Doha’s second chance
Agreeing to a second commitment period without meaningful rules is pointless. Emission cuts must be ambitious The 18th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
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15 pc carbon cut needed for UN goal
The chances of hitting the UN's global warming target are diminishing, but the goal can still be met if greenhouse-gas emissions fall by 15 percent by 2020, scientists said yesterday. In a study issued
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Qatar plan threatens to kill climate talks
DOHA: Host Qatar plans to start a ministerial-level closed door meeting at the ongoing UN climate negotiations but outside the formal schedule, which could potentially short circuit and make redundant
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Host Qatar bids to short circuit climate talks
DOHA: Host Qatar plans to start a ministerial-level closed door meeting at the ongoing UN climate negotiations but outside the formal schedule, which could potentially short circuit and make redundant
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Arctic sea ice bigger than US melts
DOHA(QATAR): An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the UN weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening "before
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95.72m people to be displaced by 2040: report
Environmental and weather-related disasters caused by climate change would displace more than 95.72 million people in Bangladesh by 2040, warned a study giving an alarming scenario of climate-induced internal
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The 'Ugly Indian'?
Most people in India have assumed that the Maldives is guilty of breach of contract in the case of the Malé airport, and GMR the victim. But is there another side to the story? The contract was a revenue-sharing
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Betapharm: A pill Dr Reddy's could do without
It was the most expensive foreign acquisition by an Indian company in 2006. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories had gone to town with its trophy, German branded generics company Betapharm, acquired for $560 million
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Govt may okay Vedanta’s Rs.17k-cr offer
With the government keen to close out the sale of the residual stakes in Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) and Hindustan Zinc (HZL) by the end of the fiscal, the London-listed Vedanta Resources is readying
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Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge
This new report published by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes the challenges for designing national policy that will attract the investment needed to spur rapid growth in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost.
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Falling short: an evaluation of the Indian renewable certificate market
In 2008, India’s National Action Policy on Climate Change (NAPCC) set a target, called the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), to produce 15% of the country’s electricity with renewable energy sources
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Asian development outlook 2012 supplement: data is mixed, but Asia continues steady economic growth
The Asian Development Outlook supplement updates the economic forecasts of the Asian Development Outlook 2012 Update for the regional economies of developing Asia. According to this Supplement's findings,
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Bilateral finance institutions and climate change: a mapping of 2011 climate financial flows to Developing Countries
This report maps for the fourth consecutive year BFI climate financial flows to developing countries. During 2011 the members of the working group accounted for nearly 10 billion USD of climate change
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Accessing Asia: air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions indicators for road transport and electricity
<p><span id="itro1">At current annual average growth rates, the number of vehicles in Asia will double in less than seven years from 2010 and India along with Indonesia, Nepal, PR China & Sri Lanka
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Sustainable housing: balancing environment with urban growth in India
By 2030, according to the projections of the United Nations (UN) Population Division, each of the major regions of the developing world will hold more urban than rural dwellers; by 2050 fully two-thirds
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Technology roadmap: high-efficiency, low-emissions coal-fired power generation
<p><span id="itro1">On average, efficiency of existing coal-fired power plants is quite low and this IEA technology roadmap focuses on development and deployment of HELE coal technologies for power generation
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Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012
This report presents information on past and projected climate change and related impacts in Europe, based on a range of indicators. The report also assesses the vulnerability of society, human health
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Draft Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017)
The Plan proposes an acceleration of growth over the plan period to reach 9 percent in the terminal year, yielding an average growth rate of 8.2 percent for the plan period as a whole. It emphasizes that
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The quiet revolution in staple food value chains
<p><span id="itro1">This ADB study documents the transformation of value chains moving rice and potatoes between the farm gate and the consumer in Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, and India.</span></p>
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GeSI SMARTer 2020: the role of ICT in driving a sustainable future
GeSI's SMARTer2020 report demonstrates how the increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut the projected 2020 global