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Investing in water for food, ecosystems, and livelihoods: An overview of the comprehensive assessment of water management
The authors of the recently completed Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA) concluded that there are sufficient water resources to produce food for a growing population but that trends in consumption, production and environmental patterns, if continued, will lead to water crises in many parts of the world.
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- Apr 2010
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- Agricultural Water Management Vol: 97 Issue: 4 pp: 495-501
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U.N. to hold independent review of IPCC: Ban
Narayan Lakshman
It will be conducted by the Inter Academy Council, an international scientific organisation
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Learning about adaptation from Arctic societies
Simon Tisdall
The Sami people have an ethical relationship with nature
They had shown notable ability to adapt to changing climate conditions
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- 12/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Going green: CIL plans to earn carbon credits
Looks For Partner To Set Up VAM Projects
COAL India (CIL) is exploring ways to earn carbon credits from its mining operations. It is looking to set up projects that involve capturing ventilation air methane (VAM) from coal blocks. This is expected to allow CIL to earn carbon credits. To this effect, CIL is now looking for a suitable collaborator to develop such VAM projects.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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IPCC report: UN orders new external review
New Delhi, March 11: The review of the error ridden fourth Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been handed over to the Inter-Academy Council (IAC), a scientific organisation bringing together experts from 15 countries, to be led by IAC co-chairs Robbert Dijkgraaf, who heads the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, and president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lu
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Global warming needs global action
Ahmedabad: The world has to unite to combat global warming and not just talk about mitigating it, said noted Gandhian Narayan Desai. He was inaugurating the threeday international conference on global warming at Gujarat Vidyapith on Thursday.
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- 12/03/2010
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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UN launches independent review of climate panel
The United Nations launched an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has come under much criticism in the recent months.
The decision was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri in the wake of a report by the body which erroneously claimed that Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Iffco gets Rs 4 cr from carbon credits sale to Spain
IT IS the first time in the fertiliser sector that a company has sold carbon credits. The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (Iffco), the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of processed fertilisers in cooperative sector, made around Rs 4 crore from sale of its carbon credits to Spain.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Earth Hour March 27
virtual blackout is expected in the city on March 27 for one hour duration as part of the Earth Hour initiative as all nonessential lights will be switched off. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit and brand ambassador of Earth Hour 2010 Abhishek Bachchan on Wednesday took part in a function organised by the WWF as part of its campaign to make the initiative a grand success in India.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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European Commission sets strategy for global action post Copenhagen
The European Commission today proposed that the European Union continue to press for a “robust and legally binding global agreement that involves all countries in real climate action” and begin implementing last December's Copenhagen Accord by providing financial assistance to developing countries. However, it said that the world might not be able to reach a global deal until 2011.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
