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NEW DELHI: City may have to reel under power cuts on Monday if coal shortage continues to hit power plants. Delhi received up to 1,000 MW less power on Sunday leading to load shedding in many areas; but no crisis situation arose due to less demand as it was a holiday
Brace for power cuts as plants are low on coal, water
Ever since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997, not a year has elapsed without rich and poor countries sparring with each other on the issue of climate change. These divisions were evident last week in Panama, where talks proved fruitless. India has, after signalling its willingness to bear its responsibilities, once again hardened its position.
Ourview | Cold start to climate talks
Although women are admittedly bearing the brunt of climate change, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has remained gender-blind and does not focus on gender issues.
Women at receiving end of climate change
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.