When the economic downturn nosedived in the second half of 2008, the talk was primarily about macro-economic trends, causes and impacts in the formal economy. In India, where over 90% of the livelihoods
M/s Visa Steel Limited (VISA) proposes to set up a Greenfield 2.5 Million Tons Per Annum (MTPA) Integrated Steel Plant and 559 MW Captive Power Plant near Kotarlia, Kotmar and Patrapali villages, District Raigarh in Chhattisgarh State. The location map is shown in Figure 1.1. About 400 hectares land has been identified for the project.
Focusing on the situation relating to bioenergy in India, this paper provides an analysis of the currently available methodologies for assessing the varied impacts, both positive and negative, of bioenergy production.
This document aims to provide a general framework to partners under UNEP's project on "Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change".
The Indian Biofuels Program began over 60 years ago but has gained significant momentum only in the past decade and especially in the past 5 years. While until early 2000 the major focus was on ethanol as a blending additive to gasoline, in 2003 the National Biodiesel Mission was established by the Planning
Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and
Vulnerability and Environmental Security are fast emerging as frontline research areas in the realm of global change and earth system science in a world driven mainly by globalisation and climate change. It is worthwhile to consider some basic concepts of vulnerability literature before embarking on to explore the sources and extent of water and climate-induced vulnerability in northeast India.
This report looks at climate change and water adaptation aspects in ongoing processes of formulating and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action
In view of the major opportunities and risks associated with it, and the complexity of the subject, bioenergy policy has in a short time become a challenging political task for regulators and planners
