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To meet the challenges of energy security and climate change as well as the growing energy needs of the developing world, a global energy technology revolution is essential. This was the key message of the 2008 edition of Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP). But is this fundamental transformation happening? What are the key technologies that can play a role? What are the costs and benefits? And what policies do we need?

The new ETP 2010 explores such questions and many others, drawing on...

his paper is intended to provide some guidance to the policy-oriented researchers’ work on valuing climate change adaptation in developing countries. The objective of this paper is to develop a framework for analysing the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation in developing countries and the specific contexts in which these could be applied in potential IIED work on the economics of adaptation.

Assesses GHG emissions from the global dairy cattle sector with specific objectives of developing a methodology based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach.

In a bid to create a carbon- conscious and climate resilient state, the Orissa government has drafted a climate change action plan at an outlay of Rs17,000 crore to be spent over the next five years. The plan focussed on 11 key areas, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said today while addressing a meeting held as part of World Environment Day. Stating that Orissa was the first state in the country to formulate a State Climate Change Action Plan, Patnaik claimed that this reflected the great...