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April 24, 2023 The economic viability of solar desalination methods is the primary obstacle
The challenge is of ascertaining how renewable energy sources can be utilized to operate a desalination system (Image: Vmenkov, Wikimedia Commons)
April 7, 2023 iFOREST convenes the first Global Just Transition Dialogue
A transition of all fossil fuel sectors will need to be considered in a phased manner (Image: Ramkumar; Wikimedia Commons)
March 23, 2023 Synthesis report of IPCC AR6: Grounded action needed to ensure social and ecological justice
The Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the sixth in a series of reports which assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information concerning climate change (Image: Wallpaperflare)
January 7, 2023 India’s cooling strategy can simultaneously mitigate the heat-related risks on lives and livelihoods, lower carbon emissions, and position India as a global hub for green cooling manufacturing.
Can India meet its growing domestic demand while also position itself as a manufacturing hub for cooling technologies? (Image: Gije Cho, CC)
August 8, 2022 Focus is on sustainable and inclusive growth
IFC works on accelerating the transition to low-carbon development in a wide range of sectors (Image: Kai Stachowiak)
February 16, 2022 Economic restructuring and development intervention will be essential, shows the latest study by iFOREST
Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)
IGIDR calls for papers, 8th Biennial International Workshop: “Advances in Energy Studies”, Mumbai - Apply by February 29, 2012
Posted on 16 Jan, 2012 01:21 PM

IGIDR

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research institute established and fully funded by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a multi-disciplinary point of view. Starting as a purely research institution, it rapidly developed into a full-fledged teaching cum research organisation when it launched a Ph.D. program in the field of development studies in 1990. The objective of the Ph.D. programme is to produce researchers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds who can address issues of economics, energy and environment policies.

Greenpeace India invites applications for Renewable Energy Campaigner, Patna, Bihar - Apply by January 18, 2012
Posted on 15 Jan, 2012 09:53 AM

Content courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia

Greenpeace

Greenpeace India is an independent campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

National action plan on climate change (NAPCC) and supporting mission documents (2008-11)
The NAPCC gives the direction which India needs to take, to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Posted on 24 Dec, 2011 11:46 PM

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a policy document prepared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. It has been prepared keeping in mind that India's economic need to tap its natural resources needs to be tempered with the need to maintain ecological balance.

Essay competition on green concepts for 10, 11 and 12 standard students, CESS, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, and Calicut centres – Apply by October 15, 2011
Posted on 12 Oct, 2011 05:01 AM

Organization: Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) and State Bank Of Travancore.

Venue: Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, and Calicut centres. 

  CESSSBT

The primary objective of CESS is to promote modern scientific and technological research and focus on developmental programmes relevant to the country in general and Kerala State in particular. CESS undertakes studies in tune with these objectives in the fields of geosciences, environmental sciences, marine sciences and atmospheric sciences.

Career Upliftment Program for Academics (CUPA) - Call for applications by Krishnaa Human Initiatives, Kolkata
Posted on 30 Sep, 2011 10:48 PM

Organization: Krishnaa Human Initiatives 

Venue: Kolkata 

CUPA

Krishnaa Human Initiatives is a citizen sector organization registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961 and enlisted with the NGO partnership system of Planning Commission, Government of India.

Kerala Energy Management Centre invites applications for awards on energy conservation – Apply by October 15, 2011
Posted on 30 Sep, 2011 07:52 PM

EMC kerala

Kerala Government has became the first state government in India to establish an Energy Management Centre (EMC) at the state level, aiming primarily to remould and instrumentalise energy sector as a catalyst in promoting a development process which is economically and ecologically sustainable.

Green Conclave 2011 at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi on October 14, 2011
Posted on 25 Sep, 2011 07:36 PM

Organizers: Focal Point Media

Venue:  Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi

 Green Enclave

The depletion in natural resources and fossil fuels have not just necessitated the need for renewables, but have also made them an inevitable part of the energy and clean technology sector. India, being a country where there is abundant sunshine, has been able to harness the power of the sun. With the National Solar Mission and government subsidies in the sector, things are now looking up for solar power.

Biomass for sustainable development - Lessons for decentralized energy delivery in India – A report by World Bank
This report prepared by the World Bank and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) deals with decentralized energy delivery in India. Posted on 22 Aug, 2011 07:55 PM

Biomass GasifierIt presents a summary of recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of energy service delivery through a decentralized program, which currently finds a critical place in the Government‘s energy policies and electrification targets.

The pilot phase of the Village Energy Security Programme has shown several lessons and the need for improvements.

Small and mini hydel projects – Standing Committee on Energy – Sixteenth Report (2010-2011)
The report presents the observations and recommendations of the Standing Committee on Energy on small and mini hydel projects. Posted on 03 Aug, 2011 03:57 PM

 The Committee took evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in January, 2011.

The water wheels of time: Micro hydro power in the Western Ghats of India
“My son insisted on light at home and I experimented based on a picture of a water wheel in his text book”, Krishna Rao, a farmer in the famous Coorg coffee estate district, in the Western Ghats of Karnataka told me. He was speaking of a micro-hydro system he had built himself – a locally made turbine connected to a second-hand electricity generator, which he pulled out of his vehicle. Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 09:50 AM