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Bombardier's Environmental Technologies Help Delhi Metro Achieve World-First under United Nations-backed Climate Change InitiativeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 7, 2011
Bombardier Transportation's industry-leading technologies are helping Delhi Metro to achieve an impressive world-first linked to environmental performance by becoming the first railway project in the world to receive valuable carbon credits for regenerative braking. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Bombardier Inc. , Delhi Metro Rail Corporation , Entertainment , Environment , Technology |
Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day TodayBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 6, 2011
The Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh has said that conservation of forests is crucial for sustainable development and green economy of the country. He said this while chairing a one day civil society seminar on “Nature & Livelihood... Read more.. |
Forget deforestation: The world's woodland is getting denser and change could help combat climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Jun 6, 2011
For years exponents of climate change theories have used images of deforestation to support their cause. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Human Interest |
Where will you be on World Environment Day? By : Roselin Dey, Jun 3, 2011
Here's our Flavor of the Month! If you don’t know yet what you are doing on this Sunday, here’s a list of five places where you could be on World Environment Day 2011- an opportunity to reinforce your commitment for nature and take on a green pledge. Since 1972, June 5... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Human Interest , Sustainable Energy , United Nations Environment Programme |
Low metal recycling threatens green economy: UN reportBy : sustainabilityo..., May 27, 2011
Too much metal is being thrown away when it could be recycled, wasting an opportunity to save energy and risking shortages in materials used for new green technologies, a UN report warned Thursday. In a landmark study, the first to outline the extent to which metals... Read more.. |
Environment & Forests Ministry to Organize Stakeholders’ Consultations and to Launch UN Decade on Biodiversity for Asia and PacificBy : sustainabilityo..., May 21, 2011
India is hosting the eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties (CoP/MoP-6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to be held on 1-19 October, 2012. ... Read more.. |
Climate change creates socio-economic stress on community: Dr AssadiBy : sustainabilityo..., May 21, 2011
Climate change has led to a large number of socio-economic implications on the community, observed Dr Muzaffar H Assadi, Professor in Political Science, University of Mysore. Such disasters have resulted in social dislocations, he added. |
India has sufficient land to allow solar power to make major energy contributionBy : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2011
A groundbreaking report on Concentrating Solar Power has concluded that India has sufficient land to allow solar power to make a major contribution to its energy mix. "India's strong track record of technical success in every field that it has seriously engaged in,... Read more.. |
Prasad's Imax is now India's first green theatreBy : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2011
Hyderabad's landmark entertainment complex Prasad's Imax has now become India's first green theatre after it installed a 100 KWP solar photo voltaic power generation system for it IMAX 3D screen. The system was inaugurated on Monday on the roof top of Prasad's Multiplex in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment |
India pledges USD 1.25 lakh for GFCSBy : sustainabilityo..., May 17, 2011
India today announced a grant of USD 1.25 lakh for setting up the secretariat of a global network of experts for improving projections on climate change and its impact on various socio-economic sectors. "India pledges to support Global Framework for Climate Services (... Read more.. |