<p>Agriculture is the mainstay of the economies of developing countries and the source of livelihood for the majority of their populations. In view of this, it is considered crucial that the performance of agriculture should ensure food security and provide a strong economic base.
<p>Women are a social group vulnerable to food insecurity despite being primary actors in the food chain. The problem of food insecurity among women is especially rampant in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
<p>On February 15, 2011 the European Parliament adopted legislation that, for the first time, will regulate CO2 emissions from light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Europe. The original legislative proposal was issued by the European Commission in October 2009, and since then it has been debated between the regulatory agencies in Europe.</p>
<p>This publication is the first to focus on the specific needs and challenges of girls and women at risk of, or living with, NCDs.
<p>This paper explores notions of participation as located in ‘second generation’ or institutional reforms, particularly as articulated by prominent state-sponsored public-private partnerships such as the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) and the Tamilnadu Urban Development Fund (TNUDF).
<p>Considering the facts, the Presidents Secretariat called Toxics Link for the facilitation of community based solid waste management in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Toxics Link with the support of President Secretariat initiated the decentralized solid waste management following the concept of ‘Zero Waste Management’.
<p>The National Advisory Council (NAC) recognizes that the Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers( Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 was a landmark legislation that aimed to undo the historial injustice done to tribals and other forest dwellers by non-recognition of their forest rights. However, it has not yet succeeded fully in achieving its objectives, because of so
<p>This paper examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict using panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007.
This is the Presentation delivered by Adiya Ghosh of Centre for Science and Environment, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi. The presentation provides an introduction to liability and the Loss and Damage concept.
This is the Presentation delivered by Chandra Bhushan of Centre for Science and Environment, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi. The presentation deals with the issue on compliance under and after Kyoto.
This is the Presentation delivered by Hafijul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Environmental Law Association, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi. The presentation deals with the issue on compensation of climate vulnerable poor people. It presents the case study of coastal fisher folks of Bangladesh.
This is the Presentation delivered by R Gopichandran, Environment and Climate Change Research Wing - Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi.
This is the Presentation delivered by M.K. Ramesh, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi.
This is the Presentation delivered by Prof. Lavanya Rajamani, Centre for Policy Research, at International Conference on 'Compliance and Liability in Climate Change Negotiations' organized by CSE on 1 March 2011 at New Delhi. The presentation deals with the future of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.
<p>This publication demonstrates how measures and policies for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, including conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of carbon stocks) can simultaneously address climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty.
<p>The Vision Document has been created in reposnse to a priority action point identified at a multi stakeholder workshop held in Kolkata in March 2009 on Sunderbans :Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. The document provides a long-term perspective of 40 years into the future spelling out a strategy in terms of the status of the Indian Sunderbans Delta's economy, cultural bio-diversity.
<p>This paper explores the relationships between climate policy and renewable energy policy instruments. It shows that, even where CO2 emissions are duly priced, specific incentives for supporting the early deployment of renewable energy technologies are justified by the steep learning curves of nascent technologies.
<p>The Central Government has undertaken a study, i.e., ‘Air Quality Monitoring, Emission Inventory and Source Apportionment Study for (six) Indian Cities’, namely, Delhi, Kanpur, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru with the help of premier institutions like, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Madras, NEERI-Nagpur, TERI-New Delhi and ARAI-Pune for identifying the various mobile and stationary
<p>The American Lung Association’s report "Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-fired Power Plants" documents the range of hazardous air pollutants emitted from coal-burning power plants and the urgent need to clean them up to protect public health. The report details the dangerous mix of toxic air pollutants that flow from the stacks of uncontrolled coal burning power pl
<p>The American Lung Association commissioned Environemntal Health & Engineering, Inc. to prepare a report on public health and environmental impacts of hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal-fired power plants that would be a useful resource for the general public.<br /> <br /> </p>
