The change of a lifetime
Now that the jury is out on the very real threat of climate change, we must focus on what needs to be done. The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ipcc should make
Now that the jury is out on the very real threat of climate change, we must focus on what needs to be done. The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ipcc should make
Find out what 120 global, multinational and regional organisations attitudes are to forest carbon projects in general. In addition the report also examines the motivating factors behind corporate decisions to purchase forest carbon offsets and the perceptions which organisations have regarding the additional community and biodiversity benefits that many forestry projects often provide.
The Capacity Development and Education (CDE) Project has an opportunity to seek insights through research into the question of how can promote Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programmes in the Southeast Asia region, a region which faces urgent environmental problems due an incredible rate of economic growth while a considerable percentage of the population are exposed to extreme povert
This report provides: an overview of possible options for differentiation in the CDM between different project types and between host countries; a qualitative assessment of the practical feasibility of a number of selected options, with a focus on possible criteria for differentiation and institutional and governance implications; and an assessment of possible impacts on the supply of CDM credits
Floods have inundated more than 10 villages and marooned thousands of people in eastern Bangladesh. The army has been called in to help out in the relief operations. Government officials fear that
A Jaipur based doctor claims to have developed a technique to clean fluoride contaminated water <br>
Politicking by the North at the Berlin summit
Institutional investors press companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions
The first phase of the Delhi metro project will reduce the daily consumption of petrol by about Rs 5.23 lakh litres and diesel by Rs. 2.58 lakh litres, resulting in a saving of more than Rs 5 crores
Pakistan government's plan to allow the sale of only one kind of petrol, premier gasoline, from Jan 1 to stop adulteration is more likely to put extra financial burden on users of regular oil.
Water shortage is far from anyone's mind on the banks of the mighty Rhone River as it surges through eastern France. Along its 500-mile route, it is fed by many tributaries until the river spills,
The Comptroller and Auditor-General(CAG) has reported that even after incurring an expenditure of rs 2,438.68 crores, the major Narmada valley projects had shown only a marginal increase in
High tax for high polluters : If a vehicle is a heavy polluter, its owner should pay heavier taxes, a task force of Japan's Environment Agency recommends in a report compiled Wednesday. But the
El Ni o takes birth in the Pacific periodically to upset weather patterns globally
Changes in the climate could cost the world more than US $300 billion annually, predicts a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The report predicts that by 2050 the losses caused
Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) would launch a five year project next month to locate yet-undiscovered plants and microorganisms from India's vast reserves of flora and fauna. Though India,
Increasing incidence of serious flooding in the US is the result of wetlands development, according to the Sierra Club. "Wetlands act as natural sponges and where you don't have wetlands you have
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and a network of Polish NGOs, have urged the government of Poland to suspend a large-scale damming project on the Vistula - one of the last big free-flowing rivers, and
Hindustan Motors(HM) has informed that both the petrol and diesel versions of its Ambassador conform to Euro I emission norms. According to a related press release, this was achieved by upgrading
US 'inside player' environmental groups slip into oblivion