The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN FCCC met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first formal FCCC meetings since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol at the Third Conference of Parties COP 3 in De
BRAZIL recently declared its opposition to a British proposal for a global trust to buy and preserve land in the endangered Amazon rainforests. It has instead asked Al Gore, the former us
The Government on Tuesday assured all “possible” help to drought-hit States, but ruled out any change in norms till 2015 for providing relief, rejecting demands for higher compensation by various Rajya
<p> </p> <p><em>It's time the green brigade joins the banker-bashing, Occupy Wall Street movement</em></p> <p>Another climate summit and another potential disappointment facing the green brigade.
Americans wake up to a vital need of the human body: sleep
WAFED is an independent national network of people affected by water and energy projects as well as of local concerned groups in Nepal. Some of its members are individual activists engaged in the field
The Indian Forest Act, 1927- was enacted to ‘consolidate the law related to forest, the transit of forest produce, and the duty liable on timber and other forest produce’. The preamble to the Indian Forest
Transportation mobility in India has increased significantly in the past decades. From1970 to 2000, motorized mobility (passenger-km) has risen by 888%, compared with an 88% population growth. This contributed to many energy and environmental issues, and an energy strategy incorporates efficiency improvement and other measures needs to be designed.
This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D investments and other policies to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies in the MEF and IEA member countries and others by providing three primary sets of information: estimated current levels of public RD&D spendin
<b><font class='UCASE'>Daphne Wysham</font></b> is the co author of a recent report, <i>The World Bank and the G 7: Changing the Earth s Climate for Business</i> . She is also the coordinator of the sustainable energy and economy network, a project of
the population division of the United Nations' (un) economic and social affairs department has recently predicted that the world population may reach nearly 9.4 billion by the year 2050 and
THE widespread effects of pollution can be gauged from the fact that the remotest and the most uninhabitable regions on earth are facing the brunt of pollution caused by pesticides and industrial
The world has seen a dramatic shift to urban living. In 1900, only 10 per cent of the global population were urban dwellers; now it's more than 50 per cent. More than 95 per cent of the net increase
GPCB issues closure noticeto 49 industrial units
The United Nations (UN), in association with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has granted an aid of US $153.7 million out of the total US $461.2 million cost of 14 environmental projects in
In a remarkable move, China passed a Renewable Energy Promotion Law on February 28, 2005, setting targets for developing renewable energy sources. China is the world's second largest emitter of
The Dutch government has called for renegotiation of the new European Union (eu) buildings energy efficiency rules. This challenges eu's legal procedures and undermines the implementation of one of
On July 16, leaders of the industrialised world at the g8 summit adopted a plan of action on global energy security ignoring worldwide protests against nuclear power. At St Petersburg, the host
EU Commission proposes to diversify energy supplies
www.teqs.net ENERGISING THE WORLD British energy expert David Fleming has been one of the strongest proponents of energy rationing. "The alternative (to the current energy crisis) is to
