Environment Economics

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …

Market-based approaches for managing the Asian environment: a review

This paper identifies inadequate effort to use market-based approaches, among others, as a reason for limited progress in arresting continuing environmental degradation in the Asia and Pacific region. Quoting examples, the paper asserts that markets can be created for ecosystem protection and provision of ecosystem services under innovative regulatory mechanisms; …

Ignorance and arrogance make for good floods

This year, for once, the devastating floods of Bihar seem to have touched us. Last year, when the same region was reeling under what was said to be the worst floods in living history, we simply did not know. Media had flashed a few images, but it was more of …

States GHG count not so vibrant

Rahul Mangaonkar | TNN Ahmedabad: Last year, Gujarat released 4.86 tonnes of green house gases (GHG) against every lakh rupee worth of produce that contributed to its economy. This puts it at 10th rank in the country where emission intensity of economy is concerned. It stood a wee bit better …

Our quality of mercy

Jambudwip is a tiny dot in the Bay of Bengal. A few years ago, it hit headlines when wildlife activists dragged fishermen, who used the landmass to dry their fish, to the Supreme Court. A case was filed regarding

Rich countries face climate heat

India, China Say They Must Set Aside 1% GDP To Help Third World Nitin Sethi | TNN Accra: Asian rivals India and China have joined forces to make a forceful demand that rich nations set aside 0.5%-1% of the GDP to help the developing world face the challenge posed by …

Climate fight hit by economy

Fears Of Further Impact Due To Global Slowdown, Georgia Conflict London: The fight against global warming is in danger of being downgraded on more urgent fears over energy security, heightened by a Russian war with Georgia, and a global economic slowdown. Added to the mix

Developing nations need $170 b to mitigate climate change

The World Bank said on Tuesday at the ongoing Accra Climate Change Talks in Ghana that a total of $170 b was required between now and 2030 to enable developing countries mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change. According to the official News Agency of Nigeria, Eduardo Dopazo, …

Insurance for our planet

By Oliver Tickell The Earth has in the past undergone rapid and dramatic climate change. Bj

Slower economy saps climate action plan

By Alister Doyle OSLO,Aug. 17: An economic slowdown is sapping enthusiasm for a costly drive to fight climate change but persistently high oil prices are a lifeline for a "green revolution" of renewable energy technology, experts say. UN talks on a new climate treaty to be agreed in Copenhagen at …

Paying the price of neglect

Vinod Thomas In the past, policymakers thought that safeguarding the environment was a drag on growth. Cyclone Sidr, Cyclone Nargis, the Indian Ocean tsunami. Natural disasters are striking with greater frequency today than at any time in recent memory. Yet disasters are still not recognised for what they are: a …

Devens redevelopment: The emergence of a successful eco-industrial park in the United States

A highly successful redevelopment of an army base closed as part of the U.S. 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program, Devens

An attractive option

Amid the turbulence of the credit crunch, investors are increasingly concerned with finding a safe asset class for investment - property is crashing, the stock market has crashed and bonds look risky. Investors are looking to diversify their portfolios into a variety of alternative asset classes. Energy infrastructure could provide …

Corporate accountability and sustainable development

This volume is part of the series Ecological Economics and Human Well-being that offers outstanding recent work in the transdisciplinary field of ecological economics, whose focus is the study of the relationship between economic activity and environmental sustainability. Recent decades have witnessed a profound transformation in regulatory regimes that shape …

Understanding environmental issues

This book explains, clearly and concisely, the science and social science necessary to understand environmental issues, using learning outcomes, text boxes, tables and figures throughout to make complex ideas accessible and relevant. It describes in section one the philosophies, values, politics, and technologies which contribute to the production of environmental …

Deliberative ecological economics

This volume is part of the series Ecological Economics and Human Well-being that offers the best and most recent work in the transdisciplinary field of ecological economics, whose focus is the study of the relationship between economic activity and environmental sustainability. Founded on the idea that democracy and value diversity …

Carbon craze

Sri Lanka sets up carbon fund to acquire marketing edge sri lanka launched a Carbon Fund in June under a public-private partnership to encourage companies to get into businesses that would earn them carbon credits. B M S Batagoda, chief executive officer of the Carbon Fund, said the fund would …

According to Reports

Sinking with biofuel: A study by the Finnish Environment Institute found that increased logging could eliminate Europe

Think tank reveals plan to manage tropical forests

A high-profile group of thinkers has come up with a straightforward way to integrate long-term forest management into an international agreement on halting deforestation. It is not clear whether the proposal

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