For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL), the corporate entity of Vsakhapatnam Steel Plant, has adopted a new energy policy where it is committed to optimally utilise the various forms of energy to minimise impact on climate change. And to accomplish this, RINL will comply with Energy Conservation Act, 2001 and …
India is considering allowing trading of energy efficiency certificates and giving concessions such as capital subsidies to promote solar energy, seeking to mitigate damage from the changing climate.
This report is prepared for the UNEP sustainable buildings and construction initiative. There is great potential to improve the CDM in ways that would encourage the development of more energy efficiency projects in buildings for the CDM, and at the same time would more directly support the sustainable development benefits …
Experts prefer nuclear energy in short run DH News Service,Bangalore: A panel discussion on Climate Change: An Indian Perspective, held on Monday as part of the centenary conference of Indian Institute of Science witnessed experts stressing the need for reducing emission levels by shifting to nuclear energy in the short …
the provision of new and additional resources, Parties proposed: New (EC and its member states, MISC 2) and additional, that is, over and above the target of 0.7 GNP for Official Development Assistance (ODA) (Colombia, MISC 1; Singapore, MISC 2; AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), G77 and China, African …
Sectors mentioned by parties include: Energy or power generation (Bangladesh, MISC 1; Korea, sectoral approaches workshop); coal-fired power generation (Japan, MISC.4 and MISC 5; Alliance of Small Island States, called AOSIS (sectoral approaches workshop); energy efficiency (India, sectoral approaches workshop); Iron and steel (Japan, MISC 4 and MISC 5; Republic …
The Clean Development Mechanism must be amended. What shape should it take? The Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) is up for review and there are several proposals to reform the process. The mechanism has always been under severe criticism, since its inception, on various accounts, ranging from its philosophical principles to …
At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in Poznan. By Chandra Bhushan, Mario D
Black carbon (BC), a component of soot, is a potent climate- forcing agent and has been estimated to be the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). Thus, addressing BC emissions should be considered an essential element of any global warming mitigation strategy. In fact, because BC …
This paper provides a conceptual backdrop for urban economic impact assessment of climate change and its specific aim is to provide both a conceptual and a methodological framework for OECD work in this area. The scope includes the assessment of the potential incidence and economic cost associated with changes in …
DOWN TO EARTH The time for postponement is over. The time to cut greenhouse gases is now. Or never. This week when climate change negotiators from across the world meet in the city of Poznan in Poland for the 14th conference of parties to the climate convention, they have a …
Threat of climate change is real and urgent and know that combating this threat will require deep and drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The question in Poznan is, how will we re-commit the industrialized world to serious reduction of its emissions. Poznan must also determine if the world is …
