When villages plug in
This Down To Earth report on how communities in Nepal have demanded their right to energy.  It provides lessons for countries like India, keen on building decentralised systems and reinventing energy futures.
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Pollutants flood Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh-water lake, is threatened by uncontrolled flow of pollutants into its waters, researchers warned recently. The lake spreads across Tanzania, Uganda and
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Countdown to extinction?
As the Arctic Heats up, black guillemots are disappearing from Alaska
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4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, 1-3 October 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum will assist participants from all levels of government, in business and society become more effective in addressing the challenges of development in
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He pricked our conscience
Charles David Keeling showed how human activity causes global warming
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Backlash
A few decades ago, nobody would have imagined that pesticides like aldrin and DDT would one day be banned. But times are changing. The industry is feeling the heat due to recent research and
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Owen Corning to settle all claims on asbestos damage
The largest ever settlement for pollution caused by asbestos was made on May 10, 2006, when the world's largest producer of insulation products agreed to a payout. Owen Corning announced a us
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Warming up
The Kyoto protocol provides that industrialised countries can agree to invest in carbon efficient projects in each other's territory. The first such deal, post-Kyoto, has been struck between two
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Kerb deals?
Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol says that the conference of parties (COP) shall define the relevant guidelines for emission trading. But without waiting for the COP to define principles, emissions
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Scaling up renewable energy in Developing Countries: finance and investment perspectives
This latest paper focuses on the challenges concerning finance and investments in renewable energy. Says that financiers and policymakers need to work much more closely together, to develop the agenda required to deliver scaled up capital flows into renewable energy.
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Modelling key market impacts and land allocation for biofuel production and forestry
It has been suggested that the large scale use of biofuel, that is, fuel derived from biological materials, especially in combination with reforestation of large areas, can lead to a low-cost reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
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UPDATE
The Supreme Court on May 8, 2006, declined to stay the ongoing construction work of the Sardar Sarovar dam and asked the prime minister to take a decision on the basis of a forthcoming report of the
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Trained and tested
UK institute adopts humane animal testing method
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013
<p>The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
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Urban futures 2030: urban development and urban lifestyles of the future
This recent HBF publication focuses on the role of cities in solving the climate crisis and presents models of sustainable architecture and urban planning.
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The final outcome
• Ban on felling in Andaman Islands • Compensatory afforestation required for any new felling • Trees to be cut only for locals • Expiry of sawmill licences by March 31, 2003
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Heading Downhill
Thailand policymakers volte face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process
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Searing spell
Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts
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Fifth International Conference on Climate Change, 18-19 July 2013, Port-Louis, Mauritius
Fifth International Conference on Climate Change, 18-19 July 2013, Port-Louis, Mauritius.
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IEA Message for Youth on Climate Change
<p>The IEA has released a video, specifically for you, our next generation of leaders! Follow along as Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven narrates the journey of her own life and the development of