India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Montreal Protocol
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The Montreal Protocol as a tool to regulate the ozone depletion
The Montreal Protocol with its subsequent amendments and adjustments has been providing a global regulatory framework for the phase out of ozone depleting substances. Till date, CFCs, CTC, HBFCs, methyl chloroform and halons have been already phased out completely by the developed countries and a number of other ODSs are scheduled to follow.
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Zero CFC emission by 2010 Retrofitting workshop in Thimphu
Bhutan, in compliance with the Vienna convention for protection of ozone layer and the Montreal protocol, will have to cut chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) to zero percent by 2010. According to the national ozone officer of the national environment commission (NEC) secretariat, Peldon Tshering, Bhutan had already phased out 85 percent CFC of the baseline.
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Pesticides trapped in "Bermuda Triangle": Issues in safe and sound management
This article reflects on issues governing pesticides safe and sound management in India, various international agreements to which India is a party and the avenues of improvement in the regulatory framework.
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Climate change: A primer
International laws: Even as 1987 Montreal Protocol laid down rules to banish ozone depleting substances (ODS), several of the substitutes that came into use were GHGs. These were covered under the Climate Change Convention. The Kyoto Protocol included six GHGs and committed developed countries to mandatory emission reduction targets of these gases.
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Institutions for scientic advice: Global environmental assessments and their influence in developing countries
Environmental policymaking has been equated with the art of making the right decisions based on an insufficient understanding of the underlying problems.
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Handbook on international environmental agreements: an Indian perspective
This handbook seeks to provide a comprehensive and cohesive perspective on the major International Environmental Agreements to which India is a party, along with India’s position and role in impleme
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Montreal agreement yet to address ozone layer concerns
<font class="UCASE"> the 18</font><sup>th</sup> <font class="UCASE"> </font> Meeting of the Parties (<font class="UCASE">m</font>o<font class="UCASE">p</font>) to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer took place in New Delhi, from October 30 to November 3, 2006. Over 550 people participated, representing governments, <font class="UCASE">un </font> agencies, etc.<br>
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Disruptive US
Upsets Montreal pact plan
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The US and the EU clash again
Europe and the United States have clashed again over international environmental standards, this time regarding controls on the use of methyl bromide, a pesticide that can deplete the ozone layer.
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Bid to bend rules
In another brazen display of contempt for international treaties, the us administration is seeking exemption for certain uses of methyl bromide