The cognitive dimension of climate change is a subject that is rarely analysed. However, communities’ endogenous adaptation strategies are heavily dependent on their perception of the risks linked to climate change. An analysis of individuals’ representations and perceptions of climate change makes it possible to improve the ability to adapt …
YouGov survey finds climate change considered third most serious threat globally, but UK public see population growth as greater cause for concern, reports BusinessGreen The British public is far more concerned about the threat posed by population growth than it is about climate change, according to a YouGov survey published …
Global warming or hot air? Democratic politicians say climate change is a grave threat to the US. Their Republican counterparts accuse them of alarmism over a non-issue. A close study of public opinion suggests that neither stance chimes with a majority of Americans. Voters are best described as worried but …
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Biodiversity Board (GBB) has expedited the process of preparing people’s biodiversity registers across the rural spread of Gujarat. By the end of this year, the GBB is aiming to prepare the registers of at least 300 gram panchayats. The ambitious project of preparing biodiversity registers envisages documentation of …
The state government will urge the Central Empowered Committee to exclude trees on private land from the working plan of the Forest Department in Kangra, Una and Hamirpur so that the locals can get relief from the century old law. Replying to a Private Member Resolution moved by Manohar Dhiman …
HETAUDA: Makawanpur locals halted the Kulekhani Hydro Electricity Project work today. They stopped the project work putting forward a 10-point demand including employment to the locals, training on expertise, agricultural development programmes, training women on knitting, compensation to the blast victims, drinking water facility, village road construction among others. Surya …
Swiss-based FMCG multinational Nestlé on Thursday opened its first research and development centre in India at the industrial township of Manesar in Haryana. The centre will be part of Nestlé's worldwide R&D; network enabling the company to acquire local knowledge and use it on a global scale. "Our R&D; centre …
KANCHANPUR: A drinking water project, constructed at the cost of Rs. 28.95 million in Jhalari-7, Banajariya Bazaar of Kanchanpur, has been handed over to local users committee. Sub-division Chief of Drinking Water and Sanitation Sub-division Office, Bhimduttanagar, Prem Prasad Dotel handed over the ownership letter of the project to Jhalari …
The Himalaya is experiencing rapid climate change that is likely to significantly impact local ecosystems, biodiversity, agriculture and human well-being. However, the scientific community has been slow to examine the extent and consequences of climate change. Local communities have been coping with environmental change since millennia. Thus they often have …
Identification of work under the Rs 650 crore AP Rural Connectivity programme of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has come to a halt in the state. A local bodies association from Nalgonda approached the High Court with a plea that the identification of work under the …
