Death in the air
Environmental pollution could be responsible for 40 per cent of all deaths world wide
Environmental pollution could be responsible for 40 per cent of all deaths world wide
The hamlet of Rahioli is all set to be the centre of intense activity, with an ambitious plan being revived to transform the area, where dinosaurs once roamed and bred, into a theme park.An
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/endange_speci.jpg" style="width: 270px; height: 195px; float: left; margin: 14px;" />Global wildlife populations have declined
The World Commission on Dams has spent two years gathering data on 1,000 of them, soliciting the viewsof governments and non-governmental groups. This week South Africa's Nelson Mandela unveiled the
Illegal trade of ozone depleting substances is thriving
record temperatures are being forecasted for the start of the next millenium. According to experts, high temperatures will increase the risk of natural disasters. Phil Jones of the Climatic
California and 15 other US states have sued the federal government after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected the state's effort to curb greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. The
The Longhorn Partners Pipeline, the future operators of a planned 700-mile (1,130 km) pipeline that will bring gasoline and distillates fuels from the U.S. Gulf to customers in the Southwest, this
Italy's first transport plan supplies no targets and favours road transport, the country's two leading environmental groups say.The recently-unveiled 10-year governmental transport plan pledges some
Atlantic salmon populations are reported to be declining throughout its range, raising major management concerns. Variation in adult fish abundance may be due to variation in survival, growth, and timing
BP Amoco Plc, the world's No.3 publicly traded oil company, and Ford Motor Co. said they will give Princeton University $20 million over 10 years to study ways to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from
In a unique experiment, a new concept of plan, execute, own and operate (PEOO) water supply schemes to be implemented by people themselves has been introduced in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister of
Global warming is threatening the Earth's thermostat. In the past two decades, average annual temperatures have climbed as much as 4
Vadodara: On Sunday, people were left gawking at a group of senior citizens moving around the city on a specially designed six-seater bicycle. It was not a joy ride though. It was a precursor to the main event, a 22-day journey, which six cyclists from Gujarat, Mumbai and Dubai are set to embark from M u m b a i
The objective of this article is to review how this remarkable turn of events unfolded, to examine whether and to what extent the CDM has overcome the structural difficulties highlighted above, and to discuss the future of the CDM in the context of global climate mitigation in the medium and long run. The article is structured as follows. It first reviews the history of the CDMfrom Kyoto to the present day. Then it describes the current status of the CDM. Next it assesses the relationship between the CDM and sustainable development.
A global carbon market has evolved in the wake of negotiations for the United Nations Kyoto Protocol. A number of distinct markets are encompassed within its remit, including a voluntary retail arm. Although the voluntary retail market is very small in comparison to other segments, it has large growth potential as it can extend to countries, customer groups and technologies not embraced by the existing compliance regime.
<p>India among the first few countries in the world to implement a broad-based counter-cyclic policy package to respond to the negative fallout of the global slowdown. The Advance Estimates for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2009-10 pegged at 7.2 per cent. The final figure expected to be higher when the third and<br /> fourth quarter GDP estimates for 2009-10 become available.
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, today ended here five-day fast in symbolic protest against the October 18 Supreme Court verdict, giving green signal to the Sardar Sarovar
This report summarizes the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and the key policy options available to reduce the resulting carbon emissions. It reviews current deforestation rates and the associated issues related to monitoring forest-based carbon emissions and establishing baselines. The findings of research into the direct and underlying causes of deforestation and degradation provide a basis for outlining REDD policy options, while highlighting the associated challenges.
By means of orbiters, rovers and sample return missions, NASA's revamped campaign to explore Mars, is poised to untravel the secrets of the Red Planet's past environments, the history of its rocks,