The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
India welcomes the opportunity provided by the updated communication from the UNFCCC Secretariat vide ODES/CoP 17/11 of January 20, 2012 to express its views on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). India notes that the CoP 17 decision on Durban …
Yvo de Boer was the Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the tumultuous Copenhagen Summit in 2009. In 2010 he joined KPMG as global adviser on climate and sustainability. Recently he was in India, and in conversation with Keshav Chaturvedi, he discussed the issue …
The United States EPA is proposing new source performance standards for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) for new affected fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs). The EPA is proposing these requirements because CO2 is a greenhouse gas (GHG) and fossil fuel-fired power plants are the country’s largest stationary source …
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has entered into an agreement with the Malaysia-based international body INFOFISH for the development and marketing of freshwater fish in India. Post-harvest technology and value addition have not yet received much attention in the domestic freshwater aquaculture sector. The effort to transfer technology …
The science of climate change has long been suggesting that mankind is heading towards ‘dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ and is on the verge of committing to catastrophic interference. The core of such activity lies in the techno-economic development paradigm, which have started since the Industrial Revolution. The …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Tiruchi Complex, achieved a major milestone on Friday with the despatch of the first set of headers for the 2x800 MW power project at Krishnapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. A.V. Krishnan, Executive Director, flagged off the first set from BHEL's High Pressure Boiler …
This paper examines the effect of multilateral energy technology initiatives, so called "Implementing Agreements", on international research collaboration in seven important climate change mitigation technologies. The analysis is conducted using patent data on 33 OECD countries during the period 1970-2009. Find that co-invention is significantly affected by the membership in …
This report examines the impact of environmental regulation within countries as well as regulatory distance between countries on international technology transfer. Analysis shows that an important factor shaping transfers is relative regulatory distance in that countries are more likely to receive newly-innovated technologies from source countries whose regulatory standards are …
This report demonstrates that a more sustainable energy future is within our reach, and that industrial energy efficiency is key. It shows how industrial energy efficiency can make a difference by providing a detailed comprehensive global assessment of potentials, technologies, economic benefits, as well as cost and barriers to be …
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, and their significance for the land transport sector.
This guidebook provides practical and operational guidance on how to assess and overcome barriers facing the transfer and diffusion of technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The guidebook is designed to support the analysis of specific technologies, instead of pursuing a sectoral (e.g. transport) or technology group (e.g. renewable …
Countries protect their renewable energy equipment. Exporting nations see it as trade barrier. The world is witnessing an increase in trade disputes in the renewable energy sector. Countries are trying to strengthen their renewable energy base by preferring indigenous products over imports. This is an obvious dampener for countries with …
India and Ethiopia have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations through greater cooperation in the agri sector, with the two sides signing an MoU to work closely on agricultural research. A memorandum of understanding has been signed here on Monday by the heads of Indian and Ethiopian agricultural research institutes. On …
However, Durban meet also reveals resistance of rich countries to sharing ecological and economic space with developing nations The Durban climate change conference — the 17th conference of parties — has ended, after grueling and acrimonious negotiations on how the world would cut carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to …
Throughout the year, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) has been working on the preparation of a balanced and comprehensive outcome to be presented to the Conference of the Parties (COP) for adoption at its seventeenth session to enable the full, effective and …
New Delhi India Inc is urging the key negotiating nations at the ongoing climate talks at Durban to focus on three key issues — market-based mechanisms, technology transfer and trade. Industry chamber Ficci has pushed for strengthening market mechanisms, accelerating technology transfer and removing barriers to trade as this is …
Promotion of organic farming in Jammu region JAMMU: To promote organic farming in Jammu province, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three reputed companies of the country to help the local cultivators of various crops to switch over to this mode …
Sri Lanka ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by a cabinet decision in November 1993 and is among the first 50 countries that have ratified it. As an obligation of the UNFCCC Sri Lanka is required to prepare the National Communication on Climate Change periodically. Accordingly, …
This report by Wolfgang Sterk, Christof Arens, Florian Mersmann, Hanna Wang-Helmreich and Timon Wehnert analyses the international climate negotiations at the UN climate conference in Durban in December 2011. The conference revolved around two key sets of issues: What will be the overarching long-term framework of international climate policy and …
New Delhi With only 30 members, India's delegation to the Durban climate talks is the smallest among all key negotiating nations. China is taking a 150-strong delegation while Australia has 40-plus. Further, several key climate negotiators like Chandrashekhar Dasgupta and Prodipto Ghosh are absent in the delegation led by environment …
