Global report on El Nino and health
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners predict a major global increase in health consequences of emergencies this year due to El Niño. El Niño is a warming of the central to eastern tropical
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Nor any drop
It is scene straight out of doomsday fiction life on the only known planet in the universe which supports it under threat from a familiar but is inexorably moving towards that calamitous scenario.
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The challenge of institutional investment in renewable energy
Institutional investors, which together manage assets of over $70 trillion, often have investment objectives that are aligned with the investment profile of infrastructure. At first glance, access to this
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Cauvery pressures
The Tamil Nadu government criticises the Cauvery River Authority for failing to direct the Karnataka government to release its surplus water to the
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Global support for N-power declines
The recent catastrophe in Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant after a devastating earthquake has declined Bangladesh's and global support in favour of nuclear energy, a recent survey report said. WIN-Gallop International, a network of independent opinion pollsters, carried out the survey in 47 countries, says a press release. ORG Quest Research Limited, as a local partner of the network, c
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Green growth, resources and resilience: environmental sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
<p><span id="itro1">This new ADB report provides insights into Asian and Pacific resource use trends and outlines key actions that governments can pursue to help bring economic growth strategies in closer
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No place yet found to remove hazardous chemicals
The ministry of agriculture of Bhutan is yet to make a breakthrough in its dialogue with Indian authorities on the disposal of about 33 metric tonnes of outdated hazardous chemicals stored at a
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Ozone hole has dried Australia, says study
<p> Shift in rainfall patterns across Southern Hemisphere The Antarctic ozone hole is about one-third to blame for Australia's recent series of droughts, say scientists. Writing in the journal Science, they conclude that the hole has shifted wind and rainfall patterns right across the Southern Hemisphere, even the tropics. Their climate models suggest the effect has been notably strong over Austr</p>
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A framework for assessing green growth policies
This paper proposes an analytical framework for assessing policies that will contribute to a better integration of environmental externalities in the pursuit of economic efficiency and growth objectives. The framework consists of two parts.
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Air quality, climate change and transport in Asia: 2011 in review
As part of CAI-Asia's mission to promote better air quality and livable cities, CAI-Asia conducted an annual review of main events relevant to air quality, climate change and transport in Asia. The review,
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Scientists studying effects of toxic algal bloom on shellfish
Scientists of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) are in the process of finding out whether shelfish is affected by the 'toxic algal bloom' phenomenon found off Goa
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7.8cr sanctioned for water treatment
The government has sanctioned Rs 7.28 crore for the purification of the Yamuna waters in the district. Of the total, 2.78 crore will be spent on the replacement of pumps and
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CPT for bigger share of Farakka waters
Officials of Calcutta Port Trust and Farakka Barrage are planning to petition the Centre seeking a revision of the 1996 Ganga water-sharing agreement between India and Bangladesh.
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Potential for international offsets to provide a net decrease of GHG emissions
At COP 17 in Durban, the Parties called for new market mechanisms, and more broadly, “various approaches, including markets” to “achieve a net decrease and/or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions”. This
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Thinking about water differently: managing the water–food–energy nexus
The water-food-energy nexus is emerging as a critical issue in Asia and the Pacific. It is clear that solutions must be found to assure water security, thereby eliminating the immediate--and increasing--risk
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No Nukes? No Kidding!
Till we can produce sufficient solar and wind power, coal, gas and nuclear power will remain our mainstay When parts of Japan were devastated recently by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami, news of the human toll was quickly overshadowed by global fears of radioactive fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The concern was understandable: radiation is very frightening.
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Super energy-saving devices next
Govt plans cash, other incentives to fast-track entry of efficient home appliances Home appliances that save as much as 50% more power than their most energy-efficient versions today could hit the markets in about a year under a government's rewards plan for manufacturers.
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The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO): Watching the Earth breathe
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the principal man-made greenhouse gas and the primary atmospheric component of the global carbon cycle. Precise ground-based measurements of CO2 made since the late 1950s indicate that the atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased from ~310 to over 380 parts per million (ppm) over this period [1].
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CO2 baseline database for the Indian power sector
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides an opportunity for the Indian power sector to earn revenue through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG),
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Ozone: a threat to food security in South Asia
Current day concentrations of ground level ozone (O3) are commonly reducing crop yields by between 5 and 35 % at agriculturally important locations across South Asia. O3 induced economic crop losses could be in the region of $4 billion per annum for staple crops in South Asia; such losses are likely to impact more on poor and vulnerable people.