Vehicles cause 64 pc of Delhi's pollution
Vehicular pollution contributes 64 per cent of the total pollution in the Capital, informed the Minister of Environment and Forests, Mr T.R. Baalu, told the Rajya Sabha today. According to the
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Delhi Bank floats scheme for CNG bus
The Delhi State Cooperative Bank has introduced a new scheme financing CNG buses and also for conversion kits for diesel buses for converting them into the CNG mode. Besides, the bank has also
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Lehman Brothers to enter Japan's carbon trading market
Lehman Brothers Inc said Tuesday it will start trading carbon credits in Japan, becoming the first global investment bank to link the Japanese and European carbon markets. Lehman Brothers has become the first foreign financial firm to open an account in Japan's national registry system for trading in Certified Emission Reductions, the company said. A CER is a carbon credit developed by carbon offset providers that is certified as being equivalent to one ton of carbon dioxide under the mechanism defined by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming. The carbon offset scheme allows emitters of greenhouse gases to pay another party to undertake to remove an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Wet vengeance
Move to revoke Indus treaty
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Cos may earn C-credits for investing in forests
: Is there a winwin formula to involve private participation in preserving the country's green cover? The environment ministry is contending with a proposal to allow private funding into greening of the government-held reserve forests and in return letting them earn carbon credits. Though at a nascent stage, the discussions could lead to a new format to get private funding into the forestry sector that faces a serious cash-crunch. The discussions in the ministry come after government put an end to a far more controversial move to hand over degraded forest lands to private players
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Joint implementation: looking back and forward
Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol enables Annex 1 Parties to agree to jointly undertake emissions saving or sink enhancing activities, with credits arising from cross border investments transferred between them. Joint Implementation (JI) is effectively an alternative project-based mechanism for trading emissions between countries with a cap. Instead of directly purchasing emission rights, i.e.
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Tatas plan to tap carbon credit mart
For better or worse, free-market environmentalism is gaining credence in the country. And the latest singing hosannas to the idea is one of India's largest conglomerates, the Tata group. It is putting into place a plan to measure its carbon footprint, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and figure out how much can the group possibly earn from carbon credits. Spearheading this initiative at the group is Tata Sons' director JJ Irani. Under him, a 10-member committee comprising top executives from various Tata group companies has been set up. Says Irani,
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Variations of snow and ice in the past and at present on a global and regional scale
To study the role of snow and ice in the global watercycle and in the world climatic system, research methods should be further standardized and inform from different region integrated. Representing these field of research, the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI) has already made some guideline studies on the runoff prediction and evaluation.
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An indefinite cycle
A new, radical model is no beginning or end of time, only an indefinite cycle of Big Bangs that remake the universe endlessly. "We may have misunderstood the nature of time," said a cosmologist. "The
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For transparent carbon trading
Global carbon trading has gained momentum. The Worldwatch Institute, drawing from various studies, places the total value of the trade in 2007 at $59.2 billion, an 80 per cent increase over 2006. As the 2012 deadline for reducing emission levels approaches, the volume of carbon trading will be enormous. Asian countries are the biggest sellers and western countries the biggest buyers. A World Bank report on the 2007 carbon market shows that China has a market share of 61 pe r cent and India 12 per cent.
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Beyond Kyoto: a new global climate certificate system
This balanced analysis presents news from the 'climate-protection front'.
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Turn to nature
Mangroves and other vegetation can help resist tsunamis
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Growing wealthier: smart growth, climate change and prosperity
<p>This report documents how efficient land use planning can improve household resilience to rising oil prices by enhancing travel choices; how allowing more people to live closer to job centers can boost employment rates and income levels for low-wage workers while reducing exposure to congestion for all; and how smart growth policies, when well applied, reduce government infrastructure costs, en
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The resilience of big river basins
Big river basins are complex systems of people and nature. This article explores the resilience of nine case studies of big river basins. A system description and generic conceptual model suggests that
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Not kidding
Children in developing countries continue to suffer, claims UNICEF
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Energizing climate-friendly development
In developing countries, the progress of large populations is held up because of a lack of access to the energy required for long-term economic and social development. This past year has seen dramatic volatility in oil prices. Volatile energy prices are impacting energy security, balance of payments, inflation, and economic growth.
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New stars throw up mystery matter
Observations of two stars, one unusually small and the other unusually cold, have led astronomers to think they are seeing evidence of a new form of matter and a new kind of star, one possible made
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Dolly creator now want to do human embryo test
The creators of Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, will soon seek permission to carry out experiments on human embryos, one of the scientists said. The Roslin Institute, near Edinburg, Scotland,
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Supreme Court bus order opens up race in Delhi
The recent Supreme Court ruling, ordering transporters to keep their diesel buses off New Delhi's roads, or pay a hefty fine of Rs 1,000 per day, has sparked off a race to bag the maximum orders
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'Improve NE economy to preserve bio-diversity'
Noted USA-based bio-technologist Dr. C S Prakash today stated that economic development of the region was a must for preservation of bio-diversity hotspots in North East India. Bio-diversity