The National Biodiversity Authority has released a new set of rules to manage sharing of benefits generated through the use of biological resources. The Biological Diversity (Access to biological Resources and Knowledge Associated thereto and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits) Regulation 2025 was approved by the Central government and …
Carbon tax is no more than a non-tariff barrier The attempt by the European Union (EU) and the US to link international trade with environment protection through some kind of a pollution tax on imports from the countries not obliged to undertake binding emission reductions seems a sinister protectionist move …
It seems like alchemy: a Silicon Valley start-up says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. If it works on a mass scale, the company, Calera, could turn that carbon into gold.
This document contains the presentation by Ashokankur Datta and E. Somanathan on "Climate Polity in the absence of commitment", presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. It is well-recognized that new technology is a crucial part of any solution to the problem of climate change. But …
This report have identified no less than 154 new policy announcements globally just since October, in the run-up to the conference. This is the highest number of new government initiatives ever recorded on this issue in a four month period. Progress can be traced directly to the summit and the …
This report is based on IGES initiated research to assess embodied emissions in international trade, with particular focus on Asian countries. Part I focuses on the assessment of emissions embodied in multilateral trade in Asian countries and different responsibility principles for the generation of national green house gas inventories. Part …
Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to implement an amended carbon tax yesterday following last week's ruling by France's constitutional council that the original proposal was unlawful, writes Ben Hall in Paris . The French president told ministers at the first cabinet meeting of the year that the tax - intended to raise
HARDEV SANOTRA The S&P;/IFC carbon efficient index would encourage carbon-based competition among emerging market companies, giving such companies access to long-term investors International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and Standard & Poor's are launching the world's first "carbon efficient index" that aims to mobilise over $1 …
The climate challenge is so serious that all possible policy measures need to be considered. Currently however, there tends to be a focus on regulations and emissions trading as the main ways of reducing carbon emissions. The use of taxation seems to be ignored or forgotten.
In Climate Finance, a leading group of 35 policy experts and scholars show how effective mitigation of climate change will depend on a complex mix of public funds, private investment though carbon markets, and structured incentives that leave room for developing country innovations. This requires sophisticated national and global regulation …
New Delhi/Paris: In a dampener for India, the French government is set to insist that the European Union impose a carbon tax on imports from countries such as India which are supposed to have
Jeffrey S Hammer : Rich countries seem to have abandoned the idea that the upcoming Copenhagen conference will make much progress on global warming. The UN General Secretary
Martin Hutchinson / November 13, 2009, 0:34 IST Carbon tax: The International Energy Agency is trying to put a price on global warming. In its new World Energy Outlook, the policy advisory group set out targets to reduce carbon emissions, and also calculated the carbon prices needed to achieve them. …
Mumbai: The authorities have woken up to the dangers of climate change and global warming. Efforts are being made to find ways to mitigate their effects. But a lot more has to be done, and fast. The next five years are going to be crucial, experts say. The new forest …
Permissible carbon levels should be reduced further. Action plan Oil and other polluting energy companies should be charged carbon fee. It would lead to an increase in energy prices which, in turn, could be rationalised through subsidies. The tax money could then be injected back into the economy to develop …
Developed countries are largely responsible for the climate change to date, but future responsibility is shared by developed and developing countries alike. Rapidly developing countries such as China with steeply rising emission curves must also actively participate in the much needed transition to a low-carbon economy. As the world
