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SINGAPORE: Eminent jurists from across the world, led by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Chan Seek Keong, have called for concerted efforts from both the developed and developing countries to reduce carbon emissions as per the Copenhagen summit on climate change.
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In a setback to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, legal experts have shot down its proposal to apply for certified emission reduction credits (CER). The civic body was contemplating applying to the United Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change for CERs and had sought legal opinion on the issue.
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New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) Seeking to make constructive contribution to the climate debate, India today said it had commissioned a study on equity of existing carbon space in the atmosphere, which could be crucial in determining the quantum or reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases
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India Saturday conveyed to the UNFCCC information on the voluntary domestic mitigation actions it will undertake to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
The blueprint was submitted by India a day before the January 31 UN deadline for submitting the climate steps under the Copenhagen Accord.
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With the first car’s successful trial run complete, Scomi is tasked with creating a sustainable urban transit system expected to benefit 300,000 daily commuters.
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New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) India today conveyed to the UNFCCC information on the voluntary domestic mitigation actions it will undertake to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
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The Indian Premier League has teamed up with the United Nations Environment Programme to commit the national sport to carbon off-setting and greener practices. The Indian Premier League will start on 12th March 2010, when the new climate-friendly programme will commence.
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Science council works on project to help brick industry switch to resource-efficient method.
Copenhagen summit may have failed to draw a succinct map for reduction in carbon emission, but Punjab has started doing its bit, brick by brick.
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Having agreed to accede to the January 31 U.N. deadline, the government has started working on a blueprint detailing emission cut targets and climate steps to be submitted under the Copenhagen Accord.
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The three-day international seminar which concluded here on Thursday warned steel producers against the outcome of carbon emissions in the wake of expansion of steel plants in the country to produce 200 million tonnes steel by 2020.
Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL), Director (Personnel), G Ojha stressed the need for clean development mechanism for reduction of carbon emissions from the production of steel to the extent of 200 million tonnes within the next decade.
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APL has achieved yet another laurel, a global first with certification of its first super critical technology based upcoming project at Mundra from United Nations body authorized under Kyoto Protocol to register such projects after elaborate and stringent scrutiny. This is the world’s first project based on Super-critical technology to get registered as CDM Project under UNFCCC.
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 : IBS Software, headquartered at the Technopark IT park here, will put in place a carbon credit online trading platform for the aviation sector next fiscal.
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An expert group to prepare a strategy for low carbon economy for India was constituted Friday by the Planning Commission. The 26-member group will be headed by eminent economist Kirit Parikh.
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In keeping with the recently announced voluntary and unilateral targets to reduce the emissions intensity of its increasing GDP, the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) of the Government of India has just put together an Expert Group with an objective of making India a Low Carbon Economy. Predicted to be one of the worst climate change affected regions in the near future, India has already gotten on its toes with the various Indian states putting together their Action Plans on tackling climate change and by taking the lead in calling for global cooperation on green technology.
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Despite the Copenhagen chill, there are heart-warming tidings for the Punjab industrialists running green projects or planning to set up one. The state government plans to start a consultancy to offer services on no-profit-no-loss basis to companies intending to gain from carbon credits.
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