JAIPUR: That a state with abundant sunshine should set an example in using solar energy to meet most of its requirements is still a distant dream. But, the Central University of Rajasthan, in a first-of-its-kind
This publication intends to foster a better understanding and utilization of green economy indicators. “Measuring Progress Towards a Green Economy” is a practical guidebook that looks at how indicators
Doha: A week after they began and before the ministers of more than 190 countries arrive in the Qatar capital on Monday, the UN climate negotiations are set to lock the countries into a low ambition deal
Ahead of UN Climate Summit in Doha, a new research published today has come up with its data which says India has managed to control carbon emissions in comparison to other economies like China, the US
China, USA and European Union contributed 28 per cent, 16 per cent and 11 per cent respectively in global emissions during the year while India’s figure was 7 per cent despite a 7.5 per cent growth in
River pollution by thermal plants (Question raised in Lok Sabha and answered in 03/12/12.
<p>In India, with the introduction of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from 2005 to 2006, utilization of healthcare services at the peripheral
The Delhi Government today launched a massive drive to check compliance of the blanket ban on use of plastic bags across the city. Twenty-three teams of environment department and Delhi Pollution Control
The long-term ice record (from 1964 to 2008) of an Arctic lake in northern Europe (Lake Kilpisjärvi) reveals the response of lake ice to climate change at local and regional scales. Average freeze-up and
Policy measures regarding adaptation to climate change include efforts to adjust socio-economic and ecologic systems. Colombia has undertaken various measures in terms of climate change mitigation and
Tree-ring records are a valuable source of information for understanding long-term, regional-scale drought changes. In this study, a tree ring width chronology spanning the last 330 years (A.D. 1681–2010)
We investigate how weather affects the UK’s electricity network, by examining past data of weather-related faults on the transmission and distribution networks. By formalising the current relationship
Climate data suggest greater warming over the Arctic than lower latitudes, and the most abundant direct source of black carbon and other climate-relevant pollutants over the Arctic is cross-polar flights
Shanghai is a low-lying city (3–4 m elevation) surrounded on three sides by the East China Sea, the Yangtze River Estuary, and Hangzhou Bay. With a history of rapid changes in sea level and land subsidence,
Exploring adaptation pathways into an uncertain future can support decisionmaking in achieving sustainable water management in a changing environment. Our objective is to develop and test a method to identify
Land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities will play an important role in global climate change mitigation. Many carbon schemes require the delivery of both climate and rural development
The next time you apologize for your home looking like a dump, spare a thought for Shobhraj Kumar. Most people who hurry past the garbage dump at Masjid Moth would find it difficult to stand there for
Every winter, the city wakes up to the untold miseries of homeless people. Many of them die on the streets braving the chill. A study on the 92 people who died without a roof over their heads from January
Cold winds blowing from the western Himalayan region brought down Delhi’s maximum temperature by seven degrees between Thursday and Friday. The day temperature on Friday settled at 21.6 degrees Celsius,
India on Friday announced that 91 important drugs — 73 antibiotics, 13 habit-forming drugs and 4 anti-TB drugs are being brought under a new schedule H1 in the country’s Drugs and Cosmetics Rules which
