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 …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats have agreed to aim for a 40 percent cut in European carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a draft paper from coalition talks showed. "We want to give climate protection a central role in energy policy," the …
German chemicals group BASF said it launched a legal challenge against the European Commission's ban of BASF's insecticide fipronil, imposed in July on concern its use as seed treatment is linked to declining bee populations. BASF has filed legal action with the General Court of the European Union because "valid …
The debate about state support comes as Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is looking for ways to reduce the cost of renewable-energy subsidies after deciding to close its nuclear power plants. ge The European Union presented a set of recommendations for governments to improve their state-aid mechanisms in energy markets, including …
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), in talks with Angela Merkel's conservatives to form a coalition government, will back European Union plans to prop up carbon prices by 'backloading' permits, party sources told Reuters. The plan has been stalled for months partly because Berlin has withheld backing due to differences within Merkel's …
Coal-fired power plants such as this one in Peitz, Germany, mean the gap between temperatures are unlikely to be kept to 'safe' levels of warming, according to a Unep report As world leaders prepare to meet in Poland for the latest United Nations summit on climate change, a major new …
A latecomer to renewable energy, Germany's RWE is trying to turn itself green at a time when it lacks the two resources it needs most: time and money. Struggling with falling earnings, 35 billion euros ($48.2 billion) in net debt and a 72-percent drop in its shares from their 2008 …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces opposition from some of her own conservative lawmakers to any move to back EU plans to prop up carbon prices, according to an internal party document. In a paper by pro-business conservative politicians, some of whom are involved in coalition talks with the center-left Social …
Lithuania, holder of the EU presidency, has made a new proposal to weaken rules on how much carbon new cars can emit from 2020, in line with demands from Germany and its luxury manufacturers, EU diplomats said. The proposal is stoking anger in Brussels, where Germany's negotiating tactics are regarded …
EU car emissions fell 2.6 percent in 2012 from 2011, official figures showed on Wednesday, adding to a fierce Brussels debate on how quickly automakers can improve vehicle fuel efficiency. The decline took average new car carbon emissions down to 132.2 grams per kilometer (g/km) in 2012, close to a …
“No reason to follow Germany, Japan which are cutting down on nuclear energy”. India will continue its nuclear programme without any interruption, irrespective of decisions taken by other countries, said R.K. Sinha, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy on Wednesday. Referring to Germany and Japan, which …
Thousands of residents at Hazaribagh in the city are facing severe sufferings due to unhygienic environment because of hundreds of toxic chemical shops there. The chemicals, imported from Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, China, Argentina and Brazil, are used for processing of rawhides, this correspondent was informed while visiting the …
Verifiers from Germany will visit Himachal to quantify the carbon credits generated under the mid-Himalayan project being run under the aegis of the World Bank. Sources said a team of verifiers would arrive in Himachal on October 24 and visit various spots developed across the state, including 14 spots under …
The air in the small Black Sea nation is thicker with several major air pollutants than the air in any other country in Europe, according to a new study prepared by Europe’s environmental regulators. Bulgaria has the highest concentrations of the two major varieties of particulate matter, which are tiny …
European Union environment ministers on Monday agreed to German demands to scrap an agreement to cap EU car emissions that Berlin argued would cost jobs and damage its premium auto makers. After months of forceful lobbying from Germany, the ministers from the 28 EU member states agreed to reopen a …
The government will set up wind and solar farms in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu in the first phase of the . 43,000-crore green energy corridors project that aims to add 30,000 mw to the national grid by 2020. The first phase of the Indo-German project is expected to cost . …
Germany has enlisted French carmakers' support for a last-ditch bid to delay new EU vehicle emissions limits by four years as it battles to win more time for its luxury auto industry, government officials and diplomats said. Berlin wants to re-open and water down draft carbon dioxide goals agreed in …
Mumbai : Anti-Jaitapur activists led by Pradeep Indulkar have now taken their protests global by launching a massive campaign in Germany, where they are organising 15 shows of his Yellow Oscar winning documentary film High Power on project affected people of the Tarapur nuclear power plant. While the short film …
Germany's BDI industry association has proposed a plan for a radical overhaul of government policy on renewable energy after Sunday's elections, including scrapping the feed-in-tariff system. The BDI has long warned that high energy prices, caused largely by the rising cost of incentives for green energy, threaten industry's competitiveness. Chancellor …
Renewable energy: Policy and practice - a presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the world that growth and decarbonisation can go hand in hand. Chandra Bhushan and Ankur Paliwal travel to Germany to understand how it is doing so …
