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 …
Starting before industrialised Germany and the UK, India has perhaps promoted renewables the longest though a dedicated establishment. The country's Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) is one of its kind in the world. India has the fifth largest installed wind capacity in the world at 2400 MW. In 2003 …
At Renewables 2004 "an international action plan will be on the agenda, including actions and commitments by governments, international organisations and stakeholders,' says the conference announcement document. "The conference outcome will include arrangements for a follow-up and a mechanism to share information on progress in implementing the international action plan.' …
According to IEA’s factsheet, Renewables in global energy supply, the wind energy sector has grown at more than 52 per cent per annum since 1971, and solar power by 32 per cent per annum. Renewables in 2000 accounted for 13.8 per cent of the world’s total primary energy supply (electricity, …
There is a prominently held view that dissemination of renewable energy technology is marred by high costs. It’s true that a few technologies like wind power have become cheaper, but others are still expensive. Solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy now cost one-tenth of what they did in the early …
According to IEA's factsheet, Renewables in global energy supply, the wind energy sector has grown at more than 52 per cent per annum since 1971, and solar power by 32 per cent per annum. Renewables in 2000 accounted for 13.8 per cent of the world's total primary energy supply (electricity, …
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At Renewables 2004, "an international action plan will be on the agenda, including actions and commitments by governments, international organisations and stakeholders," says the conference announcement document. "The conference outcome will include arrangements for a follow-up and a mechanism to share information on progress in implementing the international action plan." …
levy upheld: Germany's highest court has rejected a challenge against the government's tax on fossil fuels and electricity. The tax added US $0.04 to the price of a litre of petrol per year. The appeal was brought by a group of transport firms. The Constitutional Court, however, clearly stated in …
A giant panda in Berlin's zoo might finally conceive if Chinese experts' efforts bear fruit. Six earlier attempts to impregnate 19-year-old Yan Yan with sperm from her Berlin zoo companion, Bao Bao, 26, have failed. As a last resort, scientists are now trying to artificially inseminate the animal with a …
What was designed as a hangar for 21st century airships will soon be converted into the world's largest indoor rainforest. German officials have permitted Tropical Island Corporation, a uk-Malaysian business consortium, to begin work on this us $75-million project in Brand, south of Berlin. The massive arched glass and steel …
Within the framework of the realisation of the directive on Integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC-Directive 96/61/EG), the techniques and the possible abatement options for numerous industrial sectors have to be characterised on a process level with regard to environmental benefits, technical practicability and especially economic feasibility. Annex I lists …
Cancun: a paper tiger jurgen maier The strategy of the European Union (eu) did seem to be transformed in the conference centres of Cancun. A coherent eu policy is non-existent. Europe is deeply divided between the American satellites (the uk, Spain and Italy) and the Gaullist camp (France, Germany and …
On Friday, November 14, 2003 Germany switched off the first of its 19 nuclear power stations, at Stade near Hamburg. The move was part of a deal the centre-left government had struck with industry in 2000: to close all nuclear power plants by 2025. It was also politically astute
Humans are not only exposed to high levels of antibiotics via consuming meat laced with the drugs, but also through inhaling foul air. Scientists have found that dust particles in farm buildings contain traces of antibiotics that can damage human dna. The antibiotics are added in animal feed to stimulate …
With temperatures in Europe at an all-time high, German nuclear plants have become too hot to handle. The soaring mercury has forced authorities to switch off the reactor at one plant and reduce the capacity of two others. Obrigheim, the country's oldest nuclear power plant, has had its reactor deactivated …
previous estimates of the neutron rays that Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors were exposed to are accurate. This was revealed during a study conducted by a team of scientists from the us and Germany. The research will help end a long-standing controversy on whether the existing standards to estimate risk for …
It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission (iwc). Voting 25-20 in favour of setting up a controversial committee, the North-dominated anti-whaling faction drastically altered the iwc mandate
