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Climate crime revisited
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2007
UK's consumption-based emissions analysis challenges conventional wisdom
Carbon emissions of a country have been calculated on the basis of production of goods and services, until now. Emission control has been seen
as a case of management at sectoral fronts like electricity and transport. A study reveals the futility of such supply-side tinkering
JNNURM: a Nehruvian farce
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2007
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was introduced in 2005 with Rs 50,000-crore central aid. Another Rs 50,000 was to be raised from the private sector. The aim was to develop 63 cities into model sustainable areas. 226 projects worth Rs 18,728.73 crore have been sanctioned already under JNNURM till August 2007
More steel means more livelihood loss, pollution
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2007
Estimates show that India will produce 180 million tonnes (mt) of steel by 2020. Consumption of stainless steel has risen 14 per cent in the
last 15 years in the country--higher than the global consumption of 6 per cent. Rapid urbanisation and growth in automobile, infrastructure and
real estate sector aided the boom
PDS fails in feeding India's poor
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2007
India's Targeted Public Distribution System (tpds) gives subsidised essential commodities to economically weaker households. Till 1997, the system had supplied subsidised commodities to all
Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2007
Globally, about 25 per cent of diseases are caused by environmental exposures, causing 13 million deaths yearly
About 33 per cent of the diseases in children under age five are also caused the same way. Preventing environmental risk could save as many as four million children a year, mostly in developing countries
Women, children worst victims of indoor air pollution
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2007
World Health Organization (who) says over 3 billion people use solid fuels, including biomass--wood, dung and crop residues--and coal for cooking
One-sixth of European mammals facing extinction , says IUCN
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2007
The first assessment of European mammals by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (iucn) says one-sixth of them are facing the threat of extinction
Mining accounts for more labour deaths
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2007
Safety in mines has improved today compared to days of bonded mine labour. But mines which employ 1 per cent of the global labour force
remain hazardous
Over half the world's mining accidents occur in the Asia-Pacific
Recent mining accidents
In absence of domestic markets, organics of the poor head North
Issue Date: May 31, 2007
Organic agriculture is practised in more than 120 countries. Over 31 million hectares in 633,891 farms are certified organic
Oceania has about 40 per cent of the world's organic land. Europe has 23 per cent, and Latin America 9 per cent. But Oceania has less than one
Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk
Issue Date: May 15, 2007
Low-elevation coastal zones (leczs) are areas at an elevation of 10 metres or less above sea level. Although
leczs account for just 2 per cent of the world's total land area, they contain about 634 million people: 10 per cent of
the global population. About 75 per cent of people in leczs live in Asia
