This paper presents the results of a study conducted to understand why Green IT initiatives are undertaken, and how the results translate into cost savings, business value and environmental benefits. More than 1,000 IT professionals in midsize businesses, from 12 countries and eight industries have been consulted in the survey.

During a special ceremony at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Council for Science released a report titled

Pilot projects are being developed to transform the Convention

This study estimates the recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that borders India and Bangladesh. In 2005-06, the Indian Sunderban received some 64,000 visitors, mainly from Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Tourism to the Sunderban is highly seasonal and characterised by few multipoint or foreign visitors.

The purpose of this study is to provide an Indian civil society view on the contents of the Indian government

With the prospects of higher energy requirements in the longer term and the need for reducing GHG emission, biofuel production could be an important source of sustainable energy supply although it will only represent a small proportion of total energy consumption.

Quantifying the impacts of idling or idling stops is not a straight forward equation, as it includes a variety of parameters including the types of vehicles on the road, age of
the vehicles, vehicular combustion and emission control technology, the traffic load on the roads leading to the congestion times, and hence forth. A survey is essential to

Homes/buildings that incorporate concepts of solar passive design and utilize energy efficient equipment and devices, which run on renewable energy, are called energy efficient solar homes/buildings. Such homes/buildings provide comfortable living and working conditions, both in winter and in summer, with minimal consumption of electricity. Energy efficient

The UNEP Year Book 2009 presents work in progress on scientific understanding of global environmental change, as well as foresight about possible issues on the horizon. The aim is to raise awareness of the interlinkages among environmental issues that can accelerate the rates of change and threaten human wellbeing.

This paper describes the development of poverty lines in India, from the 19th century to the present, and assesses their limitations as an indication of poverty.