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Climate Change

The State of City Climate Finance 2015

The first annual publication by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance which identifies the gap between the current levels of investment in low-emission, climate resilient urban infrastructure and the volumes required to ensure a the world is on track to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Urbanisation, Infrastructure Development, India, Global, Low Carbon Economy, Green House Gases, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation
Transport

Tracking global bicycle ownership patterns

Over the past four decades, bicycle ownership has been documented in various countries but not globally analyzed. This paper presents an effort to fill this gap by tracking household bicycle possession. First, we gather survey data from 150 countries and extract percentage household bicycle ownership values. Performing cluster analysis, we determined four groups with the weighted mean percentage ownership ranging from 20% to 81%. Generally, bicycle ownership was highest in Northern Europe and lowest in West, Central and North Africa, and Central Asia.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Olufolajimi Oke, Kavi Bhalla, David C. Love & et al
Journal of Transport & Health
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4
490-501
Tags:
Cycles, Transport, Statistics, Infrastructure Development, Traffic Accidents, India, China, Burkina Faso, Africa, Asia, Peru, Tourism, Philippines, Air Pollution Control
Habitat And Urbanisation

PMC proposes to rope in experts stalled by corporators for developing cycle tracks

Part of the PMC’s plan to involve experts was also to undertake beautification of the riverfront.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
Indian Express (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Cycles, Municipal Corporation, Infrastructure Development, Habitat And Urbanisation
Agriculture

Rs. 4,998 crore NABARD credit plan for Namakkal district

The Potential Linked Credit Plan for 2016-17 prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has assessed the credit potential for the district at Rs.4998.15 crore, a p

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Namakkal (D), Agriculture, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Infrastructure Development
Transport

Road accidents human suffering estimated at $1,850bn annually

THE Second global High-level Conference on Road Safety recently held in Brazil has declared that human suffering from road traffic accidents is estimated at US$1,850 billion per year, hence the nee

Publication Date: 
23/11/2015
Daily Mail (Zambia)
Tags:
Transport, Traffic Accidents, Brazil, Congestion, Zambia, Infrastructure Development
Climate Change

Transport: A roadblock to climate change mitigation?

Global emissions scenarios studies, such as those informing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5), highlight the importance of the transport sector for climate change mitigation—along with the difficulties of achieving deep reductions therein (1) [supplementary materials (SM)]. Transport is responsible for about 23% of total energy-related CO2 emissions worldwide (2). The sector is growing more rapidly than most others, with emissions projected to double by 2050.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2015
Felix Creutzig, Patrick Jochem, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch & et ak
Science
350
6263
911-912
Tags:
Transport, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Dioxide, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Transport, Road Transport, Infrastructure Development, Land Use, Parking Policy, Cars and Congestion, Air Pollution
Industry

Tata steel commissions its Kalinganagar plant in Jajpur district

BHUBANESWAR: Steel major Tata Steel commissioned its much-hyped integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district of Odisha on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2015
Minati Singha
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Tata Steel Limited, Jajapur, Infrastructure Development, Iron And Steel Industry, Industry
Forests

AP fast-tracks forest survey to meet Centre’s deadline

The AP Forest Department is racing against time to plug the gaps in its bid to secure denotification of 19,000 hectares of reserve forest land in Krishna and Guntur districts so that it can be used

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
M.L. Melly Maitreyi
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Deforestation, Land, Guntur (D), Krishna, Infrastructure Development, Amravati (D), Afforestation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests
Land

Land acquisition legislation: Amid Central logjam, states move forward

With the Bihar verdict not going in the BJP-led NDA’s favour, the road for the much delayed legislation only gets tougher from here.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Legislation, Infrastructure Development, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Compensation, Farmers, Land Acquisition Act 2013, Land
Transport

PM lays foundation stone for 3 highway projects at Sonepat in Haryana

The Prime minister, Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of 341 km long three highway projects costing Rs 13,802 crore at Sonipat in Haryana.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Sonipat (D), Highways, Infrastructure Development

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