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Gets legal green signal from top law officer, despite non-EU countries’ combined protest.
For the international aviation industry, the skies just grew stormier. The advocate-general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), an advisor to the European Union’s highest court, has said it is legal for the latter to include non-European airlines in its new carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS).
The world’s highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet’s tallest peak.
MUMBAI: Pune-based Jaihind Mitra Mandal and Krushnanagar Tarun Mandal bagged the top award in the fourth edition of Times Green Ganesha which promotes celebrating Ganeshotsav in an eco-friendly manner.
PUNE: The Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR) at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) here is developing an earth system model (ESM), which would help in generating projections of monsoon climate from seasonal, inter-annual, decadal, centennial and longer time-scales.
While India leading a chain of 26 non-European countries has strongly put its foot down against European Union’s (EU) plans to tax airlines on carbon emissions in its airspace, the Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan in another development has appealed to allow “policy space” for the countries to define their sustainable development strategies as per their national priorities and respective stages of development.
India committed to improve inclusive growth, says Natarajan
Rising demand around the globe is increasing pressure on the environment, and creating greater competition for natural resources. The only way out is green growth, according to European Union environment commissioner Janez Potocnik, on a visit to India. Talking to Piyali Mandal, he explains why the industry and environment need to work hand-in-hand in the long term if one needs to attain a sustainable future. Edited excerpts:
Q&A: Janez Potocnik, European Union ‘India must not repeat the mistakes that EU committed’
NEW DELHI: Visiting EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik has defended the inclusion of aviation in European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) from January on the ground that the per passenger cost does not work out to be too much and in the changing global scenario of green development this is the way forward.
The Durga puja fervour is catching up in the city with close to 50 pandals being set up. But if you want to experience a puja that is aimed at making a difference, head to BTM Layout, where about 1,000 members of BinB — an online community for Bengalis — have come forward for the first time to celebrate Durga puja with a ‘green’ theme.
‘Green’ Durga puja with a difference’
Chandigarh Area-specific incentives in the renewable energy sector are critical, and the country needs to focus on policy regulation, technology advancement and financial options coupled with innovation for the development of this sector.
CII organises conference on renewable energy
New Delhi: Reliance Power’s 3,960 mw Tilaiya ultra mega power project in Jharkhand has bagged entitlement for carbon credit benefits under the UNFCC’s clean development mechanism programme, in a move that should help it generate additional revenue of over R2,000 crore over the initial ten years of its operations.
Rel Power’s Tilaiya UMPP to generate over R2k cr in carbon credits