Finland
Air quality index (AQI): methodology & applications for public awareness in cities
It’s time to act on climate change
World leaders support Pachauri
Leaders from Bhutan, Norway and Finland, among other countries, today supported Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman R K Pachauri on the glacier melting issue and said the recent attacks on the IPCC and climate change by no means damaged the credibility of the institution or the science.
User?producer interaction in housing energy innovations: Energy innovation as a communication challenge
Finland supports ICIMOD to establish regional flood information system in Himalayan region
Finland, Russia benefitting from climate change
If you thought climate change affects all the nations in the world, you are mistaken. Finland, Russia and others are benefitting from climate change as the climate becomes warmer.
The unfit bill
The Finnish energy company TVO has asked the police to investigate whether environmental group Greenpeace had committed a crime by distributing fake electricity bills bearing its name. In the last week of June, Greenpeace activists distributed some 20,000 leaflets resembling electricity bills around Finland in a campaign against a delayed nuclear reactor project in the country. The leaflet warned
Finnish aid for biodiversity conservation
The Finnish government has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs 505 million for biodiversity conservation in Nepal.
An agreement to this effect was signed between Finnish ambassador to Nepal Pirkko Liisa Kyostila and secretary at the Finance Ministry Kapil Dev Ghimire at the ministry on Monday
Ecofriendly treatment of dye-effluents
A research team of a college in Tiruchi has evolved an eco-friendly process for the safe disposal of effluents from the dyeing industry. S Senthil Kumar, who was the lone participant from India at the international conference ‘Biogeomon 2009’ in Helsinki, Finland, said he had presented a scientific evaluation of the research at the department of botany, Jamal Mohamed College.
Why clean energy public investment makes economic sense: the evidence base
The report, “Why Clean Energy Public Investment Makes Economic Sense – The Evidence Base,” which compiles and assesses evidence linking government clean energy spending with key indicators of economic health, such as job creation and growth. The report finds that green spending creates more jobs per dollar than most other types of stimulus spending.
