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Subsidies endanger environment

Published July 9, 2009, 4:24 pm, The Peninsula

DOHA: Qatar’s Second Human Development Report issued on Wednesday has called for reviewing the country’s existing policy of supplying water and electricity to nationals and residents either free of charge or at heavily subsidised prices.

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India, Bangladesh discuss dam row, Hasina visit

Published July 9, 2009, 10:46 am, Calcutta News

In the first high-level contact between the two countries since the United Progressive Alliance government here began its second tenure, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday held talks with visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on bilateral issues, including the row over a proposed hydel dam in India's north-east.

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India, Bangladesh discuss dam row, Hasina visit

Published July 9, 2009, 9:47 am, New Kerala

New Delhi, July 9 : In the first high-level contact between the two countries since the United Progressive Alliance government here began its second tenure, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday held talks with visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on bilateral issues, including the row over a proposed hydel dam in India's north-east.

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Climate change around the world

Published July 9, 2009, 4:53 am, BBC News

Clickable map showing the impact of climate change around the world, according to latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Africa: What the G8 Leaders Say On Africa

Published July 9, 2009, 4:08 am, AllAfrica.com

L'Aquila, Italy — Leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, have devoted about one-third of their declaration to African issues. The verbatim text of the relevant section follows.

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Africa: African States and Poor Farmers

Published July 9, 2009, 4:06 am, AllAfrica.com

Abuja — In the last few days, small-scale farmers in Nigeria and other parts of the continent attempted to set the agenda, or better still, influence the agenda of heads of state and government who met in Sirte, the birth place of current AU chairman and president of Libya, Muammar Gaddaffi from June 30 to July 3.

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QSAS, Barwa hold 'Certified Green Professional' training workshop

Published July 8, 2009, 10:57 pm, AME Info

Barwa Real Estate Company (Barwa) and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company (Qatari Diar) organized Qatar Sustainability Assessment System QSAS - Certified Green Professional training workshop conducted by the T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) on 12 July at Millennium Hotel - Doha for three days.

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Aravalis are still being ravaged

Published July 8, 2009, 12:41 pm, The Times of India

Even as the SC verdict in May this year came as some relief for the ravaged range, the mines of Bhiwani are recklessly razing parts of the Aravali to the ground.

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Tanzania: Lessons From Israel's Water Sector

Published July 7, 2009, 8:01 am, AllAfrica.com

Water and environmental technologies are increasingly gaining attention in the world's development strategies and economy. Water, apart from being a human consumption, is a resource on which Agriculture significantly depends through state of the art irrigation in countries like Israel.

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Gore: Deal on Emissions from Land Useage Change Critical

Published July 7, 2009, 8:00 am, CommonDreams.org

by Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor and Ben Webster, Environment Editor A global deal to cap surging emissions of carbon dioxide from soil will form a critical part of any successful agreement to tackle climate change in Copenhagen later this year, Al Gore said today. The former US Vice President and environmental campaigner urged world leaders who are set to gather for a UN meeting in the Danish ...

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