Britain's greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.8 percent in 2010 due to increased power generation, largely due to cold weather early and late in the year, provisional data from the government showed.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority in association with its various partner organisations declared the official tiger estimate in India for 2010. This latest tiger census puts estimated tiger population in the country at 1636.
This document details the Black Carbon Research Initiative launched by India as part of the National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme (NCAP). This joint initiative of several government ministries & leading research institutions builds on the existing work and sets out the science programme to respond to the scientific questions surrounding Black carbon.
This new report reviews linkages between urbanization and climate change. It illustrates the significant contribution of urban areas to climate change & also highlights the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations. Reviews policy responses, practices emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements & constraints.
The clean energy race is on. The investment and finance data presented in this report show that countries are jockeying for a leadership position in this growing and increasingly competitive sector. Countries with clear, consistent and constructive clean energy policies are powering investment forward.
This major study analyses where, why and by whom science is being carried out around the world, and how this is changing. Examines how international networks of collaboration are changing the way in which scientific research is conducted, funded, the implications on decision makers in government, NGOs. etc and includes recommendations on how international collaboration can be harnessed to tackle global problems more effectively.
This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and recommends ways to improve coordination between these two groups in future emergencies.
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time to be used for cleaning operations in highly polluted areas.
Just three years after the 2007-08 food crisis, the food security of poor people and vulnerable groups, especially women and children, is under threat as the prices of basic food items skyrocket. Expanding biofuel production, rising oil prices, U.S.
