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Jakarta, 7 June 2013 – Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on board the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, in Jakarta today, to express Greenpeace’s support for the President’s legacy of protecting the nation’s biodiversity. “I am pleased to meet with my friend Kumi Naidoo from Greenpeace. I …
The planning commission is in the process of developing an Environmental performance index (EPI) to incentivise states for environmental performance through budgetary allocations. The major aspects taken into account for this are – Air pollution, Forest, water quality, water management and Climate change. The state-wise EPI and ranking are given below. State/UT Final EPI 2012 Rank Andhra …
April 11, 2013—During the next 40 years the world’s population is projected to reach more than nine billion people. Demand for food is expected to increase by 60 percent under business-as-usual assumptions. Competition for land, water, and food could lead to greater poverty and hunger if not properly addressed now, with potentially severe environmental impacts. …
April 2, 2013— West African policy makers should prepare for future challenges from climate change as they address the pressing needs of broad-based economic growth. Maize, millet, rice, and sorghum are the major cereal crops in the region, yet yields from these crops are very low compared to the world average and even other regions …
The Prime Minister has decided to constitute an Executive Committee on Climate Change to assist the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. The Executive Committee on Climate Change would focus on the following tasks: 1. Assist the PM’s Council on Climate Change in evolving a coordinated response to issues relating to climate change at the …
Washington, D.C.— In 2004 a very popular study aimed to address climate change by deploying wedges of different existing energy technologies or approaches. According to the study by Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala, each wedge would avoid one billion tons of carbon (1 GtC) emissions per year after 50 years. The study showed that, at …
Doha, November 26, 2012 – As governments meet for climate talks in Doha, Greenpeace warned on Monday that they must wake up to the reality that climate change is already gripping the planet and take urgent action to avoid catastrophic global warming. This year has already seen devastating storms, droughts and floods causing significant loss …
Amsterdam, 11 November 2012 – The IEA’s latest World Energy Outlook, released today, shows that with current levels of government ambition, about half of the new energy added to electricity grids between now and 2035 will come from renewable energy. This is significantly under the increase needed to avoid catastrophic climate change and much more …
Will set up a premier Environmental Training Institute near Delhi New Delhi, October 17, 2012: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has joined hands with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) with the aim of improving environmental governance in India. The two organizations plan to do this by building capacity of environment regulators, …
Port Louis, Mauritius, October 12, 2012 – Greenpeace will hold talks with the Mauritian government and key stakeholders about sustainable tuna fisheries this weekend following the arrival of the group’s flagship Rainbow Warrior in Port Louis on Friday. The Rainbow Warrior has been patrolling the southwest Indian Ocean for the past five weeks. As part …