Extreme heat events are expected to rise in India, as we extensively discussed during our March 2011 heat and health vulnerability workshop in Ahmedabad.  Last summer temperatures rising to 122oF resulted in over 100 deaths in Gujarat, 90 deaths in Mahar...

NEW DELHI: Amid increasing focus on business transperancy, a survey has said that only 16 per cent of the top 100 listed firms in India have a corporate responsibility strategy in place. Corporate reporting is in a nascent stage among leading Indian firms...

NEW DELHI: Sustainable development and adoption of green business practices has become the cornerstone of any debate one environment. With India's economy recording a steady growth rate, it has become even more important for sustainability to feature prom...

Seoul, Aug 11 (Yonhap) UN chief Ban Ki-moon today called on his native South Korea to take the lead in promoting sustainable development and finding solutions to global hunger, climate change and other pending challenges.SKorea must take the lead on susta...

Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC) is investing $33.5 million or Rs 150 crore in the Indian subsidiary of London’s AIM-listed (Alternative Investment Market) wind energy firm Caparo Energy Ltd. The company is aiming to build a portfol...

The company will also roll out its manufacturing facilities in the larger area of Pune, stressing its commitment to the Indian market.REFUsol GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of solar inverters, is exhibiting at the 5th Renewable Energy India 2011 E...

Climate change (CC), especially climate change caused by human action, raises much heat and sparks almost religious levels of contentiousness. Policy based on CC findings will drive huge resource allocations over the next several decades, quite apart from...

The first meeting of expert committee of the J&K State Council on Climate Change was held at SKICC here on Tuesday. It is a three tier council comprising of a governing council headed by the HCM, an executive council headed by the chief secretary and an e...

Indicating that the era of conflict between environment and industries is over, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday said the question being raised now is how can green economy lead to sustainable development...

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated 80KwP Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at the Parliament House Complex commissioned by Lanco Solar, a fully owned subsidiary of business conglomerate Lanco Infrat...

NEW DELHI: An important Canadian delegation comprising representatives of innovative companies engaged in the production of renewable energy will participate in the forthcoming 5th Renewable Energy India 2011 Expo to be held in New Delhi on August 10, 201...

IISD:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a report titled “Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change.” The report highlights that Asia and the Pacific host the greatest number of people vulnerable to the projected adverse impacts of cli...

Fewer than one-third of India’s top firms file reports on their corporate responsibilities and only 16% actually have a strategy on this, KPMG found in a recent survey. Most Indian listed firms not embracing corporate responsibility initiatives...

PUNE: SNBP school, Pimpri, organised an environment awareness walk on Friday that saw participation of more than 350 students from standard I to V.  SNBP organises environment awareness walk...

Allaying fears of a major environmental disaster from the oil spill caused by a sunk cargo vessel off Mumbai coast, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday said there was no immediate reason to worry because the oil content in sea water was as o...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a record high of 340 ppm (parts per million), which plays a decisive role in increasing atmospheric temperature, said J Sreenivasan, Professor at Indian Institute of Science, Banga...

NEW DELHI: The UPA government has set an ambitious target to light up 20 million households and to generate 80,000 MW power by the year 2022. With fossil fuels getting expensive and rapid environmental changes taking place, the government is turning its a...

NEW DELHI: The Columbia University has invited New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah to serve on the Task Force it proposes to set up on Clean Energy. “Let them write to us and we shall consider,” was the reply of Farooq Abdullah, admittin...

Jammu: The Department of Lifelong Learning, University of Jammu, organised a extension lecture on “Truth About Global Warming: A Case Study of Glaciers in Ladakh” yesterday.Ladakh glaciers unaffected by climate change  ...

A 3-day climate change conference will take place in Hyderabad in October in which various countries, organisations and companies will participate and exchange ideas for combating the global issue. Hyderabad to host climate change meet  ...