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 …
The threat of global warming is giving sleepless nights not only to scientists and Governments the world over but also to Delhiites affecting among various other things their monthly power bills. The residents of the Capital, already facing the pinch of high electricity bills, are more likely to continue paying …
It is the responsibility of the current generation to spare resources for the ones to come Need to save: Collector R. Sudalaikannan flags off the rally organised to mark Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Day in Erode on Tuesday. ERODE: Collector R. Sudalaikannan has urged judicious use of energy sources. Addressing …
About 100 lamps sponsored by three industries in the locality To conserve energy: Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Chief Engineer, Coimbatore, A. Thangavelu, (right) distributing compact fluorescent lamps in exchange for incandescent light bulbs in the city on Tuesday.
It is time we began to live differently. But if you believe that governments and power and water utilities can bring about that change, you need to think again. The change has to begin with us. We have to be the change without governments telling us what to do. Without …
The report makes suggestions for the rethinking of the relationships between transport and climate change. Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center team was engaged to identify the five "think-pieces" on how to address transport and climate change issues.
The post-Copenhagen world requires a fresh look at the big picture. In the absence of international agreements, what steps can be taken nationally, regionally and locally to reduce both carbon emissions and carbon concentrations? The former can be achieved through a transformation in energy production, saving and use, and the …
The 40 Chairmen and CEOs of corporations from around the globe contributing to this report, however, convey a different message. They see inaction as being too costly to their businesses and the world. They support a strong global climate agreement and are ready to lead the resulting world economy. They …
The climate crisis and the financial crisis are not two competing issues that need to be addressed separately by the world community. The solution to one is, in fact, the answer to the other. Investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy helps the economy by increasing employment in the power …
The South Asia Environment Outlook 2009 covers the state and trends of the environment (land, air, water, biodiversity) and five key issues - Climate Change, Food Security, Water Security, Energy Security, and Managing Urbanization. South Asia occupies about 5 per cent of the world
This report by World Bank suggests that an effective climate deal needs to frame development and climate within a single agenda. It shows how the global response to climate change can strengthen, rather than undermine, development in the world's poorest countries. Full text available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2010/Resources/5287678-1226014527953/WDR10-Full-Text.pdf Related Opinion: Who
Britain, in line with European Union directive, will phase out energy-inefficient incandescent light bulbs, invented by Thomas Alva Edison, from Tuesday. The European Union ban on manufacturing and import of 100W bulbs comes into effect from September 1. Sale of these bulbs will be allowed only till the already manufactured …
This paper provides policy makers and managers, facing tough energy policy challenges, with a wider perspective of how the same issues are being addressed by different IEA member countries. The topics included are: Government structures for co-ordinating energy and climate policies; the use of long-term energy forecasts and scenarios; and …
In this latest report ADB outlines a new paradigm for sustainable urban transport that gives Asian cities a workable, step-by-step blueprint for reversing the trend and moving towards safer, cleaner, more sustainable cities, and a better quality of urban life. Most Asian cities have grown more congested, more sprawling, and …
Is the World Trade Organisation blocking progress in the fight against climate change? This is the question at the origin of this legal analysis. Politicians often invoke the WTO as a powerful supranational institution that prevents them from taking any 'market unfriendly' measures. With this legal analysis we intend to …
