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 newly-formed climate change department of the Gujarat government, the first such department in Asia and sixth in the world, has received its first budgetary allocation. The state government has provided Rs 100 crore in Budget 2010-11 for the department, which was set up in 2009, to address the challenge …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday awarded an appreciation to two institutions that managed to produce environmental-friendly products while at the same time having capability to improve livelihood for poor people. In a prize awarding ceremony, the UNEP's Executive Director and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations Achim …
Though sale of environment-friendly electric vehicles is slowly picking up in India, its manufacturers feel that much more needs to be done in terms of providing incentives and developing infrastructure to promote e-vehicles and help conserve environment. The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has urged Union Finance Minister …
If you care about the environment, you may want to show that in the way you spend your money. These decisions could help steer us towards a truly green economy - but only if consumers and investors have a good idea of which companies have genuinely minimised their impact on …
A little information is a dangerous thing. A lot of information, if it's inaccurate or confusing, even more so. This is a problem for anyone trying to spend or invest in an environmentally sustainable way. Investors are barraged with indexes purporting to describe companies' eco-credentials, some of dubious quality. Green …
Comprehensive assessments of final consumption have identified "housing" as a major contributor to total environmental impacts. Within this category, electrical-energy-using products are important. Do consumers opt for more energy-efficient household appliances if they are provided with life cycle cost (LCC)
The Indian textile and clothing industry plays a dominant role in the national economy and has a prominent position in the global textile industry. This study conducted domestic market research to help lay the groundwork for formulating effective marketing strategies for eco-friendly products in the domestic market. Through extensive primary …
Since the recent, very tangible manifestations of the multiple crises in our economic, environmental, and social systems, there is increasing recognition of the need to change how we do things. This has led to the more regular use of words such as transition, transformation, and eco-innovation, especially in areas of …
REINVENTING the wheel was not exactly what Myshkin Ingawale had in mind when he set out from NIT-Bhopal to MIT, with a stopover at IIM Calcutta. But the 27-year-old
SCIENCE is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated, noted the philosopher George Santayana, musing on modernity and progress. That was then, when the ill-effects of fossilfuel usage, consequent emission of gaseous carbon and resultant global warming was not quite apparent. Fast forward to …
India may have recently vowed to slash carbon emissions by 20-25 per cent but Mumbai's new electrical suburban trains are already speeding ahead of this target. These local trains curb carbon emissions by 40 per cent and save 30 per cent more electricity than a normal train. The saving is …
New Delhi: The second edition of the LED EXPO 2009 was declared open to the public by the secretary, new and renewable energy ministry, Deepak Gupta, on Friday. The three-day event will showcase innovations in the light emitting diode (LED) sector, with over 40 participants, including a few from South …
Self help groups in Uttarakhand have launched a campaign to banish polythene bags by replacing them with paper bags and providing them to shop keepers at lucrative prices. "Pahal" is one such group that has been training women to make paper bags from old newspapers. Women in this group are …
Hyderabad, Nov. 8: The Andhra Pradesh environmental connect that includes officials and activists has asked the Exhibition Society in Hyderabad to impose ban on plastic this year at the popular Numaish. The APEC has asked people to get their own jute or other non-plastic bags instead. The additional principal conservator …
As hundreds of idols of Goddess Durga hit the Yamuna river today as part of immersion rituals, green activists had reason to breathe easy. Unlike earlier, many idols were made of natural colours and environment friendly clay! Several organisers of Durga Puja across Delhi and national capital region (NCR) ensured …
