AXGreen jobs are opening up opportunities in the current economic downturn. Majority green jobs will come from managing natural resources and not just from deploying renewable energy like wind and solar power
Gaurav Gupta

The United States has entered a new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions. As the U.S. delegation prepares for December's international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, it does so from a surprisingly strong position, based on a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S. carbon emissions over the past two years and the promise of further huge reductions.

Commit To Cut Emissions, Develop Green Economy
Neil MacFarquhar

Some 100 heads of state gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday for an unprecedented daylong conference on combating climate change, with leaders like Presidents Obama and Hu Jintao of China acknowledging that agreement is an important goal, but also stressing their own needs.

Joseph Vackayil

Chennai: The green sector is set to bring about an employment revolution, as information technology did two decades ago. The new avenue of employment, termed

Sri Lanka has increased its carbon-dioxide emission levels by 230 percent which is the highest increase in the world in 2007. It is mainly due to the increase in the usage of reconditioned vehicles and coal power energy usage, Director, Sustainable Energy Authority, Asoka Abeygunawardana said.

Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to enhance the Central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small and marginal farmers.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday.

THERE is justifiable relief over the fact that the growth rate of the Indian economy has not plummeted as sharply as that of most other countries in this phase of global economic slowdown. With the worst on the global crisis now deemed to be over, India is setting its eyes on a grand revival, expecting the growth rate to bounce back to 9 per cent from the current estimate of around 6 per cent.

New Delhi: It pays to have a conscience. That seems to be the motto as Delhi gears up for its first-ever job fair for the green sector. The fair, part of an initiative to bring sustainable development into the mainstream, promises to offer career opportunities in a field that has till now been seen as the preserve of NGOs and bleeding-heart liberals.