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Pollution Pact From China to India Shows Rift: Carbon & Climate

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2013

China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change.

The two countries insisted on...

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Subject Tags: China , India

BRICS pledge cooperation on climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2013

The BRICS bloc of emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, said Monday it would strengthen cooperation to fight climate change through a series of joint resolutions.

BRICS...

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Subject Tags: China

India wastes more farm food than China: UN

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 12, 2013

When it comes to wasting food items, India is ahead of China, says a UN report on food waste and its impact on natural resources.

The grim news comes at a time when prices of most vegetables and fruits are high. The waste also takes a high toll on the country’s natural...

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Subject Tags: China , food

India plays down diversion of Brahmaputra water by China

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 9, 2013

 India seems to be playing down China’s diversion of waters from the Brahmaputra, although an analyst criticized this approach.

The opinion in New Delhi is that precipitation in China contributes only 7% to the flow of three tributaries of Brahmaputra—Subansiri, Siang...

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Subject Tags: China , India , Law , War

First Solar, Sharp defend turf against China's global PV domination

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 22, 2013

While First Solar remains the leading PV module supplier in the U.S. and India and Sharp in Japan, Chinese rivals, benefitting from the wave of insolvencies in the West, have dominated the rest of the globe over the past year. 

Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers have...

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Subject Tags: Business , China , Technology

Record PV Demand From China and Japan Marks Turning Point for Solar

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 21, 2013

Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from China and Japan during 2H’13 is forecast to reach 9 GW, representing an increase of 100% compared to 1H’13 and 70% compared to 2H’12. Overall, PV demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region will exceed 16 GW during 2013...

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Subject Tags: China

Aerosols contributing to climate change in India & China

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 19, 2013

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois; NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York; have been working on the contribution of aerosols to climate change in India and China.

It is worth pointing...

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Subject Tags: China , India

Amid energy competition, India, China hold first Central Asia dialogue

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 15, 2013

India and China have, this week, held their first ever dialogue on Central Asia, with the talks seen by analysts as a reflection of both countries’ interests to institutionalise their widening engagement as they grapple with often competing interests.

The dialogue,...

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Subject Tags: China , energy , India

India and China Oil Palms Dangerously

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2013

Southeast Asia – read Indonesia and Malaysia – are the biggest producers of the oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, accounting for nearly 85 percent of global output. India and China...

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Subject Tags: China

Solar players upbeat over EU action against China

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 16, 2013

Indian solar cell and module manufacturers are enthused by two developments in the last few days.

First, the European Union’s action of imposing anti-dumping duty on solar panels imported from China has raised expectations that the Indian government will follow suit. (...

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