The growing world population will result in additional burdens on food, energy, and water that may lead to shortages as time passes and the situation will be exacerbated
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted in the year 2000 with set targets to be achieved by 2015. Poverty reduction and achieving sustained development is the top agenda
In the historic year of 2000, 189 nations pledged in the form of eight ‘Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’ to help people to overcome extreme poverty and multiple deprivations.
Around 60% of the rural population in India lives in primitive conditions. Most of them have no access to electricity, necessary education and health services. Modern technology has
The Economic Times (Jun 10, 2011): “Renewable energy can help bridge energy deficit, check govt’s subsidy burden: Switching rural India on to renewable energy sources could help the
The Supreme Court of India refused to lift the ban on manufacture, sale and use of pesticide ‘Endosulfan’ but has considered the industry’s request to export the existing
Afforestation and reforestation (A/R) is a complex class of CDM with only 27 registered projects across the globe. Out of these, five projects are from India. There are
“Water is life”. It is a unique natural resource among all sources available on earth. No life form can be sustained without water on the planet. It is
SEZ (Special Economic Zone) is an area which is aimed at increasing investments. Companies that base their operations in such areas are eligible for tax and other such
Green buildings refer to environmentally sustainable buildings, buildings which do not utilise traditional resources that contribute to or increase pollution and the construction and subsequent operation minimises waste
Greenland Ice sheet melted the most last year, in over fifty years according to a study by US scientists. “The world continues to warm,” the National Oceanic and
