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UN climate panel urged to reform, stick to science
United Nations: The UN climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was widely criticised after admitting its 2007 global warming report wrongly said Himalayan glaciers would vanish by 2035 and that
01/09/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
News
Jairam: Environment report to be out Nov.
Minister of state for environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday informed the Rajya Sabha that the country’s first impact assessment report on change in environment is likely to be brought out by November. He stated that the government has already made a provision for Rs 25,000 crores to mitigate the impact of climate change.
22/08/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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‘Conservation of Himalayan ecosystem essential’
Gangtok, Aug 9: The degradation of Himalayan eco-system is emerging as one of the major issues of challenge and concern for the environmentalists, Dr Prodipto Ghosh, former Union Forests and Environment Ministry Secretary opined.
10/08/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
News
Wake up to a Himalayan opportunity
Smriti Bhargavai, Shrawan Nigam
13/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
Is snow a rainkiller?
Snowfall in the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau affects monsoon. For two decades snowfall was one of the parameters Indian meteorologists used to predict monsoon in the subcontinent. They believed there was an inverse relation between snowfall in the Himalaya and monsoon; the wider the snow cover, the weaker the rainfall.
Jul 2010
Down to Earth
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Reports and Documents
Report to the people on environment and forests 2009–2010
The vision of a country includes pursuing a development process that is environmentally sustainable. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has sought to achieve this aim of conserving
Jul 2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Reports and Documents
The proposed Pancheshwar dam, India/Nepal: a preliminary ecosystem services assessment of likely outcomes
This report by
the IES presents the findings of a study that explores the
likely impacts of the recent proposals in India to build a dam at
Pancheshwar in the Himalayas on the river ecosystems and the surrounding areas
and people involve
Jul 2010
Institution of Environmental Sciences
Reports and Documents
India: taking on climate change post-Copenhagen domestic actions
India taking on climate change – Post-Copenhagen domestic actions New Delhi, 30th June, 2010: An Expert Group on A Low Carbon Strategy for Inclusive Growth; A “Carbon Tax” on Coal to Fund Clean Energy; Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Mechanism for Energy Efficiency; Release of India’s National GHG Inventory 2007; National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (NMSH); Jawaharlal Nehru National Sola
Jun 2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
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Himalayan river basins to face acute water shortage
Himalayan river basins in China, Bangladesh, India and Nepal will face a massive water depletion within 20 years, leading to a decline in food and mass migration, a research group warned on Monday.
29/06/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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