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 …
A speedy transition to low or zero carbon energy systems is necessary to reach the ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions set for 2050. Governing such a transition without recession or upheaval presents a challenge to society which is unprecedented. This report is about governing transitions toward a low-carbon society. …
This Worldwatch report focuses on transformation of the global energy system and advocates "unleashing the full potential of energy efficiency in concert with renewable energy resources" for tackling the climate change challenge. Recent advances in technology and policy will allow renewable energy and energy efficiency to play major roles in …
This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D; investments and other policies to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies in the MEF and IEA member countries and others by providing three primary sets …
This Guide provides an outline of how financing renewable energy works, with a particular focus on more mature end of the market i.e. the proven technologies that can be deployed now and at scale. It aims to show how policy looks and where it fits in from a financing perspective; …
A Summary for Decision Makers, the latest UNEP-SBCI report, highlights the potential of more efficient buildings in addressing climate change. The report argues that a failure to encourage more energy-efficient and low-carbon buildings will lock countries into the disadvantages of poor performing buildings for decades, and states that governments will …
The analysis of different global energy scenarios in part I of the report confirms that the exploitation of energy efficiency potentials and the use of renewable energies play a key role in reaching global CO2 reduction targets. An assessment on the basis of a broad literature research in part II …
The industrial sector is responsible for a significant share of global energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Energy efficiency is commonly seen as the most cost-effective, leastpolluting, and most readily-accessible industrial energy saving option available in the industrial sector worldwide. Capturing the full extent of these potential end-use energy …
As operational experience in designing and implementing large-scale, energy-efficient lighting programs using CFLs is being gained through projects sponsored by the World Bank and others in various countries, ESMAP of the World Bank initiated an activity in 2008 to help practitioners benefit from these experiences. The objective is to develop …
The CDP India Report 2009 reflects the progress that the Indian business community is making to combat climate change. This report highlights the actions of the top 200 Indian companies in reducing emissions as well as adapting to the direct impacts of climate change. It also identifies the challenges faced …
This report by SIWI shows why water is critical for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Addresses interrelation of water and climate change in the context of livelihoods, land, ecosystems, transboundary management, energy & gender. This report by Stockholm International Water Institute demonstrates why water is critical for climate change adaptation …
ERIC. A.TAUB : Does the latest gen- l eration of energy-saving light bulbs save energy? A comprehensive study conducted by Osram, the German lighting company, provides evidence that they do. While that may seem selfevident, until the release of the report on Monday the answer remained unclear. That is because …
CLIMATE change and its imperatives across the globe have moved beyond the immediate compulsions of rising mercury levels on planet Earth. It is today a debate among nations on geo-politics, and the shift in economic balance from the developed countries to the emerging economies. The rhetoric by global leaders thus …
CHANDIGARH: Energy efficiency measures will be implemented in six more municipal council areas of Haryana through the Energy Service Company route, State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati said on Tuesday after presiding over a meeting of the State level monitoring committee for implementation of energy conservation measures and Energy Conservation Act-2001. …
Refrigerators, transformers, ACs and tubelights would be brought under the mandatory labelling of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) from January 7, a top BEE official said on Friday. The Bureau has already issued notification in this regard and refrigerators up to 460 litres, ACs up to two tonnes, tubelights …
While the Kashmir valley is facing power shortage, the government plans to launch a vigorous campaign to check the loss of electricity ahead of winter coupled with lesser generation of power from hydel projects due to a decline in the water level. It has also been found that the system …
Greeshma Gopal Giri It is the first time in the history of Indian rlys that its buildings are given star status for energy conservation } THE Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has accorded star status to two buildings under the Southern Railway for energy efficiency. The BEE has conferred a …
There will be a different light in every house in the New Year! Under a central government scheme, every house will get compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) at a subsidized rate. Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira said the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, has extended the Bachat Lamp Yojana Scheme to …