Carbon Dioxide

The accelerated rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in recent years has revived the idea of stabilizing the global climate through geoengineering schemes. Majority of the proposed geoengineering schemes will attempt to reduce the amount of solar radiation absorbed by our planet.

Publication Date:

10/01/2009

Author(s): G. Bala

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

1

pp:

41

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Mitigation

Agriculture

Food security: The challenges of climate change and bioenergy

Agriculture must supply all people with enough food to prevent widespread hunger and starvation. However, food security is aggravating day by day, resulting in more number of undernourished/malnourished persons in the world. The ever-increasing population in the developing and less developed countries is also a major constraint.

Publication Date:

10/01/2009

Author(s): R. T. Gahukar

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

1

pp:

26

Tags:

Agriculture, Bio Fuel Crops, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, India, Global, Food Security, Rainfall Pattern

Climate Change

Reckitt to kick off 'greener ways to clean and save'

9 Jan, 2009, 0304 hrs IST,Ratna Bhushan, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Dettol and Harpic, is kicking off an exercise to re-label all its products with a

Publication Date:

09/01/2009

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Green Products, Ecolabelling, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change

Air Pollution

Clean-air mission on two wheels

MALINI BANERJEE

Vinay Jaju and Huub Dekkers, who will cycle to Delhi for a green cause. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha
From Calcutta to the capital on two wheels, powered by two legs and the drive to clean up the air. That

Publication Date:

09/01/2009

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Two And Three Wheelers, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)

Climate Change

C-credit prices may rise, benefitting Indian firms

Namrata Singh | TNN

Mumbai: Have carbon credit prices bottomed out? After prices of certified emission reductions (CERs) crashed to around euro 12, an indicative firming up is in sight.

Publication Date:

07/01/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Certified Emission Reduction, India

Climate Change

Mega Indian experiment to sink carbon could help fight warming

Amit Bhattacharya | TNN

Can tossing tonnes of iron powder into the ocean help the world fight global warming? A team of Indian scientists, along with their counterparts from Germany and elsewhere, is embarking on an ambitious 70-day ocean expedition on Wednesday to find answers to that.

Publication Date:

07/01/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, Research Agencies, Germany, India

Climate Change

Green cement may help cut CO{-2}

Engineers believe cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

Publication Date:

03/01/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Cement Industry