The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
Commons committee warns European commission's plans will impose 'one-size-fits-all' regime across continent Proposed new European regulations to make agriculture "greener" will reduce food production, increase bureaucracy and could even harm the environment, a parliamentary report has warned. The House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee warned that the …
Representatives from different federations, confederations and alliance have lodged a formal complaint against the implementation process of the Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP) worth US $ 62 million. NGO Federation of Nepal, Federation of Drinking Water and Sanitation Users’ Nepal, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Irrigation Water Users’ Federation, Human Rights …
Denmark, followed by Israel, Sweden, Finland and the US provide the best conditions today for clean technology start-up creation, with companies in the Asia Pacific region following closely behind when it comes to commercial success, the first Global Cleantech Innovation Index shows. In Coming Clean: The Global Cleantech Innovation Index …
In a significant development, the state government Jammu and Kashmir is mulling over a plan to launch a project on bio-energy in association with the Government of Finland. Conservator of Forest RS Jasrotia said, “We are contemplating a pilot project in collaboration with Finland to use forest waste as a …
Foreign environmental activists have joined hands with locals opposing the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project (KAPP), alleged Dr S. K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. He claimed that the recent protest at the KAPP was supported by environmental activists from the US, Australia, France, …
Australia's second-largest city Melbourne has been rated the world's best city to live in, and Mumbai one of the worst, according to a new survey. In the survey of 140 cities around the globe, Melbourne secured the top slot with a score of 97.5 per cent, followed by Austrian capital …
Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the world's most liveable city, a world-wide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped the Global Liveability Survey's ranking of 140 cities world-wide, ahead of Canada's Vancouver which dominated the rankings for almost a decade …
Leaders of Arctic nations gather in Greenland this week to chart future cooperation as global warming sets off a race for oil, mineral, fishing and shipping opportunities in the world's fragile final frontier. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join foreign ministers from seven other Arctic states in Greenland's tiny …
Quickening climate change in the Arctic including a thaw of Greenland's ice could raise world sea levels by up to 1.6 meters by 2100, an international report showed on Tuesday. Such a rise -- above most past scientific estimates -- would add to threats to coasts from Bangladesh to Florida, …
CHILDREN and adolescents injected with a swine flu vaccine could be at an increased risk of a sleeping disorder, warned a study. Made by multinational pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline, Pandemrix vaccine was used in 47 countries, including India, during the swine flu outbreak in 2009-10. Finland’s National Institute for Health and …
A Finnish group calling itself the Food Liberation Army has posted a spoof terrorist-style clip on video-sharing website YouTube, with five masked characters threatening to “execute” Ronald McDonald if the fast food giant failed to answer its questions. The group “kidnapped” the McDonald’s mascot from a Helsinki restaurant. “We love …
Finland consumes nearly 17,000 units of electric power per capita annually; its share of nuclear electricity is about 28 per cent. Though its nuclear power programme is very modest compared to that of U.S. or U.K. it is far ahead in its universally applauded plans for nuclear waste management. The …
On a flat, low-lying island nestled in crisp waters off the west coast of Finland, the first nuclear power plant ordered in Western Europe since 1986 is inching toward start-up. Over 4,000 builders and engineers are at work on the sprawling Olkiluoto 3 project, whose turbine hall is so cavernous …
Finnish clean technology companies, which have joined forces within a common CleanTech Finland brand, see significant opportunities for Indian companies to participate in the programme.
Finland on Tuesday expressed its willingness to offer new technologies to the Delhi Government in the field of waste management, improvement in sewer management and multi-utility pipe and cabling management during a meeting of its Ambassador in India Terhi Hakala and counsellor Juha Pyykko with Delhi Urban Development and Finance …
A centre to showcase new innovations in clean technologies, made by scientists in Finland, will be set up in New Delhi next year. The innovation centre will showcase technologies in water purification, waste management and energy efficiency and will aim at boosting bilateral trade between both countries.
Promoters of nuclear plants need patience and deep pockets. That’s the lesson being reinforced for India—from a showpiece project in its backyard and another in Finland, where French company Areva’s flagship project, is running into time and cost overruns. Both have implications for India’s programme of taking nuclear generation capacity …
July 1, 2010 is very likely to be a landmark date in Internet history. On that day Finland became the first country to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. Every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection. The country’s government …
The air quality index (AQI) is an "index" determined by calculating the degree of pollution in the city (as an average) or at the monitoring point and includes five main pollutants
The acknowledgement of facts is the beginning of wisdom, a Finnish president once said. We already have enough facts about climate change. Now is the time not only to draw conclusions but to act.
