This document contains the video and text of the presentation delivered by Sunita Narain, Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi on the challenge of a low carbon economy during the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change 2011 organized by CSE, held on 16-17 Nov 2011.
This report contains a compilation of information on ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation. With a synthesis of the state of knowledge on ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation, this report provides an overview of how ecosystems can play a role in helping people adapt to climate change, through the compilation of examples and relevant
Climate change is predicted to have severe consequences for South Asia, particularly in agriculture, which employs more than 60 per cent of the region’s labour force.
Spanning several agro-ecological regions constituting 60% of total cropped area, the rainfed areas represent the geography with the largest concentration of poverty and backwardness.
Food security is often incorrectly used as a justification for the inhumane confinement of animals on industrial farm animal production facilities, while in reality, the industrialization of animal agriculture jeopardizes food security by degrading the environment, threatening human health, and diminishing income-earning opportunities in rural a
Uttarakhand is situated on the southern slope of the Himalayan range, and the climate and vegetation vary greatly with elevation, from glaciers at the highest elevations to subtropical forests at the lower elevations.
The plan charts a 20 year path towards achieving the overarching vision embedded in the Constitution that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. It breaks the five-year electoral cycle to allow for long-term planning.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 48 of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 (38 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules. These rules may be called the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Rules, 2011. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The State Government of Rajasthan has published the draft for a comprehensive policy for generation of electricity from wind which offers solution to various problems faced by developers, power producers and utilities. This Policy will be known as “Policy for Promoting Generation of Electricity from Wind,2011”.
