The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
the World Bank has launched a us $150 million fund to help developing countries invest in cleaner technologies that will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The programme, known as the Prototype Carbon Fund, will be funded by corporations and industrial nations which will receive emission reduction certificates. "We are determined …
consumers in us have pledged to buy gasoline-electric hybrid cars if carmakers manufacture them. The pledge was made in an internet petition as a part of the Natural Resources Defence Council's (nrdc) "earthsmartcars' campaign. "Automakers will not get really serious about building hybrid cars unless they think there is a …
The total lack of interest and foresight that the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government is showing while dealing with the country's growing pollution is downright appalling, to say the least. An excellent indicator of this came recently when the government reconstituted the council on trade and industry to set up eight …
recent developments in environmental technologies in the uk will lead to the improvement of a popular gas-run industrial turbine, making it ultra-clean with regard to emissions. The turbine is the industrial Avon engine, which is derived from an engine first developed in the 1950s to power military and civil aircraft. …
BEING market savvy is what business is all about. And green's the word in business today. Keeping up with the times, some companies have already gone "green'. How to go about informing the lay public and the consumer at large that a product consumes less natural resources, is pollution-free or …
bangalore-based Trac Fujico Air Systems Ltd has become the country's first indigenous manufacturer to develop and introduce air conditioners (ac s ) that do not use hcfc (hydrochlorofluorocarbon). hcfc , used widely as a refrigerant, is a potential environmental hazard as it contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer. …
IT is tough, non-toxic and green. It is Biosteel. By borrowing a little from genetic as well as plain engineering, researchers in Quebec, Canada, have developed this incredibly light fabric that is both biodegradable and strong enough to stop bullets. If all goes as planned, biosteel - made by lacing …
Here's some good news for the people of Kathmandu: environment-friendly cars are being introduced in the city. Manufacturers say once the cars with duel-fuel system liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and petrol starts to ply, vehicular pollution will decline. Surya Auto Mechanical Works had successfully tested the Italian Lovoto auto-gas apparatus …
THE Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has laid down specifications on the manufacture of polythene bags in order to make them eco-friendly, which could often be recycled. Union environment minister Suresh Prabhu also called upon the industry to share its responsibility for the clean-up of the polybag mess. …
wastes generated by petroleum and related industries cause of some of the biggest headaches that plague environmentalists today. Apart from their massive emission levels, numerous industrial mishaps such as oil spills and accidental leakage have, over the years, been successful in projecting petroleum companies as big, careless monsters bent on …
Shoppers the world over are confronted by a bewildering array of "green' claims by manufacturers. It is almost impossible for consumers to know what exactly is being claimed and whether the product really is greener than the others. A number of countries have developed schemes in which a product that …
There is colour everywhere but little substance, as bureaucrats and businesspersons meet at a three-star hotel, to plan a tree-planting drive. A private company has planted trees along the road, on behalf of multinationals, with a logo on the tree-guard, and has been paid Rs 50,000 per km. Benetton marketed …
Indian consumers are yet to become environment-conscious. In the West, consumer groups conducting comparative tests for products voluntarily took up the task of assigning environment benefits as a parameter for evaluation. This led to awareness among consumers, who then made demands on manufacturers. The awareness in the West is tremendous. …
The line is very thin, perhaps permeable. You could be genuinely concerned about the environment and desiring to do the right thing to save the planet. Or, you could just be looking for that "green' edge
full of gas: Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), New Delhi, has developed a technology for converting liquid natural gas into value-added liquefied petroleum gas. Following this breakthrough, the company is all set to deploy the method for commercial exploitation. According to officials, GAIL and its partner Indian Institute of …
in the wake of growing environmental concern, vehicle manufacturers are now designing products that can be dismantled into reusable pieces. Auto-makers have already made efforts to design cars that could be easily stripped down. A joint-venture company of three big auto-makers
ICI, a UK-based company, is developing an environmentally-sound paint for households that replaces up to 25 per cent of the petroleum-based chemicals now used in paints. The paint will use starch derived from crops including potatoes, wheat and maize. At present, interior paints use vinyl and acrylic derived from petroleum-derived …
• Experts in Bangalore recently opined that most of the city's 60 million rats are likely to be carriers of the organism which causes killer diseases. Shakunthala Sridhara, expert on rodent control, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, said, "It is vital to launch an immediate rodent control programme to control …
The number of new products marketed in the US as'environmentally friendy declined in 1996, according to the analysis of data available with Marketing Intelligence Service, a New York-based company. The firm tracks products labelled with some kind of green claim , such as biodegradable, ozone-friendly, pesticide free, or recycled, but …
