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
Ozone Layer
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Ozone
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Ozone hole could heal by end of the century
The ozone hole, which had caused serious environmental concerns, is shrinking and it could fully heal by the end of the century, bringing more rain to eastern Australia, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Week-long ozone awareness meet ends
Ahmedabad: Have you experienced more rainfall in your area than usual? Have you often used the expressions
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Experts hail Nepals ozone-friendly efforts
Nepal has effectively implemented the Montreal Protocol 1987 by doing a remarkable work in the field of minimising the use of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) -- the major green house gases responsible for the ozone layer depletion, praised experts on Wednesday.
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Significance of ozone layer for survival
Significance of ozone layer for survival underlined
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UNSG seeks concerted efforts to protect ozone layer
The United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) in his message to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on Wednesday, has urged for implementation of agreed environmental goals, targets and objectives for protection of the "Earth's Protective Shield." "Without action on climate change, the world faces profound social, economic and environmental disruption," warned
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We ended ozone-depleters well ahead of schedule: Jairam ramesh
India has been successful in phasing out ozone depleting substances (ODS) like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 17 months ahead of the targeted date, said Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Jairam Ramesh, while addressing a conference to observe International Ozone Day here today.
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Ozone hole will be smaller in 2009
The World Meteorological Organisation said on Wednesday that the ozone hole is expected to be smaller in 2009 than a year ago. "The meteorological conditions observed so far could indicate that the 2009 ozone hole will be smaller than those of 2006 and 2008 and close to that of 2007," said the UN agency in a statement.
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Awareness programme on depleting ozone layer
Ahmedabad: A week-long programme to spread awareness about the ozone layer in the Earth
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UNEP to meet city industry heads next year
Pune In a bid to bring down the emission levels of Hydrochloroflurocatrbons (HCFC) in the city, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown its intent to initiate a meeting with the CEOs of the industries in Pune in March 2010. It will probably be the first time that an international agency like UNEP will be consulting the industry in the city on protection of environment.