Abstract & registration deadline: 15 Aug 2011: The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (an autonomous research Institute under Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) is organizing an “International Conference on Indian Monsoon and Himalayan Geodynamics (IMHG 2011)” during November 2-4, 2011 at its premises. On November 5, 2011 one day field excursion to

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Business Standard: “Kisne kaha ki koyla hamesha kaala hota hai? (who said coal is always black?),” asks a small-scale manufacturer from the struggling ‘white coal industry’. It is a sector which can be a way forward in the search for an alternative to coal, in a clean energy-craving India. However, its producers are crying for

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The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) launched a toolkit that aims to provide a practical “how-to” guide to assist countries in the accreditation process for their national implementing entity (NIE) for the Adaptation Fund. The launch took place during a side event held during the 24th meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC in Bonn,

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SLFarmonline: CLIMATE change is a huge threat to farmers in the Mediterranean climates of Australia, but for subsidence farmers in Africa, India and Latin America a small change will not merely threaten their livelihood, but their lives themselves. A report commissioned by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has found scores of climate

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