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 …
For hundreds of thousands of people in south-east Europe, the true meaning of energy security was brought home at the beginning of the year, during Russia
Passive solar heating of houses is a clean technology which was made mandatory in the government/semi-government sector in 1994 in the Western Himalaya state of Himachal Pradesh. HP is the first state in India to take such a policy decision for promoting energy efficiency in buildings. A Solar House Action …
Initiated in 2005, this study was requested by the government of India to develop the analytical capacity required to help identify low-carbon growth opportunities, up to 2032, in major sectors of the economy; and facilitate informed decision making by improving the knowledge base and raising national and international awareness of …
The institutions of the UN system are responding to the Secretary-General's call to make its in-house practices alongside its field operations more climate-friendly and environmentally sustainable. This publication presents the first greenhouse gas inventory for the UN system and an overview of the initial steps that have been taken to …
This report provides background information that is relevant to assessing the ambition levels of the major countries involved in the current international climate negotiations. The EU
Negotiating a new global deal on climate change has proved to be one of the most complex international processes in recent history. There are uncertainties over what countries are willing and able to do, the ability of cost-efficient technologies to deliver the needed emissions cut and the timing and cost …
This PricewaterhouseCoopers analytical report reviews G20 carbon intensity levels between 2000-2008 and the distance to go to 2050, underlining case for an ambitious deal in Copenhagen and emphasises the key role of China, US, EU and India. Very few of the G20 nations are on track to live within their …
This report covers initiatives for: integrating climate change considerations into development plans, strategies and programmes at national and regional levels; assessing the economic impacts of climate change, evaluating the costs of mitigation and adaptation, and exploring options for climate change financing; enhancing countries
As a result of the process of economic transition since the early 1990s,the Czech Republic has been able to stay below its Kyoto Protocol assigned amount of GHGs.This surplus can be traded with other industrialised countries.The revenues of such trades are spent domestically on energy saving programmes. This article describes …
Africa is the least electrified place in the world. An estimated 550 million Africans have no access to electricity. Nearly half of African countries have a power crisis. Solving this huge problem is made more difficult by widespread poverty, and because most Africans live far from the grid, greatly adding …
This article analyzes the interaction between stakeholders in the clean development mechanism (CDM) in Brazil and assesses the impacts this market mechanism has had on institutions and on the climate change policy discourse in Brazil. Brazil ranks as the third largest host country for CDM projects, even though it has …
Combined, aviation and marine transportation are responsible for approximately 5 percent of total greenhouse (GHG) emissions in the United States and 3 percent globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Controlling the growth in these emissions will be an important part of reducing emissions from …
This fifth IEA report under the clean energy technology roadmap series on wind energy discusses the rationale for investing in wind energy, actions and milestones envisioned for its development and the policy frameworks. Says that today
The energy demand in Asia and the Pacifi c is expected to rise as rapid industrialization increases thirst for higher living standards and consumption driven in pursuit of newly acquired wealth and purchasing power. As analysed in great depth in ESCAP
"Top News" is a compilation of important environmental news topics selected by environmental experts from the Asia-Pacific region as well as by international organisations and research institutes from twenty countries in the region. This 2009 edition focuses on three topics of "Global Warming", "Biodiversity" and "Sustainable Consumption and Production", which …
