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 International Energy Agency (IEA) laid out five actions needed over the short- and long-term to achieve a low-carbon energy sector, and proposed concrete options for their implementation in the international climate negotiations to be held next month in Lima, Peru. Energy accounts for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, …
Urban Efficiency: A Global Survey of Building Energy Efficiency Policies in Cities is a resource for city officials around the world as they design new policies for building energy efficiency, or review existing ones. It aims to capture the range of different policies being implemented in cities, and is an …
China and Australia on Monday agreed to work jointly to combat climate change by sharing technology aimed at improving the efficiency of coal usage. The two countries will cooperate to deliver practical climate change outcomes through energy efficiency technology, improved emissions data reporting and other means, according to a statement …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has vast renewable energy resources but the energy market to-date remains underdeveloped. REN21's ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report documents developments in the region, providing a regional perspective on the renewable energy and energy efficiency market and industry development …
PUNE: India is locked in a frenzy of construction to meet the demand for homes, offices, and shops. A staggering two-third of buildings that will stand in India in 2030 are yet to be built. Unless policies minimize resource guzzling and wastes with appropriate architectural design, building material, and operational …
IEA analyses have consistently highlighted that low-carbon energy technologies have a crucial role to play in addressing current global challenges on energy security, sustainability and access. Recent years have seen a considerable increase in the number and range of multilateral initiatives seeking to foster the deployment of low-carbon energy technologies, …
This discussion brief reviews and distils the findings of key global studies that have sought to gauge mitigation finance requirements. In the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20) in Lima, Peru, several countries have made substantial pledges to the Green Climate Fund, which is expected to become a …
Since the Rio+20 meetings in 2012, policymakers and experts have engaged in nearly two years of discussion on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This dialogue is expected to culminate in September 2015 with a post-2015 development agenda that will help frame how stakeholders can pursue development for the years ahead. The …
This report looks at the available scientific evidence on global warming and the measures that need to be taken to address climate change. It goes on to explore the current energy context in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, the potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency in South Asia, country …
This Haiti Sustainable Energy Roadmap—developed in partnership with Haiti’s Bureau of the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Energy Security—explores the issues involved in building a sustainable electricity system based on domestic energy resources and capable of providing modern electricity services to all Haitians. It assesses the potentials of …
The utilisation of renewable energy will have to be maximised in order to ensure adequate food supply for a rising population in the face of agricultural land and other resources decreasing at an alarming rate. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research assistant director general (Post-harvest Engineering) Dr KK Singh said …
Future-oriented women are more likely to take concrete steps to reduce global warming, says a study. "They are more politically liberal and liberals are more likely to value the environment which makes them more likely to believe in global warming," explained lead researcher Jeff Joireman, associate professor of marketing at …
China and India along with Brazil and South Africa take the lead in renewable energy growth according to this new report published by Climatescope. This report developed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracks clean energy development in 55 countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia. Climatescope surveyed and analyzed 55 …
This 2014 edition of the annual European Environment Agency (EEA) 'Trends and projections' report assesses the progress of 33 European countries and the European Union (EU) in achieving their climate mitigation and energy policy objectives. These objectives include international commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) …
So are green buildings really green? I want to follow up on our discussions on this critical issue. The building sector is set to grow exponentially. It already has a huge environmental footprint - the domestic and commercial sectors consume some 30 per cent of India's electricity. So the imperative …
Raipur city is among the nine other cities chosen by the Centre last year among the ‘Pilot Solar Cities’ for implementation of its ambitious ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’, according to the annual report of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for 2013-14. The other eight cities chosen …
By 2020 India could have 56 GW of wind power supplying 137 terrawatt hours (TW h) of electricity each year, save 82 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissionseach year according to “Global Wind Energy Outlook for 2014” published by Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International. The sector could also …
This 4th edition of the GGEI is an in-depth look at how 60 countries perform in the global green economy, as well as how expert practitioners rank this performance. Like many indices, the GGEI is a communications tool, signaling to policy makers, international organizations, the private sector and citizens which …
Tackling carbon emissions in U.S. commercial buildings will require a range of everyday measures, not technology, as a solution, said an executive at CBRE (CBG.N), the world's largest commercial real estate services company. Since most buildings are currently being operated less efficiently than when they were built, changing day-to-day operations …
Uncertainties about long-term curbs on greenhouse gas emissions meant to be agreed at a U.N. summit in 2015 will not deter many big businesses from green investment because they say it already makes economic sense. Customer demand for less-polluting products, shifts to cleaner and more efficient energy and curbs on …
