Climate Change

Global warming may affect Bhutan's biodiversity, impact India'

Slow-melting of glaciers due to global warming may cause huge floods in Bhutan in the future and result in loss of keystone species which may encourage probable animal poachers to hunt in this coun

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Floods, Bhutan, Himalaya, India, Deforestation, Urbanisation
Energy

Cabinet approves the Revised Cost Estimate of Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of Rs.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bhutan, Hydroelectricity, Power Transmission, India, Electricity, Energy
Energy

India can gain hugely from regional power trade, says World Bank study

Can use excess capacity of Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan

Publication Date: 
29/06/2016
Pratim Ranjan Bose
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy, India, World Bank, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Electricity, Green House Gases
Poverty

Child poverty in Bhutan

This Monograph “Insights from Multidimensional Child Poverty Index (C-MPI) and Qualitative interviews with Poor Children” is a combination of multidimensional poverty index constructed from child related indicators with data available from Bhutan Multiple Indicator Survey 2010 and qualitative in-depth interviews with children, giving a holistic

Publication Date: 
22/05/2016
Sabina Alkire, Lham Dorji, Sonam Gyeltshen, Thomas Minten
National Statistics Bureau
Tags:
Children, Poverty, Bhutan, Child Health, Education, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Natural Disasters

Report on Performance Audit of Disaster Management in Bhutan

The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) of the Bhutan government released its Performance Audit Report on Disaster Management in 2016. The review is confined to activities and operations pertaining to disaster management activities in the country during the past five years.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2016
Royal Audit Authority (RAA) of the Bhutan
Tags:
Disaster Management, Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Finance, Bhutan, Governance
Climate Change

Bhutan signs Paris Agreement on climate change

Climate: Bhutan has joined 174 countries to become a signatory to the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, according to a foreign affairs ministry press release.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2016
Kuensel (Bhutan)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Bhutan, Climate Mitigation, Green House Gases, Global Warming, COP 21 (Paris), South Asia
Air Pollution

Delhi is world's worst for air pollution in WHO report revealing 12.6 MILLION die every year from 'unhealthy environment'

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report says an estimated 12.6 million people are dying each year globally from ‘unhealthy environment’ alone.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi, WHO, Non Communicable Diseases, Cancer, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, North Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, PM 2.5, Diesel
Wildlife

In rhino abode, William and Catherine to push for conservation

The seven-day India-Bhutan tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Princess Catherine, which commenced with their arrival in Mumbai on Sunday, will conclude in spring-awash Ka

Publication Date: 
12/04/2016
Susmita Mukherjee
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Rhinoceros, Kaziranga SA, Assam, Bhutan, Wildlife
Transport

The Bhutan electric vehicle initiative: scenarios, implications, and economic impact

This report aims to help Bhutan think through various technical and policy issues of introducing electric vehicles in its own context. It analyses a variety of factors that will impact adoption of electric vehicles from technical, market and financial feasibility to consumer awareness and stakeholders’ capacity.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2016
Da Zhu, Dominic Pasquale Patella, Roland Steinmetz, Pajnapa Peamsilpakulchorn
The World Bank
Tags:
Electric Vehicles, Public Transport, Urban Transport, Bhutan, Hybrid Electric, Buses, Cars, Mobility Planning, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide
Wildlife

Habitat preferences and conservation threats to Black-necked Cranes wintering in Bhutan

Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a vulnerable Red list species whose populations are declining. However, little is known about Black-necked Cranes' habitat requirements or the causes of their population decline. We identified Black-necked Cranes' winter roost and foraging preferences of Black-necked Cranes in Bhutan during the winter of 2013-2014. Black-necked Cranes' roosts were recorded using Garmin GPSmap 60CSx, while foraging preferences and threats to the birds were identified based on a survey of household heads (n = 107) residing within a 3 km radius of roost sites.

Publication Date: 
29/02/2016
Rinchen Namgay, Sangay Wangchuk
Springerplus
1-6
Tags:
Birds, Endangered Species, Bhutan, South Asia, Land Use, Agriculture, Wetlands

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