India is confronted with the triple challenges of climate change, energy security and economic development with political will and technological prowess. But will that be enough to bring in the capital it needs to ensure a transition to green growth? India already has a head start in the race for renewables, ranking fifth in the

[continue reading...]

ADB Conference 24-26 Nov 2010 in New Delhi: Over the past decade, the Asia and Pacific region has shown a rapid decline in income-based poverty as a result of broad-based and largely pro-poor economic growth. Social indicators of poverty in the region, as expressed in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), have also substantially improved. Asia

[continue reading...]

Destructive floods have led farmers to question their ability to survive in the arid reaches of the Himalayas. Arthar Parvaiz reports from north-west India. The devastating flood that struck the normally arid desert of Ladakh, north-west India, in August has multiplied the worries of local farmers, already struggling with water shortages and harsh climatic conditions.

[continue reading...]

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday the United States and China had launched a joint clean energy initiative – one of the largest research collaborations between two countries in the world. The scheme aims to enable joint research and development of clean energy technologies, including carbon capture, electric vehicles and energy-efficient buildings. “This is

[continue reading...]

According to broad international agreement, a global warming increase beyond 2°C is unacceptable (1). Because of the physics of the climate system, we must ensure that global emissions of greenhouse gases peak and start to decline rapidly within a decade in order to have a reasonable chance of meeting the 2°C goal (2). Humankind has

[continue reading...]

Bangladesh hopes to reach a consensus in the upcoming United Nations (UN) climate change conference in Cancun to disburse money from the climate change fund, said Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder, secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. “The UN climate change fund was formed in the Copenhagen climate change conference. But no money has

[continue reading...]