The Mumbai centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Colaba has opened its doors to students pursuing a career in atmospheric and climate sciences. With state-of-the art technology for weather forecasting and high performance computing systems for meteorological models, undergraduate and post graduate students across India studying subjects such as meteorology, environmental science, engineering and computer science can opt for short term projects and assignments at the Mumbai centre.
Now to sell the idea – 16 Februry 2012, Hindustan Times
It is no secret that developing countries like India are finding it difficult to balance economic growth and its development and environment agendas. But at the same time, they have also begun to realise that the impact of unsustainable growth will be a costly affair. For example, to tackle the impact of climate change on its coastline, India is installing a gird of weather radars and early warning systems – and these instruments definitely don’t come cheap.
Pakistan, India adopt unanimous resolution on climate change – 16 February 2012, Eco-business
Delegations from Pakistan and India have stressed the need to work together to address challenges to climate change to achieve food and energy security, sustainable livelihoods, conservation of biodiversity, enhanced water use efficiency, promotion of low carbon sustainable development and building resilient communities and networks.
Shyam Saran: Changing climates of governance – 15 February 2012, Business Standard
The issue of global governance has acquired increasing salience in recent years. With the process of globalisation and the increasing interconnectedness of economies, issues that transcend national and regional boundaries have become progressively more important. These include non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in particular, nuclear weapons; cyber-security and the security of space-based assets; international terrorism, whether state-sponsored or perpetrated by non-state actors; international drug trafficking; and maritime security.
Slash emissions, fly by zepplin – 15 February 2012, The Economist
THE ECONOMIST has long accepted the scientific consensus that the world is warming and that this warming is being caused by carbon-dioxide emissions from human activity. Climate scientists generally believe that avoiding potentially catastrophic warming will require massive cuts in emissions. The world has generally failed to agree on such cuts, and The Economist now believes “a dash to stay under 2°C [of average temperature increase] is no longer plausible.”
Environment reports have ‘cooked data,’ says tribunal – 15 February 2012, The Hindu
The National Green Tribunal is the latest to point out that consultants are including “cooked data” in the key environment impact assessment (EIA) reports which determine green clearances for industrial projects. The Tribunal has told the government to come up with a mechanism to ensure authentic data.
Ocean warming hit microbes’ carbon storage capacity – 15 February 2012, The Economic Times
Climate change is warming the oceans and preventing water layers from mixing, which could upset the carbon storage capacity of microbes and plankton. As the ocean surface warms, evidence shows that it will become more “stratified”, or confined to layers that mix less than they did in the past.
Growth should not be at cost of environment: PM – 14 February 2012, The Times of India
Ahead of a meeting with environment ministers of BASIC countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said growth is important for the people but should take place in a way which does not harm the environment.
Earth Summit, twenty years on – 14 February 2012, Live Mint
In June, world leaders will congregate in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations (UN) conference on sustainable development, better known as the Rio+20 conference. The event will mark the completion of two decades of the Earth Summit, the first major conference that explicitly focused on the synergies between environmental and developmental strategies.
Pak, India coop can turn challenges into opportunities – 14 February 2012, Pakistan Observer
Climate change is a rising threat to all nations of the world including Pakistan and India. But without positive will and change of mindset there is little possibility for a positive progress. Experts, at a seminar on Monday, agreed that strategic interest, military ambition and absence of data are the major causes that threaten this part of the world as a result of global climate change.
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