Four challenges that India faces in achieving sustainable development goals It is upto central and state governments to ensure that ‘S’ in SDGs also stands for ‘successful’ Last month, 193 countries gathered together at the UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to adopt an ambitious new global development agenda. Along with other world […]
Read MoreIndia to go directly to BS-VI emission norms by 2020 The move comes at a time when the role of vehicular emissions is under increasing public scrutiny India will move up to the toughest emission standards of BS-VI from the current BS-IV by 2020, skipping the intermediate level of BS-V, transport minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted. […]
Read MoreClimate Change Impacts Farm Sector Growth The year 2015 was a challenging one for the agriculture sector. It was the second consecutive year of hardships for farmers owing to drought and inclement weather in several parts of the country highlighting the urgency to address issues of climate change. The concerns are carried forward in the […]
Read MoreGovernment brings paradigm shift in the approach for faster implementation under ‘Namami Gange’ programme The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for taking up Hybrid Annuity based Public Private Partnership (PPP) model under Namami Gange Programme which aims to reform the wastewater sector in India. Marking a […]
Read MoreMemorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to sign Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia, also called the ‘Raptor MOU’ with the […]
Read MoreCyclone Forecast: There has been a remarkable improvement in the prediction of cyclone, and extreme events as demonstrated in the recent events such as landslides in Uttarakhand and floods in Jammu-Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat due to intense precipitations and cyclones Ashobaa & Komen (2015). Two very severe cyclones, HudHud and Nilopher, were predicted well in […]
Read MoreEighth National Steering Committee on Climate Change Approves Four Projects The eighth National Steering Committee on Climate Change (NSCCC) approved four projects from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Punjab and also considered one project submitted by Government of Madhya Pradesh, at a meeting held here today. The agenda of the meeting was to consider the Detailed […]
Read MoreAfter two weeks of intense negotiations in Paris, 196 nations signed what is being hailed as a ‘landmark’ deal to limit carbon emissions, restrict the rise in global temperatures to below 20C of pre-industrial levels, and make the world economy carbon neutral by the second half of the century. But how effective can an accord, […]
Read MoreIndia’s climate leadership at Paris India has done well to defend its development priorities, while detailing its ambitious renewable energy targets The agreement on climate change, reached in Paris on 12 December, was momentous for reasons beyond the obvious. The world watched the two weeks of negotiations at COP21 (Conference of Parties) eagerly, hoping for […]
Read MorePotential of Wind Energy The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has recently launched Wind Energy Resource Map of India at 100 meter above ground level (AGL) on online Geographic Information System platform. This Wind Atlas is available online in the NIWE website www.niwe.res.in. The wind energy potential in the country at 100 m AGL […]
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