Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation specifically aims at providing an appraisal of the energy efficiency situation worldwide and giving guidance on further action. It is meant to have strong practical implications for practitioners who operate in the field of sustainable energy and energy efficiency financing as well as for policymakers …
This pubication says that market drivers for climate change investments remain robust driven by mandates and innovation policy. The 2010 Outlook is bullish for public markets, private equity / venture capital and infrastructure investments. At a macro level, climate change investment involves a unique blend of technology innovation, environmental protection, …
This booklet focuses on IFC's work in climate change, highlighting leading projects from all regions and explaining their role in filling the financing gap. This collection of stories is therefore aimed at firms, financial institutions, other investors, and donor governments that are interested in new business models of mitigation and …
This report provides an update on the status of investment in clean energy and how the sector has survived the financial crisis. It also provides a critical overview of the various public and private sector financing mechanisms at the national, state and local level that could help unleash further necessary …
The power sector carries a considerably great burden of the CO2 emission reductions required to address climate change, a feature common to many scenarios of emissions abatement. These reductions will only be possible if existing plants are replaced with more efficient and less-emitting types of plants over the coming decades. …
Building on its current strengths and a capacity of 2400MW Karnataka intends to establish a dynamic renewable sector with emphasis on different forms of generation-wind, mini hydro, biomass, cogeneration and solar. This renewable energy policy aims at systematic and faster development of Renewable Energy sources to achieve a capacity of …
This paper reviews available scientific evidence for global warming, the working of the multilateral environmental agreement for tackling the climate change problem and menu of policy options available for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It shows that India
A novel dew point evaporative cooler (DPEC) can sensibly cool the incoming air close to its dew point temperature. This paper presents potential energy savings of a novel DPEC for various cities during the summer season (April-June) for Indian buildings with the help of meteorological data. Energy savings are calculated …
Diurnal variation in trawl catches and its influence on energy efficiency of trawler operations are discussed in this paper, based on data on landings of a Japanese factory trawler which operated in the Indian waters during 1992-93.
This ’State of Play’ report provides representative examples of the range of sustainable building activity in India. The report explains the state of sustainable buildings and construction in India including best practices, successes, barriers and recommendations for further implementation towards mitigation of climate change impacts and a transition to more …
Climate change, increasing demands on water due to global urbanization and the legal obligations under the EU's Water Framework Directive are making the water sector an attractive place for technologies that can help reduce costs and contribute to reducing the effects of climate change.
London: A government body that supports low-carbon technology has suggested that light-emitting wallpaper may begin to replace light bulbs from 2012. According to the London Times, the Carbon Trust has awarded a
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: With a view to promote energy conservation measures and give incentives to those taking up such measures, Haryana has set up a green energy conservation fund. The fund, created under the budget head- 2810-NCES-plan with a provision of Rs 1 crore for FY 2009-10, shall be utilised …
In a bid to boost trade ties, India and Japan on Tuesday agreed to wrap up talks on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by next year as well as simplify their visa regulations.
Chandigarh: Haryana government has allocated Rs 92.50 lakh for implementation of a scheme to promote energy conservation practises in agriculture sector. Under the scheme, financial assistance at the rate of Rs 400 per Horse Power (HP) is being provided to farmers who install ISI or at least
Copenhagen notwithstanding, we have our own energy saving institiutions to turn green SP Ketkar A BEE instantly reminds us of a tirelessly working insect that extracts nectar from pollen grains of flowers in minuscule quantities and accumulates sweet honey in the honeycomb. While that honey-bee may not really lead us …
