Transport

 Revisiting economics of congestion

In our December 31, 2006 issue we raised some questions in the editorial, 'Economics of congestion'. Readers responded. Here is a cross section of views Theory-practice hiatus Shreekant Gupta,

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Down to Earth
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Environment Economics, Vehicular Pollution, Transport, Automobiles, Cars, India, Global, Health Effects
Natural Disasters

 Latest World Disasters Report focusses on neglected crises

Disasters

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Aid, Media, Global
Industry

 2006: The waterloo year

THE year 2006 will go down as environment's watershed year. This is not because this year we have had extraordinary success in environmental management; there was also no environmental disaster per se. This year must be remembered because the task of environmental management has come to be even more contested and even more challenged. Protests against environmental degradation have grown. But so have efforts to deny environmental concerns or to dilute regulations.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Sunita Narain
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Environment, Environment Economics, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Industry, India, Global, Environment Management, Poverty
Energy

Key world energy statistics 2007

Key World Energy Statistics contains timely, clearly-presented data on the supply, transformation and consumption of all major energy sources.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
OECD
Tags:
Coal, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, Oil Products, Exports, Imports, Global, Statistics
Energy

Energy revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook

This publication provides stimulating analysis on future scenarios of energy use, which focus on a range of technologies that are expected to emerge in the coming years and decades. There is now universal recognition of the fact that new technologies and much greater use of some that already exist provide the most hopeful prospects for mitigation of emissions of GHGs.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Energy Policy, Energy, Energy Technology, Global, Climate
Environment

 Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kartik Shanker
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Environment, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Birds, Research, Environment Education, India, Global, Urban Habitat
Economy

 "The collapse of Globalism and the reinvention of the world"

The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of The World

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Kaushik Das Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, WTO, Economy, Economic Development, Governance, World Bank, India, Global, Globalisation
Economy

 Regional Trade Agreements dividing north south trade?

The World Trade Organization (wto) was supposed to be the driver of free trade in a globalised economy. But this does not seem to be the case. Regional trade agreements (rtas) seem to be ruling the

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, WTO, Economy, Economic Development, Subsidies, International Cooperation, Unemployment, India, Global, Developing Countries, Globalisation
Agriculture

 EU ministers clash on GMOs Again

European Union (eu) farm ministers once again revealed their long-standing rift over genetically modified ( gm ) food. At a recent meet in Luxembourg, proposals to approve new gm imports and to

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Genetic Resources, Genetic Engineering, Global, European Union (EU)
Economy

 Funding flaws

The 60th anniversary of Washington-based organisations, the World Bank (wb) and International Monetary Fund (imf), was celebrated amidst clamours for reform. Critics distributed

Publication Date: 
30/05/2004
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Economy, World Bank, Global

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