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 …
This report compares the approach to cookstoves of SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, with evidence from the sector about how interventions can lead to market transformation. Case studies of improved cookstove and fuels projects in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Rwanda are analysed to examine the potential for successful scale-up and …
The study “Electricity Costs of Energy Intensive Industries” examines, in detail, the composition of electricity prices in Germany and ten other countries: the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Denmark, Canada, the United States, China, Korea and Japan. It identifies the effects of the special regulations on the competitiveness of …
Government is to receive a 498.2 million Dollar grant under the Millennium Challenge Compact 2. The grant is to support Ghana transform the power sector to meet the power needs of industries and households across the country. Ghana has been battling with power challenges for some time now – a …
M P Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has been championing the cause of climate change and low carbon development and is planning development activities in his constituency.As an immediate first step, he has supported a study to assess the potential of low carbon development and clean energy access in his constituency …
M P Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has been championing the cause of climate change and low carbon development and is planning development activities in his constituency.As an immediate first step, he has supported a study to assess the potential of low carbon development and clean energy access in his constituency …
Diesel heavy vehicles plying in Delhi at night will have to pay for polluting the city's air. In its first budget, the AAP government has proposed congestion fees of Rs 100 to Rs 1,500 on different classes of goods vehicles in the form of a tax. More than 50,000 heavy …
Governments are under-utilising taxation as a tool to curb the environmental consequences of energy use, foregoing revenue and weakening their attack on the principal source of greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change and air pollution, according to new OECD analysis. Taxing Energy Use 2015 - OECD and Selected Partner …
“Cheap electricity, rising incomes and badly designed buildings that trap heat have led to the adoption of energy-intensive active cooling practices in the Capital,” states an analysis done on power consumption patterns of Delhiites by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Its findings also indicate that the households in …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined the need for the States to take up energy efficiency and energy conservation activities as they serve the twin purposes of achieving economic development and environmental protection. The Prime Minister, who chaired an interactive video-conferencing session through PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation), an …
Agartala: Tripura will present the success story of Light Emitting Diode (LED) illumination of Agartala tomorrow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all other Indian city administrators at Vigyan Bhawan. Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik Dey on Wednesday said that Ministry of Urban Development has convened a meeting of urban …
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said that for the first time in the country, the people, and the urban leadership would play the pivotal role in deciding the future course of their cities. He was speaking at the launch of three major urban development initiatives: AMRUT (Atal Mission …
This report was compiled by Ecofys to support The New Climate Economy (NCE) and the publication of a report on the role of international collaboration in climate action, which provides ten recommendations to catalyse international climate action. The work presented in this report provides an evaluation of the mitigation impact …
ACT government will commit to report annually on its emissions reduction progress to help build the first global account of greenhouse gas after signing two new international agreements, Environment Minister Simon Corbell announced on Monday. Mr Corbell said he believed the move will help to further the governments involvement in …
A material used to make power-saving light bulbs is gaining momentum in the world of semiconductors. KKR & Co. is the latest to place a bet. The big private-equity firm, known mainly for funneling money from other investors into buyouts of established companies, plans to announce Monday that it is …
Looking to reduce its power bill and also help in environmental conservation, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has set up a solar power plant at its Varunalaya Office Complex here. "Currently, the solar power plant is generating around 6600 units of electricity per month, which has led to an immediate …
Union Minister YS Chowdary on Thursday batted for a contigency plan to deal with the problem of climate change and also ensuring economic sutainability while addressing the issue. "The million dollar question is how do we strategise the action on mitigation. I am of the view that we need to …
For the first time in four decades, the world's gross domestic product (GDP) rose in 2014 without a coinciding rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to the Renewables 2015 Global Status Report. The report also finds that 2014 was a record year for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, …
Asian countries are making a vital contribution to achieving global sustainable energy goals, a new World Bank report finds. But while the region performs strongly on ensuring electricity access for people and using more modern renewable energy, there is room for further improvement on energy efficiency and access to clean, …
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) released a report demonstrating that increases in clean energy investments create more job opportunities. The paper, presented at the Vienna Energy Forum 2015, states that of the world’s 45,000 million metric tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) …
Sustainable energy access planning is aimed at developing a socially inclusive energy supply system that gives both the poor and the nonpoor sustainable access to at least the minimum amount of energy for their basic needs. Unlike traditional energy planning, sustainable energy access planning (SEAP) gives primary importance to the …
