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PTI 01:09 PM | November 23,2009
At present, transport sector is placed at number three after the power and agriculture sector as far as the national emissions are concerned
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David Fogarty / Reuters 10:07 PM | November 11,2009
Apec, which ranges from economic giants the US, Japan and China to oil-rich Brunei, accounts for at least 40% of world trade and over 60% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
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11:59 PM | November 04,2009
Child labour has complex reasons. Unless those reasons are addressed, banning products and companies using such labour will not end child labour
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Padmaparna Ghosh 10:26 PM | November 01,2009
Divisions still persist on emission reduction targets, financing and technology transfers to developing countries
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Seema Singh 08:50 PM | November 01,2009
In a country where less than 5% of the solid waste is scientifically treated, Ramky was one of the first few firms to realize that the massive amount of solid waste generated in the country needs to be treated, and treated in a way that adds value
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Reuters 05:49 PM | November 01,2009
France’s ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo hopes the plan will help break the deadlock between rich and poor nations at Copenhagen summit
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Jacob P. Koshy 10:51 PM | October 23,2009
In the last one year, at least three of the country’s leading research institutes have either launched or are in the process of setting up dedicated centres that will be part of the Indian Network of Climate Change Assessment
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PTI 07:27 PM | October 23,2009
The quickest way of lowering the cost of many renewable options is to scale up their rate of deployment and diffusion in developing countries, minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said
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Samanth Subramanian 11:36 AM | October 23,2009
Dr. Biswajit Dhar talks about India’s specific stance with regard to climate change and what it will involve once negotiations get under way
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Gulzar Natarajan 10:03 PM | October 22,2009
There is no magic bullet to cut greenhouse gases. But a globally coordinated effort that uses emissions reduction and technology transfer is still needed
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Padmaparna Ghosh 09:59 PM | October 22,2009
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India’s stand that equating greenhouse gas emissions across nations on a per capita basis is the only just and fair basis for a long-term global arrangement on climate change
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Our View 09:02 PM | October 20,2009
Jairam Ramesh is at pains to explain that India’s basic negotiating stand had not been changed. But his plea for “flexibility” creates more doubts
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PTI 05:52 PM | October 19,2009
The IATA and other global aviation bodies have jointly evolved a strategy to improve fuel efficiency by an average of 2% annually till 2020
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Reuters 01:58 PM | October 19,2009
Beyond 2014, the upper limits of industrial growth rates will make it impossible for market economies to meet the lower carbon targets required to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, said the report by Climate Risk Ltd
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Gerard Wynn / Reuters 09:19 AM | October 19,2009
The meeting is intended for environment ministers, and meant to sign a new deal to extend or replace the existing Kyoto Protocol after 2012
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