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action... Read more.. Subject Tags: India |
New draft incorporates key demand of IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 16, 2009
As the talks for a global climate change deal was poised to go down the wire, India on Tuesday had something to cheer as the second draft for an agreement incorporates a key demand of New Delhi relating to emissions from deforestation and funding for mitigation projects.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , India |
Green GDP and India’s Five-Year Plan By : Nora Nelson, Dec 15, 2009
Beginning in 2010, India, as part of its five year plan, aims to factor the use of natural resources into its GDP as a means of underscoring its actions in the fight against global warming. And by 2015 the aim is to report on "Green GDP" figures. ... Read more.. |