Agriculture

Rice output estimate for 09-10 cut to 82mt

Way Out: Govt-To-Govt Imports Or Allowing State Units To Source For Welfare Needs
Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI

THE rice output for 2009-10 may be weaker at 82 million tonne (MT), a drop of 17 mt over record 99.15 mt output in 2008-09, according to US Department of Agriculture.

Publication Date: 
28/10/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, Wheat, Food Policy, Consumption Patterns, Exports, India
Climate Change

How green is your pet?

It's time to wise up to the ecological pawprint of your furry friend

Publication Date: 
24/10/2009
Kate Ravilious
New Scientist
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Lifestyles, Climate Change, Consumption Patterns, Global
Climate Change

Cute, fluffy and horribly greedy

If you really want to make a sacrifice to sustainability, consider ditching your pet

Publication Date: 
24/10/2009
New Scientist
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Lifestyles, Climate Change, Consumption Patterns, Global
Energy

Achieving the G-20 call to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels

This document is the first issue of new Policy Brief series, presented by Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI).
These briefs are designed to provide timely analysis and policy guidance on emerging subsidy issues.

The first brief canvasses the G-20 recent call to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels and considers how to turn the announcement into action.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2009
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Tags:
Climate Change, Energy Policy, Consumption Patterns, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Electricity, Subsidies, Poverty, India, Global
Climate Change

Fossilised policy

The Economist

Publication Date: 
08/10/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Energy Policy, Consumption Patterns, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, United States Of America (US)
Energy

Cut fossil fuel subsidies

G20 Push For Policy Sense

Publication Date: 
03/10/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Coal, Energy Policy, Consumption Patterns, Transport, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, India
Climate Change

Save or splurge?

As the push for a

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Huo Weiya
Himal South Asian
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Climate Change, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Energy Policy, Household Appliances, Consumption Patterns, Subsidies, China
Climate Change

Beyond sun and dung

Rajendra Pachauri heads TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, based in New Delhi. An engineer of the railways in his early career, Pachauri went to the United States to earn a PhD in industrial engineering and another in economics, after which he returned to India in 1981 to work with TERI.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Vijay Prashad
Himal South Asian
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Himalaya, Climate Change, IPCC, Glacial Melt, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Technology Transfer, Renewable Energy, Consumption Patterns, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), TERI, China, United States Of America (US), India
Climate Change

The implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change

This paper considers the implications of population growth and urbanization for climate change. It emphasizes that it is not the growth in (urban or rural) populations that drives the growth in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but rather, the growth in consumers and in their levels of consumption.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
David Satterthwaite
Environment & Urbanisation
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Tags:
Climate Change, Urbanisation, Population, Consumption Patterns, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Fossil Fuels, Developing Countries
Health

 It does not start with belly fat

FAT in the liver is the new marker for obesity-related complications such as diabetes, heart diseases and strokes. People trying to reduce belly fat to avoid these diseases will have to rethink their lifestyle. The finding is good news for metabolic scientists who have hypothesized for long that liver fat is the most important metabolic disruptor of the body but there were

Publication Date: 
29/09/2009
Indrajit Bose
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lifestyles, Health, Consumption Patterns, Diabetes, Obesity, Research, Greece, Italy, United States Of America (US)

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