The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The EU could yet table a proposal that would throw the beleaguered Kyoto Protocol a lifeline and secure the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) beyond 2012, government negotiators and observers have told Point Carbon News. Officials from the bloc's member states will in the next few weeks discuss …
The Ceylon Electricity Board has earned the rare privilege of registering with the United Nations Carbon Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme following construction of the Broadland Power Project. The Island learns that the CEB got the rare honour following initiatives by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to promote the …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday said it would extend a $300 million energy infrastructure loan to help Bangladesh address critical power shortages that are undermining the economy and slowing poverty reduction efforts. The bank's Board Of Directors yesterday approved the loan for the Power System Efficiency Improvement Project, which …
There has been a spurt in Indian companies rushing to get clean development mechanism (CDM) projects registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ahead of December 2012. This is despite the prevailing uncertainty in the global carbon trade, which is reeling under the impact of Eurozone debt …
This report aims to propose ideas for CDM reform, targeting international negotiators of the CDM. The Market Mechanism Group of IGES has been implementing IGES CDM capacity building activities in Asia as well as developing IGES CDM databases for quantitative analysis. The group organised the IGES CDM Capacity Building General …
International agreements are not enough. Interlinked national and regional tools are also needed to reduce carbon emissions, say Mark Maslin and Joanne Scott. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7357/full/475445a.html
WHEN asked how he had persuaded Britain’s senior doctors to withdraw their vociferous objections to a National Health Service in the 1940s, Aneurin Bevan, the NHS’s founding minister, replied: “I stuffed their mouths with gold.” Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard, born like Bevan in south Wales (the old one), this …
India's obsession with nuclear power is proving extremely damaging. It is time to switch to and participate in the renewables revolution. ARE Indian diplomats, known for their negotiating skills and sense of timing, losing touch with reality? Going by the proposal Indian negotiators tabled at the just-concluded Bonn intersessional climate …
Reliance Power aims to earn . 5,000 crore from carbon credit from the three ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW that it is developing. The company seeks to earn almost . 2,000 crore in 10 years by registering its 4,000 MW Tilaiya ultra mega power project for carbon credits …
Kerala and Karnataka have taken the lead in rolling out the Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY), a clean development mechanism (CDM) scheme that is on course to become the world's largest carbon credit project. Delhi is set to implement the project starting August, while Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and …
In a major boost for the green warriors, an arm of the United Nations has granted registration to a project launched by the state government to facilitate farmers in 177 gram Panchayats to earn carbon credits by raising forest on their land. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …
Global warming has been considered as the existential threat for the man kind. The global community has identified many responses to reduce the impact of global warming; effectively reducing the emissions from coal burning is a major step in this regard. Coal power plants, which are considered to be the …
Against the backdrop of the enhanced importance of technology transfer in the context of the ongoing climate change negotiations, the potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a vehicle for technology transfer has been underscored. This study undertakes an empirical exploration of the extent to which the CDM is …
Ticking bomb: Studies indicate situation heading from bad to worse With the scientific community predicting a steady rise in temperature in the years to come, the State is all set to come out with a comprehensive action plan that would provide a roadmap for policy interventions to mitigate the adverse …
Suzlon Energy Ltd, global wind turbine manufacturer, has secured a new order from National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) to set up, operate and maintain 50.4 MW of wind energy project in Andhra Pradesh. The order comprises 24 units of Suzlon S88
Pressing ahead with its diversification plans, Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) plans to set up a 50.4-MW wind power project at a cost of . 274 crore in Gandikota, in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The wind power project will be executed through Suzlon Energy Limited. Under the …
Climate change is recognised as one of the most significant threats to development during the 21st Century and beyond. Infrastructure policymakers and practitioners have a crucial role to play in meeting the challenge of climate change in the developing word. This applies both to mitigation, i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions …
For five years, Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have published the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Reports to shed light on trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers in this market. Every year’s marketplace seems more complex than the one …
With the emphasis on renewables surmounting the development of intelligent grids is crucial. This will ease pressure on the grid and increase its capacity.
