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More investment in clean energy will help APAC recover from COVID-19 crisis: ADB

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2020

A greater investment in clean energy will contribute to Asia-Pacific''s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and make economies more resilient against future shocks, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday. In view of the current scenario, ADB has invited proposals for...

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Government Of India To Launch Massive Rural Public Works Scheme To Boost Livelihood Opportunities In Rural India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 18, 2020

Government of India has decided to launch a massive rural public works scheme 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan'to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens. PM Modi will launch this Abhiyaan on 20th June, 2020 at 11 am...

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Social sector funding hit by economy woes

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 16, 2020

Call it the Covid-19 effect. Philanthropic or social sector funding has taken a huge blow with several non-profits even facing an existential crisis, with all funding activities currently revolving around fighting the pandemic. The sector stares at a huge fall, with CSR...

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Worried over surging plastic waste, experts stress on reuse of certain components of PPEs

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 16, 2020

As soon as the lockdown was announced to flatten the coronavirus curve, people realised that the environment was getting cleaner. However, now there is a growing concern over the surging plastic waste, especially due to the increasing use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE...

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Solar tech cos seek level-playing field

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 16, 2020

Amid adverse trading sentiment against China during the Covid era, leading solar panel makers across the country sought an intervention of the Central government to provide a “level-laying field” to all manufacturing units across the country under the ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’...

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Post-Covid economic recovery to be driven by renewables: UN report

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2020

As Covid-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new UN report on Wednesday showed renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever -- providing an opportunity to prioritise clean energy in economic recovery packages and bring the world closer to meeting the Paris Climate...

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India will soon be able to discover the untapped potential of renewable energy sector'

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 11, 2020

Leading solar manufacturers have sought the intervention of the government to provide a level-playing field to all manufacturing units in order to realize the true potential of the renewable energy sector under the ambitious Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Prime Minister...

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Agriculture can be a saviour in the pandemic-hit economy

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 10, 2020

India has always been an agricultural state, characterised by small holdings, where bulk of its farmers are small and marginal, depending on subsistence farming, yet they feed 1.3 billion people. Agriculture employs about 55 per cent of the population and contributes roughly...

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ADB, IEA discuss scaling up collaboration in energy systems

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 10, 2020

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are discussing scaling up collaboration and renewing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two organisations. ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa Asakawa said there is great synergy between the...

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Climate change poses the biggest economic threat, covid-19 continues to increase challenges: Report

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2020

With the ongoing challenge of tackling covid-19, Down to Earth’s state of the environment report released on Thursday says that climate change poses the biggest economic threat in the world both in terms of impact and likelihood in the next decade. A day before world...

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