Commentary, action and research on climate and development in India
The Central Government is now offering grants to educational institutions that adopt renewable energy to meet their power requirements. The grants would meet nearly half of the project cost. Several institutions in southern districts of Tamil Nadu have already begun installation of power plants to join the project.
Grants for educational institutions to use renewable energy
By now, most of us have nearly forgotten Irene, the hurricane that wasn’t quite. We shouldn’t. Perhaps the hurricane itself is not due to climate change, but data from blogs all over suggests the speed of the winds, the amount of rain and the intensity with which the waves hit were
greater because of effects of climate change. When, just seven years ago, the film The Day After Tomorrow, was released, it showed snowfall in Delhi and devastating floods in New York. We laughed at this exaggeration.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Monday warned Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific nation threatened by rising seas, that there was little chance of short-term progress on climate change. Ban described the tiny Pacific nation, where some villagers have had to relocate in the face of rising
sea levels, as “the frontline” of the climate change debate.
While the UN leader said he would continue to sound the alarm about climate change on behalf of countries such as Kiribati, he told islanders that prospects of a major breakthrough anytime soon were slim.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The national capital will soon have a world-class training institute to tackle global climate change with experts helping to chalk out strategy to curb the effects of climate change.
Delhi to have world-class climate institute
NEW DELHI: The differences of opinion in the higher echelons of the government about India’s international climate change stance has now come out in the open with a WikiLeaks cable showing senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, in his role as environment minister, and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of Planning Commission, taking divergent views on climate change in their interactions with senior US officials.
WikiLeaks shows cracks in India’s climate stand
One of the first states in the country to focus on natural gas consumption, Gujarat has now shifted its focus to the largely untapped non-conventional sources of energy such as wind and solar for power generation.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Warning that climate change and global warming pose an “unprecedented situation” before a developing country like India, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to step up R&D efforts in agriculture.
Climate change poses an unprecedented situation before India
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS) Hotels will be able to contribute to climate change mitigation while also increasing their profits under a new United Nations-backed ‘green’ scheme offering an online toolkit to evaluate energy consumption, find renewable sources and improve energy management, thus cutting costs.
Climate change may trigger a surge in asthma-related health problems in children and more emergency room (ER) visits in the next decade, according to a new study.
ABB (India), a subsidiary of Swiss engineering major ABB, has been buying or investing in companies to expand its Indian footprint, says Bazmi Hussain, who recently took over as its managing director. But ABB also wants to get into businesses such as renewable energy, data centres and smart grids — its growth areas of the future, says Husain in an interview with ET. Excerpts:
Keen to enter Energy efficiency, renewable business: ABB India