Health

Dengue vaccines regulatory pathways: A report on two meetings with regulators of developing countries

The Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI) is a product development partnership (PDP) based at the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul, Korea, and is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2011
Richard Mahoney, Liliana Chocarro, James Southern & et al
PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials
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Dengue, Drugs, Child Health, Medical Research, India, Brazil, China, Cuba, South Korea, WHO, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Vector Borne Diseases, Health
Agriculture

South Africa eyes India maize deals

South Africa expects to seal a deal with buyers in Saudi Arabia and India for about 1,00,000 tonne of its surplus maize before the end of February, a senior government official said on Monday.

Africa

Publication Date: 
25/01/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
South Africa, Maize, Food Crops, Saudi Arabia, India, Agriculture
Climate Change

Letdown at Cancun

The climate conference failed to deliver an effective and equitable agreement on reducing emissions and will aggravate global warming.
SO low were the expectations from the global climate negotiations after last year's disastrous Copenhagen summit that nobody thought its successor conference would be a thundering game-changing success.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2011
Praful Bidwai
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Climate Change, Copenhagen Accord, Global Warming, UNFCCC, Brazil, India, South Africa, China, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Biodiversity

The importance of conserving biodiversity outside of protected areas in Mediterranean ecosystems

Mediterranean-type ecosystems constitute one of the rarest terrestrial biomes and yet they are extraordinarily biodiverse. Home to over 250 million people, the five regions where these ecosystems are found have climate and coastal conditions that make them highly desirable human habitats.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2011
Robin L. Cox, Emma C. Underwood
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Biodiversity, Protected Area Conservation, Mediterranean Sea, Ecosystems, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use, South Africa, Chile, California, Australia
Climate Change

South Africa set to join BRIC

South Africa is all set to join the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) group soon, with China extending an invitation to that country for the next summit-level meeting scheduled in April-May in China. South African President Jacob Zuma thanked Commerce Minister Anand Sharma for India

Publication Date: 
10/01/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
South Africa, Climate Change, Trade, India
Energy

India seeks clean coal technology from South Africa

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday sought the cooperation of the South African Government to enable Indian companies to acquire coal assets there and also help them develop clean coal technologies.

Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal along with a high-level delegation comprising Coal Secretary C.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Energy Technology, India, South Africa
Energy

India seeks more minerals assets from South Africa

India today asked South Africa to consider giving more mineral assets to Coal India Limited (CIL) in view of its growing coal requirement to fire its thermal power turbines.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal India, India, Minerals, Mineral-Based Industry, South Africa, Thermal Power Plants, Turbines
Water Supply

Water supply and sanitation in South Africa

South Africa underwent a major transition to a full democracy in 1994. The new government embarked on an ambitious program to eradicate backlogs in

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Sanitation, Water Supply, South Africa, Services, Finance, Infrastructure Development, Urban Water Supply, Rural Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation
Climate Change

The Copenhagen Accord: abatement costs and carbon prices resulting from the submissions

As part of the Copenhagen Accord, individual countries have submitted greenhouse gas reduction proposals for the year 2020. This paper analyses the implications for emission reductions, the carbon price, and abatement costs of these submissions. The submissions of the Annex I (industrialised) countries are estimated to lead to a total reduction target of 12–18% below 1990 levels. The submissions of the seven major emerging economies are estimated to lead to an 11–14% reduction below baseline emissions, depending on international (financial) support.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Michel G.J. den Elzen, Andries F. Hof, Angelica Mendoza Beltran & et al
Environmental Science & Policy
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Tags:
Copenhagen Accord, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, REDD, UNFCCC, Climate Mitigation, Developing Countries, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, LULUCF, Land Use, Forests, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Climate Change

One step forward and two sideward: regional analysis of climate policy in 2010 and the Cancun climate conference (COP 16)

The year 2010 offered mixed results concerning global climate policy, with serious setbacks as well as some small victories. In the United States, plans on long-awaited domestic climate legislation were abandoned. In China and India, national climate legislation has made small advances, but expansion of fossil-based long-term infrastructure continues to rise steeply.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
& et al, Tilman Santarius, Dawid Bartelt, Tigere Chagutah
Heinrich Boll Foundation
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 16 (Cancun Summit), Climate Agreements, Mexico, European Union (EU), United States Of America (US), Brazil, China, UNFCCC, South Africa, India

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