Barriers preventing the transfer of clean technologies to help nations like India adopt low-carbon development must be removed if the world is to successfully address climate change, a new study has warned. With a population of 1.2 billion people, an economy growing at 8 to 9 percent annually and surging energy demand to sustain such

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NEW DELHI (Commodity Online) : As agreed earlier, India and the US have committed $25 million each over the next five years to support the U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC). This first-of-a-kind effort is a key component of both countries’ commitment to improve energy access and promote low-carbon growth by facilitating

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Commemorating the birth anniversary of late Dr B P Pal, revered for his outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural and horticultural research, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organised a brainstorming session on Sustainable Agriculture Practices for Food and Nutritional Security. Issues related to Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Integration of New Technologies for augmenting

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I WOULD like to share an abridged version of my opening remarks to “E-discussion on Sustainable Mountain Development in the Southeast Asian Region,” which started yesterday. This online conference seeks to answer the questions: Where do we stand? How can we make a difference and promote sustainable mountain development agenda in Southeast Asia? It will

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DowntoEarth: ISRO’s analysis needs further investigation to conclude trend. SEVENTY-five per cent of the Himalayan glaciers are thinning, states a recent analysis of satellite pictures taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). But before the alarm button is pressed, more detailed studies must be conducted, say scientists. Of the 10,000 glaciers present in the

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A new regimen envisaging reduction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and for storage, collection and disposal of e-waste will come into force in 2012. This follows the union ministry of environment and forests ( MOEF) recently notifying the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2012. The rules cover every producer, consumer and bulk

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(Reuters) – Global emissions of carbon dioxide hit their highest level ever in 2010, with the growth driven mainly by booming coal-reliant emerging economies, the International Energy Agency’s chief economist said on Monday. Fatih Birol warned that carbon dioxide emissions were coming close to a target set by the 190-nation Cancun climate talks last year

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A four-nation grouping has asked the developed countries to disburse funds under “fast-start finance” promised in the Copenhagen Accord. In a ministerial in Durban on Sunday, BASIC, a bloc formed by Brazil , India , China and South Africa in 2009, stressed on the need for transparent accounting for finance by developed countries, and intellectual

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In exactly one year’s time, world leaders will converge on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the UN conference on sustainable development, 20 years after the first “Earth Summit” was held there in 1992. Will this turn out to be another “Copenhagen moment” for the climate movement? Most people I speak to think it will not

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The number of hungry people in India has increased by 65 million — more than the population of France — because economic development excluded the rural poor, and welfare programmes failed to reach them, according to charity organisation Oxfam. In a report titled ‘Growing a better future’, it said today that India’s economy doubled in

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NEW DELHI: Noted environmentalist R K Pachauri said the Himalayan glaciers are melting at a “very rapid pace” on Tuesday, but did not refer to his earlier assertion that the glaciers could disappear by 2035, for which he had come under sharp attack from the government and others. “Glaciers are melting at a very rapid

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A new report from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), REDD-plus and Biodiversity (CBD Technical Series No. 59), provides technical and scientific information on the ways to ensure that the design and implementation of REDD-plus policies support the objectives of the CBD. REDD-plus refers to policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and

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