Indias funding proposal for protection and regeneration of forests under the new global climate change agreement has got support from a new UN report, which has called for a forest carbon deal.
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Kolkata has emerged as one of the five most climate vulnerable coastal cities in Asia, according to a new WWF report. Dhaka is the most vulnerable city,
Vegetarianism is emerging as a new solution to solving the climate change challenge. The latest to champion the cause is the best-known climate economist Nicholas Stern.
The issue of technology transfer from industrialised to developing countries, a contentious issue in the ongoing climate change negotiations, should be seen as a win-win situation by both blocs, say leading Indian business leaders.
‘If you are not sustainable both financially and ecologically, you don’t have a good business model’
Jamshyd N Godrej is probably the most famous Indian businessman with wildlife interests. The chairman of Godrej &0 Boyce Manufacturing is also a trustee of WWF- India. Besides, he is also chairman of the CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Indias first green building. In an exclusive interview with FEs Rajiv Tikoo, he talks about his passion for wildlife, its implications and relation with climate change. Excerpts:
Clean technologies have the potential to generate 10 million jobs in India by 2025 if a strong intellectual property system is preserved, says a new report.
In the run up to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, industrialist-politicians cutting across party lines believe that India should stick to its stand of not taking on emission reduction targets and at the same time take actions at the national level.
UNFCCC chief Yvo de Boer’s worst fear is if the climate change agreement in Copenhagen is not 100% clear and countries have to spend time arguing how to implement the agreement than implementing it.
Cleantech Group with more than $3 trillion in assets brings together Rajat Gupta, director, McKinsey; Tejpreet S Chopra, president & CEO, GE India; Raja Parthasarathy, MD, IDFC Private Equity; Anupam Yog, founder, Mirabilis Advisory and Nitin Desai, former UN under secretary-general to deliberate on strengthening clean technology business in India.
The deadlock on the issues of emission cuts, financing and technology transfer continues in the run up to climate change talks in Copenhagen.