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A REDD dawn in India By : Bhaskar Sharma, May 4, 2010
The mechanism of REDD has not yet been officially implemented in India, though there is considerable scope of its implementation, considering the extent of India’s forest cover. However, there is also potential for its misuse, as well as plenty of challenges. Things... Read more.. |
International Climate Governance: Will Redefining "Insiders" Enable Global Progress?By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010
After the fizzle of Copenhagen, international climate change discussions entered a dull hibernation, in part because the intense and largely unsuccessful negotiations sapped the previous momentum of cooperation between governments, NGOs and other groups trying to strike a... Read more.. |
Deciding climate change adaptation and mitigation measuresBy : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010
A very severe earthquake of the magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale occurred in August 1950 with its epicenter close to the border of Assam in India and Tibet in China. This earthquake caused huge landslides in the Himalayas, estimated at about 45 billion cubic meter.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Human Interest , Technology |
India, Japan to work on nuclear cooperationBy : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010
In a landmark development yesterday, India and Japan have agreed to put aside past differences on the nuclear issue, and will now work towards a civil-nuclear treaty with the establishment of a Joint Working Group (JWG) on civil-nuclear cooperation. This key decision... Read more.. |
Climate change increases floodsBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 29, 2010
Washington - Deaths from heat waves, property damage from floods and rising seas from melting glaciers are a few of the things Americans can expect as a result of climate change, the US Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released on Tuesday. The report,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Human Interest , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Climate change indicators show that climate change is happeningBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 28, 2010
Climate deniers will just have to grit their teeth over the latest report from the EPA showing that climate change is having a current, measurable effect on the Earth. While this has been news for a while, the EPA’s Climate Change Indicators report, released Tuesday,... Read more.. |
'Paltry' Copenhagen carbon pledges point to 3C worldBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 22, 2010
Pledges made at December's UN summit in Copenhagen are unlikely to keep global warming below 2C, a study concludes. Writing in the journal Nature, analysts at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research in Germany say a rise of at least 3C by 2100 is likely.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Human Interest , Technology |
India’s First 1MW Rooftop Solar Plant Powered by SunivaBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 16, 2010
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that its high-performance solar cells are powering India’s first 1MW rooftop solar plant. Implemented and commissioned by Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) Solar... Read more.. |
Regional cooperation vital to fight climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 8, 2010
Saarc should get dynamic to fight from the front the impacts of climate change affecting millions of South Asians, experts said at a discussion yesterday. "Six hundred million people in South Asia earn only $1 a day each. Climate change makes them even more vulnerable... Read more.. Subject Tags: Human Interest , Technology |
U.S. climate scientist Hansen wins $100,000 prizeBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 8, 2010
OSLO - U.S. climate scientist James Hansen won a $100,000 environmental prize on Wednesday for decades of work trying to alert politicians to what he called an unsolved emergency of global warming. ... Read more.. |