In 2009, the European Parliament sought to set ambitious targets for greenhouse-gas reductions in industrialised countries: up to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. Whilst acknowledging the "substantial" greenhouse-gas emissions from the production of meat, the Parliament deleted from its report a call for a cut in worldwide meat consumption, particularly in industrialised nations.
While the commercial and banking centre Dubai finds itself dealing with the aftermath of the economic crisis, the conservative neighbour Abu Dhabi is already pursuing ambitious targets-but the climate conditions in the desert states are not always ideal for the utilization of renewable energies.
Since 1966 - and as a consequence of the introduction of the Green Revolution model of water intensive, chemical farming - India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating a water famine.
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Around 85 percent of the population is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture and almost 26 percent of India's GDP comes from agriculture. More than a profession or a business, agriculture is India's culture.
In a worldwide survey, Sun & Wind Energy questioned more than 1,000 companies from the renewable energy sector about their social involvement. Only 49 companies took the opportunity to respond to our questionnaire. The result: social projects are popular. But background information in scarce.
The Mexico Office of the State Engineer (NMOSE) is charged with administering the state's water resources. The State Engineer has power over the supervision, measurement, appropriation and distribution of all surface and groundwater in New Mexico.
The state of Punjab has been left with less than 1% of the area under wetlands. About 30 wetlands, most of which are of natural origin were reported to occur in the state although some have already lost their wetland characteristics.
