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Rio summit to make fresh bid to tackle environment woesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 20, 2012
A crucial summit on global development kicks off here Wednesady with nearly 20 heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in attendance in a fresh bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint amid economic woes and discord. ... Read more.. |
U.S.-India Bilateral Cooperation on Energy and Climate ChangeBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 14, 2012
Recalling the 2009 U.S.-India MOU on clean energy, energy efficiency, energy security, and climate change, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna reaffirmed their countries’ strong commitment to work collaboratively in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Clean Energy Pathfinders Fund , energy , Environment , India , Politics , Social Issues , Technology , United States |
Needed Now: $36 Trillion for a Clean Energy FutureBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 13, 2012
The world needs to invest an extra $36 trillion in clean-energy technologies between now and 2050 in order to have a shot at limiting long-term global temperature rise to 2 degrees C, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. In its annual Energy Technology... Read more.. |
Global Environment raises Rs.700 cr fundBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 8, 2012
Sustainable forestry-focused private equity (PE) firm, Global Environment Fund (GEF), has raised a Rs.700 crore, small and medium enterprises (SME)-focused South Asia fund dedicated to India—the first niche fund of its kind in the country. In its maiden investment from... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Global Environment Fund , Kalki Communication Technologies Ltd , Social Issues |
Aaj Tak honours India Inc for its CSR initiativesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 7, 2012
The willingness of companies to look beyond their bottom lines and extend a helping hand to the needy earned the praise of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. Honouring the winners of the first annual Aaj Tak Care Awards, Pranab applauded the efforts of the... Read more.. |
AMP Capital makes clean energy investment in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 6, 2012
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has acquired a significant minority stake in leading clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29 million. Based in Hyderabad India, SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of... Read more.. Subject Tags: AMP Capital , AMP Limited. , energy , India , Shalivahana Green Energy Ltd. , Social Issues |
US companies need to disclose climate risk -investorsBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2012
Institutional investors and environmental advocates on Thursday urged companies to disclose their risks from the impact of climate change, two years after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidelines for firms to do just that. While the SEC guidelines... Read more.. |
Renewable power: Developing markets are a ray of sunshineBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2012
If the dominant global theme of the 21st century has been the shift in dynamism and capability towards emerging economies, then 2012 has been the year in which that trend has hit the renewable energy industry. While many developed economies that led the way in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , China , electricity , energy , Environment , Human Interest , Saudi Arabia , Social Issues , South Africa , Technology |
ICRISAT, ICAR jointly to fight climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 1, 2012
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have joined forces to adapt new measures to tackle the growing climate related risks and constraints that prevail in rural areas. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues |
Lust for money fuelling power plantsBy : Sustainability ..., May 30, 2012
The state government is diverting scarce water resources in the drought-prone Vidarbha region to private thermal power plants. However, a state energy department official dismissed figures of water that is deprived to farmers as "exaggerated". The six districts in... Read more.. |