KSPCB closure order on Mavallipura landfill, 11 July 2012
KSPCB closure order on Mavallipura landfill, 11 July 2012.
KSPCB closure order on Mavallipura landfill, 11 July 2012.
This report maps in a comprehensive and detailed manner the first-ever carbon footprint of Indian aviation for 2011. It identifies the main stakeholders of Indian aviation involved in the creation of this carbon footprint, introduces the data collection process, and analyses calculation and data reliability issues.
The report indicates that global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2011 surpassed the pre-crisis average – reaching US$1.5 trillion, despite persistent uncertainty in the global economy. However,
Rio+20" is the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 -- twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.
The theme of the Rio + 20 Conference was "Green economy in the context of sustainable development and eradication of poverty" and it has not been possible to the find common ground in the serious differences
<p><span id="itro1">Even in countries with rapidly growing economies, large number of people still resort to open defecation: 626 million in India, 14 million in China & 7 million in Brazil finds this
Read text of the Supreme Court judgement that bans all commercial and tourism activity around Jarawa reserve in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. It bars hotels and resorts from operating within a five-kilometer (buffer zone around the Jarawa reserve, which is home to Jarawa tribals.
Supreme court order dated 02/07/2012 on tourism related activities within the reserved area and the buffer zone of the Jarawas.
<p><span id="itro1">This new report published by Asian Development Bank (ADB) presents objective, accurate, and critical analyses of urban water management practices in eight Asian cities over a 10-year
<p><span id="itro1">This new ADB report focuses on exposure and vulnerability of the energy sector to climate change. It identifies adaptation options available to each source of energy generation as well
This paper outlines the extent and severity of Punjab’s water crisis, and outlines the results of a field study to help farmers irrigate rice more efficiently. The paper then focuses on the application
Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania in Africa, as well as India have the highest zoonotic disease burdens, with widespread illness and death finds this new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever.
Difficulties in raising sufficient domestic and external resources to finance the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), along with the numerous drawbacks
The solar heating and cooling (SHC) roadmap outlines a pathway for solar energy to supply almost one sixth (18 EJ) of the world’s total energy use for both heating and cooling by 2050. This would save
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but
This paper presents new global evidence on the key determinants of public-private partnership investment in electricity generated by fossil fuels and renewable energy based on a panel data analysis for
The 2012 floods in June this year because of heavy rains and breaches in embankments of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have caused colossal loss of life and property across the state. However, there
Developing Asia is the driver of today’s emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting
The Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India, under its Plan Scheme ‘National Perspective Plan (NPP) for R&D in Indian Power Sector’ is promoting research concerning power sector issues. The research
This guide focuses on the effect of unplanned, rapid growth of cities on the functioning of the ecosystems in which they are located. It outlines how development can be guided to ensure the ability of ecosystems to support sustainable human settlement.