The Emissions gap report 2014
The analysis calculates an emissions gap relative to expected emission levels in 2030, in recognition of the growing focus that action beyond 2020 is gaining in international climate change negotiations.
The analysis calculates an emissions gap relative to expected emission levels in 2030, in recognition of the growing focus that action beyond 2020 is gaining in international climate change negotiations.
ISLAMABAD (June 16 2010): The issue of Kalabagh dam echoed in the National Assembly on Tuesday during the on-going debate on Federal Budget 2010-11. The statement of PML-Q MNA, Bushra Rehman, calling for construction of the dam created uproar in the house.
The Haryana Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four independent power producers for setting up five bio-mass power projects of 51 MW capacity involving an investment of Rs. 230 crore. Senior officers said on Tuesday that out of these, two projects are likely to be commissioned soon. The annual budget of the Renewable Energy Department had increased tremendously over the years and was pegged at Rs. 42.43 crore for 2012-13, they added.
What are the implications of the loan waiver announced in the budget 2008-09? How well has the budget tackled the core issues in agriculture?
<p>The overwhelming mandate to the NDA government in 2014 is based on its promise of ‘Achche Din’ and ‘Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikas’. As the government is approaching mid-term, the
As part of encouraging organic farming, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has launched ‘Amrut Bhoomi’, a Rs 200-crore organic farming scheme. The government had earmarked the amount in the budget
Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the Treasury has agreed to increase the health budget three-fold to uplift the public health facilities to improve the quality of lives. Addressing the inauguration of the Nirogi Lanka project in Colombo, Minister de Silva said last year the health budget was Rs. 89,000 million; it will increase upto Rs. 267,000 million next year.
ON a first reading, it may appear that the Union government's Budget for 2008-09 is very different from the neoliberal Budgets of the last decade and a half or more.
Housing for the poor and urban development is one of key areas of focus in Budget 2008-09 with urban development accounting for about 13% of the total Budget outlay.
Taiwan's cabinet approved a special T$100 billion ($2.9 billion) budget on Thursday for typhoon reconstruction after the worst storm in 50 years killed about 500 people and left destruction across the island's south. The cabinet passed the three-year reconstruction budget to cover rebuilding damaged areas, where farm and factory-related losses have amounted to some T$15 billion.
The international community has fundamentally failed to put in place at sufficient scale either the financing or the delivery mechanisms needed to strengthen the resilience and enhance the adaptation capabilities
The 2014 Global Carbon Budget has been released ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit, showing that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production increased by 2.3% in 2013 to new record
The Budget speech began with a reminder of
PANJIM: Curtorim legislator Reginaldo Lourenco demanded a white paper on the issue of illegal mining in the state and from the functioning of the mining department. Speaking during his discussion on the budget, Reginaldo chided the chief minister for saying that there was no illegal mining in the state. “Illegal mining was one of the main election issues. I can show you the copy of the BJP election manifesto, in which it is said that illegal mining will be one of the issues. But today the chief minister has said there is no illegal mining,”
With the lion safari and breeding centre gradually taking shape in about 300 hectares of Fisher forest in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, purebred lions, unlike their counterparts in Gir and Junagadh,
PANJIM: In an official admission of the gradual devastation of the Goa coastline, the Water Resources Department in its Performance Budget presented before the Goa legislative assembly has admitted that 25 per cent of state’s shoreline is affected with erosion caused by the sea. The document tabled on the floor of the House Tuesday has mentioned that 25.02 km shoreline is affected with sea erosion.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Revival/Rejuvenation of Rivers, 10/05/2016. As per the report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in February 2015, 302 polluted river stretches have been
After facing the Opposition-sponsored cut motions on urea price and fuel price hike during the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament, the government has now decided to speed up the process of implementing nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime.
The Planning Commission has approved a Rs 18,260 crore Annual Plan outlay for the state for the ongoing fiscal. The Plan outlay includes Rs 11,100 crore from the state Budget, which is about 10 per cent more than last year