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22.03.2011
Trading in carbon emissions to check global warming
AMRITSAR: An operation to replace incandescent lamp (ICL) or ordinary bulb with a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) in Chandigarh and Punjab would be undertaken in near future by CQC Green Ventures Private Limited. "Since one incandescent lamp (ICL) or an ordinary bulb consumes four times more energy than one compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) so we decided to replace ICL with CFL across the nation to save energy and generate CERs (certified emission reduction points) from UN's appointed designated operating entity to keep the industrial growth unaffected," said CQC director Rajeev Bakshi.
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22.03.2011
No 'offsets' says climate committee
The UK should meet targets to reduce greenhouse gases up to 2017 by action at home and not by buying "offsets", the Government's climate committee said today.
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17.03.2011
INDIA: Green Schemes Turn Into White Elephants
Several incinerator facilities that were supposed to turn waste into energy have proven to be white elephants that are now adding to the country’s pollution woes, instead of alleviating them.
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16.03.2011
Top UN official urges action to achieve sustainable development
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro Wednesday called for a global development model that tackles poverty reduction,job creation, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation, while ensuring adequate access to water, energy and food for all.“We have to ask; will the 9 billion people who are expected to inhabit this planet in 2050 have the opportunity to thrive,” said Ms. Migiro in remarks to the General Assembly’s interactive dialogue with the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.
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14.03.2011
Seven EU ministers push for deeper CO2 cuts
The European Union should deepen cuts to greenhouse gases beyond the current 20 percent target by the end of this decade, according to environment ministers from seven EU countries including Britain and Germany.
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11.03.2011
High food prices said foretaste of climate shocks
OSLO, March 11 (Reuters) - Leaps in food prices linked to drought in Brazil or floods in Australia may be a foretaste of ever greater shocks to be caused by climate change, according to a commission named on Friday to find ways to fix the problems.
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11.03.2011
Climate change may result in foodgrain demand-supply gap
India’s annual foodgrain production could fall short of demand by 20 million tonnes by the end of next decade, if urgent measures are not taken to minimise the impact of climate change, according to the ministry of agriculture.
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10.03.2011
S Africans told to do their part for change
Durban - A massive climate awareness programme will be rolled out to educate South Africans on climate change, the national department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday.
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