Blame bankers not oil for climate impasse
<p> </p> <p><em>It's time the green brigade joins the banker-bashing, Occupy Wall Street movement</em></p> <p>Another climate summit and another potential disappointment facing the green brigade.
Climate Change
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Agenda for Tianjin, Cancun and beyond
<p><b>It is in the interest of developing countries to agree to legally binding national emission limits alone to secure their fair share of the global carbon budget.</b><br />
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The parallels between EU financial crisis and carbon market collapse
<p><em>Extreme caution needs to be taken while mulling of linking different carbon markets</em></p> <p>Ever since the green shoots of carbon markets sprung up in countries outside the European Union (EU),
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Realism in the climate negotiations
<p><strong>What you measure determines policy</strong></p> <p>Another round of the annual climate meetings is going to take place and the most ambitious outcome will be limited negotiations on some elements,
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Reminiscing my visits of Swedish power plants
<p>This November brought back reflections of my two study visits of Swedish power plants. The visits were done during the same months of previous two years while pursuing higher studies at a Swedish university.
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Indian Rooftop Solar Rearing to go
<p>Grid-connected solar power is growing fast in India, going from just a few megawatt (MW) in 2009 to over 1000 MW by mid-2012. 1000 MW of solar power can supply over 20 lakh Indians with electricity.
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Doha: inaction in the face of urgency
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Keralaites, get your rooftop solar and save a bundle!
<p>Kerala's 10,000 Solar Rooftop Programme is already in full swing with almost half (4700) rooftops signed up by mid-January 2013. Any Keralaite with 15 square meters of unshaded rooftop area can
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For a place in the sun
<p>How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article there are three key challenges. One, how will the country pay for solar energy in a situation where there is no
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Shaping the rules of the new climate regime: International cooperation should focus on meeting the objective of the Convention
<p>The task for global governance in dealing with climate change is to focus on the interconnectedness between carbon dioxide emissions, standards of living and global ecological limits. The interdependence
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Meeting of minds on our sustainable future?
<p><strong>Balancing national strategic interests and global concerns requires new rules for collective action</strong></p> <p class="rtejustify">The upcoming sequel to the 1992 Earth Summit, once again