Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) failed Thobeka Fani, 24, resident of Alexandra, a poor suburb just nine kilometres from Sandton, the upmarket venue of wssd. Some 21,000 delegates, including 104 heads of state and governments, gathered between August 26 to September 4 to bridge the gap between the …
Unwilling to commit to a concrete sum of money over a concrete period of time to fund sustainable development in the South, the us came up with the idea of partnerships (also called "Type ii agreements' in wssd jargon) during the preparatory process of the wssd. Several aspects of these …
whether the us is undermining the multilateral process by shifting emphasis on partnerships The us is against everybody in the world. Partnerships are not obligatory for governments to be accountable. They are an agreement between two people. They may announce it or they may not announce it. It has absolutely …
in the analysis of unced 10 years ago, Down To Earth reported that the conference failed to achieve much because of the lack of faith and trust between governments. No government was willing to give away anything
It took 9,000 delegates almost 225 hours of strategising, negotiating and arguing over the language to reach an agreement on the 150 clauses of the final Plan of Implementation. After the Bali preparatory meeting, the un proudly claimed that 75 per cent of the text had been agreed upon, and …
all the three partners in the coalition government of Sweden ratified a new energy policy allowing trading certificates in renewable energy. Under the new system guaranteed investment subsidies for particular forms of energy will be eliminated and replaced by market-based
could you be feeding spoonfuls of sugar to your car in the future instead of filling it with petrol? Not exactly but glucose could be a cheap source of hydrogen fuels for many things including the vehicles we drive. Researchers say they have found a relatively effortless way to extract …
Iceland is gearing up to become the first country to do away with fossil fuels completely. The Iceland government pledges to change over to hydrogen-based fuels and has already made the initial moves in the direction. The country has set up a joint venture company called the
By being home to the world's first solar tower, Australia is scaling new heights in its quest for tapping renewable energy resources. The one-kilometre-high structure would generate electricity to cater to a population of more than 0.2 million people. It will heat air at its base through the use of …
insert a card and get electricity. This is the new mantra of the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (wbreda). Known for its innovative methods of promoting renewable energy, the agency has come up with yet another unique way to provide power to the Maushuni islands in the Sunderbans. The …
AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON CLIMATE CHANGE Conducted by Zogby International . New York . June 14-19 Last year, the US rejected the Kyoto protocol on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. As former US President George Bush declared at the Rio Conference, "The lifestyle of the American people cannot …
the biggest barrier to commercialisation of renewable energy in the country remains political apathy. Our non-conventional energy programme, when it began way back in 1980, was lauded, particularly for the system of subsidies and tax benefits. In fact, India's solar energy programme ranked among the largest in the world. Today, …
A protest against globalisation took a unique turn, on the eve of the G-8 summit. It was a demonstration against G8 nations' support for an oil economy and refusal to fund non-conventional energy development. Greenpeace activists gathered in Calgary, and served the people organic French fries cooked with solar power. …
the Finnish parliament's go-ahead to the country's fifth nuclear plant has begun to take its toll, with environment minister Satu Hassi's putting in her papers. The decision to build Finland's fifth nuclear reactor comes after a two-decade break. The first four plants were established in the 1970s. The proposal for …
harlan Watson, the high-profile us senior climate change negotiator and special representative, arrived in Delhi on April 29, 2002. On the same day, the Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) began closed-door parleys with the Washington-based think-tank, Atlantic Council. Watson did the rounds of various ministries even as cii got on …
we are always the first to start. Invariably the last to finish. This is also, possibly, the story of renewables in the country. Way back in 1980, the government created the commission on additional sources of energy. In September 1982, the department of non-conventional energy sources was set up, and …
solar wasted sunshine POTENTIAL: India receives 5,000 trillion kilowatt hours per year of solar energy, estimated at 20 mw per sq km. INSTALLED: 0.385 million solar lanterns; 0.18 million home lighting systems; 41,000 street lighting systems, 4,204 water pumping systems; about 1.2 mw aggregate capacity of stand alone power plants, …
Keeping in mind the enormous potential of renewable energy in India and given the government's target to electrify 18,000 villages, two crucial issues need to be addressed. There is an urgent need for the government to come out with a policy on renewable energy. Today, whatever little is invested on …
Renewables form just 3% of the total installed power generation capacity in the country. Augmenting the targetted 10% of additional power from renewables between now and 2012 (10,000 megawatt) will require an investment of Rs 57,600 crore
