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USAID announces five new partnerships in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 8, 2016

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy,...

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Opposed by India, G20 skips climate change deadline

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 6, 2016

US-China pressure notwithstanding, the final G20 communique has skipped mentioning a December 2016 deadline for its 20 member countries to ratify the Paris Agreement. It has also avoided...

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Subject Tags: Climate Change , G20

Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 5, 2016

The United States and China, the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, have announced they will formally ratify the Paris climate change agreement in a move campaigners immediately...

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Climate change high on the agenda for John Kerry at the second US-India Strategic Dialogue

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 31, 2016

Climate change is high on the agenda for US Secretary of State John Kerry at the second US-India Strategic Dialogue. Three issues will dominate the US climate change agenda at the dialogue and...

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Feds to Suppliers: Disclose Your GHG Emissions

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 31, 2016

The U.S. federal government is the largest buyer of goods and services on the planet, with an annual spend of over $450 billion. Scoring that government contract can result in a huge revenue...

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Paris Agreement: US special envoy for climate change arrived in New Delhi

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 30, 2016

US Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing will arrive in the national Capital on Monday night to attend the US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.

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Climate change predicted to halve coffee-growing area that supports 120 million people

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 30, 2016

Climate change is going to halve the area suitable for coffee production and impact the livelihoods of more than 120 million of the world’s poorest people who rely on the coffee economy,...

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BRICS nations urge international FIs to support sustainable development

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 22, 2016

Concluding a two-day discussion on sustainable development goals (SDGs) here on Sunday, the BRICS nations' women parliamentarian forum adopted the Jaipur Declaration. Theycalled upon...

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Marine carbon sinking rates confirm importance of polar oceans

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 27, 2016

About the same amount of atmospheric carbon that goes into creating plants on land goes into the bodies of tiny marine plants known as plankton. When these plants die and sink, bacteria feed on...

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Alternate Fuels Will Power 1/3 World’s Vehicles By 2030

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 20, 2016

We already possess sufficient clean alternatives to take over from most fossil fuels. Only, the world’s economies are market driven. Clean technologies need to be competitively priced before...

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