Climate Change

A Second Front in the Climate War

Year after year, the world’s nations gather to find ways to reduce carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, with little meaningful progress.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Methane, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Drought, Canada, Sweden, Mexico, Ghana, Bangladesh, Health Effects, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Landfill, Ozone, India, China
Climate Change

Dhaka joins 6-nation move

Faulting the world for not doing enough to curb climate change, the United States on Thursday announced the formation of a six-nation coalition including Bangladesh to cut short-lived pollutants that speed up warming and harm health.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Dhaka, South Asia, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Ghana, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, UNEP, Green House Gases, Mining, Coal, Natural Gas, Agriculture, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Diesel, Landfill
Climate Change

U.S. Leads Low-Cost Bid To Curb Global Warming Pollutants

The United States said on Thursday it will contribute $12 million to a six-country initiative to fight against climate change by low-cost programs, such as promoting clean cooking stoves.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2012
Valerie Volcovici
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Bangladesh, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Ghana, Green House Gases, Methane, China, Mining, Coal, Natural Gas, WWF
Energy

Business solutions to enable energy access for all

In this new report WBCSD demonstrates how business model innovation helps provide more affordable and reliable products and services, overcomes market barriers or failures, and increases the profitability and scalability of sustainable engagement in low-income energy markets.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Tags:
Energy, Energy Efficiency, India, Global, Electricity, Geothermal Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Energy Technology, Renewable Energy, Climate, Finance, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Warmer world is the challenge of a generation

As the latest round of United Nations climate negotiations began in Durban, South Africa, expectations could scarcely have been lower. A globally binding deal is further away than ever. That makes considerable warming from climate change inevitable.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2011
Michael Marshall, Catherine Brahic
New Scientist
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Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Emission Targets, Climate Science, Climate Agreements, UNEP, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green House Gases, Methane, Chulhas (Cookstoves), India, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation, Geo Engineering
Energy

Improving energy access to the urban poor in Developing Countries

Although rural energy access is a recognized priority, the issue of energy access for urban poor populations has not been given the requisite focus or priority in research and policy. Nevertheless, there are examples of successful approaches in providing energy access to the poorest segments of society.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
The World Bank
Tags:
Rural Energy, Rural Electrification, Developing Countries, India, Electricity, Slums, Biogas, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Slum Upgrading, LPG, Natural Gas
Energy

Diffusion of renewable energy technologies: case studies of enabling frameworks in developing countries

This edition of the Technology Transfer Perspectives Series focuses on how to create an 'enabling framework' for the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in developing countries.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
James Haseli, Ivan Nygaard, Ulrich Hansen, Emmanuel Ackom
UNEP Risø Centre
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy Technology, Developing Countries, India, Wind Energy, Technology Transfer, Solar Water Heaters, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Biomass, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Buying up emissions

To prevent trees from being cut down for firewood, attempts have been underway to introduce fuel-efficient cooking stoves in Nigeria for decades. Today, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) provides an opportunity to lower the purchase price of such stoves. Bureaucratic challenges are tough, however, and it remains unclear whether stove projects really help to reduce Nigeria’s carbon emissions.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Nataly Jürges
Development And Cooperation
38
11
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Chulhas (Cookstoves), Nigeria, Firewood, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Subsidies, Carbon Dioxide
Energy

Subsidy won't ensure energy security, Says expert

Bangladesh may not achieve energy security by 2021 if the government continues to provide huge subsidies, a leading expert said yesterday.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2011
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Energy, Subsidies, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Energy Efficiency, Environment
Air Pollution

Curbing Cooking Smoke That Kills More People Than Malaria

Environmental hazards sicken or kill millions of people — soot or smog in the air, for example, or pollutants in drinking water.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2011
Environment News Network
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Malaria, Drinking Water, WHO, Firewood, Charcoal, Women, Children, Chulhas (Cookstoves)

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