| Equity & Carbon Space |
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Discussion - Meeting Equity in a Finite Carbon World
June 2010
For as long as countries have come together to resolve global climate change; equity, or how to apportion responsibility for past, current and future emissions, has been at the centre of the debate.The inheritance of the carbon-dioxide burden is unequal among countries, owing to the historical inequalities...
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| India: emissions up 58 % |
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India GHG emissions report 2007
May 2010 The only official estimates for India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were those from a 1994 National Communication to the UN Climate Convention, and were the figures oft quoted in all international climate change...
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| On a mission to 'Green India' |
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May 2010
The Green India Mission (GIM), one of the missions under India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), hopes to sequester 43 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year by 2020 and absorb 6.35 percent of annual emissions. The first year will largely focus on setting up sub-missions, research and capacity building.
The mission...
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| Towards regional cooperation on climate change |
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SAARC and the Thimphu Declaration on Climate Change
April 2010
Climate Change was the major focus of the sixteenth meeting of the Heads of State of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation), which took place in Bhutan’s capital Thimphu from 28 - 29 April 2010. Eight Heads of State (HoS) adopted the 'Thimphu Statement on Climate Change',...
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| India's National Water Mission |
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April 2010
India is already a water-stressed country and the growing demand for water across all sectors coupled with an increased incidence of droughts, floods and declining groundwater4 are emerging as significant water security challenges. One sixth of the country’s geographical area is drought prone and, on average, floods affect almost 7.5 million hectares...
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