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Energy Minister Heads to India for 7th International Solar Alliance Summit
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 3 Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Deepak Khadka Departed for India to Participate in the International Solar Alliance on Sunday. Minister Khadka led a delegation that departed for New Delhi at 3:00 PM to attend the 7th International Solar Alliance, scheduled to take place from November 3 to 6 in the Indian capital. The International Solar Alliance was…
The Green Climate Fund – Keeping Score
The Green Climate Fund – Keeping Score
Contributed by Robert Lyman © Sept. 2017
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the fund that was established under the Framework Convention on Climate Change to finance the greenhouse gas reduction efforts of developing countries and their efforts to adapt to climate change. The funds are to be provided mostly by the “Annex II” countries, with the objective that their contributions will rise to at…
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Carbon Cuts Can Benefit Us Now
Carbon Cuts Can Benefit Us Now
By curbing emissions from cars and energy plants, like this one, we can save lives now. Image Credit: Marc St. gill/US EPA
It’s not just about the next generation anymore. According to a new study from Duke University, low-carbon policies will result in cleaner air — and that could lead to 300,000 fewer premature deaths over the next 15 years. In other words, we’d be saving U.S. lives now.
Health…
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Dying together
Brecht on Dying together. "The planet is going to burst". New post.
Poster for COP-21 in Paris, by Occupy Design.
For all the small spliters of optimism from the Paris COP-21 talks (and symbols and rhetoric do matter), the whole process reminded me of Bertolt Brecht’s poem “Swansong,“ published earlier this year in The Guradian. Brecht wrote it about the long shadow of nuclear war, but physics has multiple ways of dealing with hubris.
Swansong, by Bertolt Brecht
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Combate às alterações climáticas exige mudanças no comércio mundial, diz a Sociedade Rural
Combate às alterações climáticas exige mudanças no comércio mundial, diz a Sociedade Rural
Brasília – O financiamento para a implementação das metas de redução de emissão de gases de efeito estufa está entre os temas que mais causam discussões na construção do novo acordo do clima na 21ª Conferência das Partes das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP21), em Paris. Mas, para o presidente da Sociedade Rural Brasileira (SRB), Gustavo Junqueira, os custos de implementação, no caso…
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हमें भारत के करोड़ों लोगों की अपेक्षाओं को भी पूरा करना है: मोदी
हमें भारत के करोड़ों लोगों की अपेक्षाओं को भी पूरा करना है: मोदी
Paris: मोदी ने कल पेरिस में आयोजित COP21 समिट में जोरदार ढंग से भारत का पक्ष रखा। उन्होंने भारत के शुरुआत में कहा कि अगले कुछ दिनों में हम अपनी धरती का भविष्य तय करने वाले हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हमें अपनी धरती के भविष्य की इसलिए चिंता हो रही है क्यूंकि जीवाश्म ईंधन के उपयोग और औद्योगीकरण ने गरीबों के जीवन पर बहुत प्रभाव डाला है, हालाँकि कार्बन उत्सर्जन अभी भी विकास का जरिया बना हुआ है।
मोदी ने…
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Will the Paris Climate Talks Matter?
Will the Paris Climate Talks Matter?
Rotating Earth by Zaqwerdx via Wikimedia Commons Today, over 190 countries are convening in Paris with one ambitious goal: To reach an agreement for the global reduction of CO2 emissions. Perhaps you’re wondering if these talks matter. After all, prior meetings have had little impact. (Kyoto or Copenhagen, anyone?) Fortunately, a new study asks this question, and offers hope. Confident…
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मोदी इन पेरिस: COP-21 समिट में लेंगे हिस्सा, पढ़ें क्या है COP-21
मोदी इन पेरिस: COP-21 समिट में लेंगे हिस्सा, पढ़ें क्या है COP-21
Paris: भारत के प्रधानमंत्री मोदी आज फ्रांस के दौरे पर हैं। पेरिस में मोदी कई कार्यक्रमों में भाग लेंगे। मोदी सबसे पहले आज से पेरिस में आयोजित होने वाली COP-21 समिट में हिस्सा लेंगे। इस समिट में मोदी पर्यावरण और जलवायु परिवर्तन के मुद्दे पर भारत का पक्ष रखेंगे। समिट में हिस्सा लेने के अलावा मोदी फ्रांस के राष्ट्रपति फ्रांसुआ ओलांद के साथ संयुक्त रूप से अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सौर उर्जा गठबंधन की मेजबानी भी…
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