In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
Ranabir Ray Choudhury The BRIC grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China issued its first joint statement as a group last year at Yekaterinburg. The IBSA Forum, comprising India, South Africa and Brazil, held its first summit in 2003. The latest summits of the two groupings were held in Brasilia …
The joint Statement issued at conclusion of the meeting of ministers of BASIC Group at Cape Town. Ministers felt that a legally binding outcome on long-term cooperative action under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol should be concluded at Cancun, Mexico in 2010, or at the latest in South Africa …
A decades-long tug of war between environmental and indigenous groups on one hand and the Brazilian government on the other came to a close yesterday when a Brazilian energy consortium won the right to build what will become the world's third-largest dam. The controversial Belo Monte dam on the Xingu …
Manmohan Singh The people of our countries expect us to work together so as to bring the benefits of inclusive social and economic development to them.
Brasilia (Brazil): India and Brazil on Wednesday said while they were satisfied with the continued expansion of bilateral trade, they accepted need for undertaking increased efforts to achieve the bilateral trade target of $10 billion by 2010. A joint statement issued after a bilateral meeting between visiting Indian Prime Minister …
Push For Greater Investment & Market Access; Menon To Be Special Rep For Boundary Talks Brasilia: India and China pushed for greater investment and market access as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese president Hu Jintao kicked off the BRIC-IBSA proceedings here with a highprofile bilateral meeting on Thursday morning. …
oil exploration Argentine veterans cry war As diplomatic tensions between the UK and Argentina escalate following oil drilling plan near the Falklands, Argentine war veterans have threatened to invade the South Atlantic archipelago controlled by the UK. A war vets’ association in Bruenos Aires demonstrated in front of the British …
Defusing a long-running trade dispute over American cotton subsidies, the United States and Brazil agreed to begin negotiating a compromise deal that could prevent the implementation of Brazilian trade sanctions on a wide range of US goods and intellectual property. Brazil agreed to hold off on retaliation as a result …
Brazil’s Catholic Church is suing Hollywood for using unauthorized images of one of Rio de Janeiro’s famous landmarks: the statue of Christ, the Redeemer. The city’s archdiocese is demanding unspecified damages from Columbia Pictures for showing the statue being destroyed in a worldwide apocalypse in the film 2012. The archdiocese …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai March 25, 2010, 1:24 IST BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations, with total population of 2.7 billion, will explore opportunities of cooperation in the field of agriculture. The agriculture ministers of the four countries, during their three-day meeting in Russia on March 25, will finalise …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI India's food security high on his agenda, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar will press for greater cooperation between Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) to boost the farm sector during a meet in Moscow this week. Mr Pawar will address a conference of the agriculture ministers of the …
Upping the ante in a long-running trade spat with the United States, Brazil announced that it intends to break US patents and intellectual property rights in retaliation against Washington
Forest clearing and degradation account for roughly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all the cars, trains, planes, ships, and trucks on earth. This is simply too big a piece of the problem to ignore; fail to reduce it and we will fail to stabilize our climate. Although …
Joins Accord With Riders To Facilitate Talks; China Expected To Follow Suit New Delhi: After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord. The accord, which had been negotiated by 29 countries including India at the Danish …
Brazil, China, India and South Africa have each worked to improve access to electricity services. While many of the challenges faced by these countries are similar, the means of addressing them varied in their application and effectiveness. This report analyses the four country profiles, determining the pre-requisites to successful rural …
