India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Montreal Protocol
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TOGO
Togo is planning to eliminate ozone-depleting substances (ods) by 2005 instead of the 2010 deadline set by the Vienna Con vention and the Montreal Protocol. This is the objective of the national
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Coming out of coma
A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks at recent attempts to revitalise it
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Ecofriendly refrigerators
The first Indian refrigerator to meet Montreal Protocol standards is unveiled
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Global Environmental Negotiations 2: poles apart
The Global Environmental Negotiations (GEN) series provide information on environment-related treaties, negotiations and institutions. Poles Apart, the second in the series of books on the politics of global environmental governance (GEN). This book contains updates on the issues dealt within the first report, Green Politics . It contains new chapters on five conventions and institutions.
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Substance Abuse
The Montreal Protocol was meant to eliminate Ozone depleting substances. It is turning out to be a technology trap for Indian industry. And the government is clueless
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Transition Hit
A lack of information coupled with government apathy makes mockery of the protocol provisions
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FOLLOW UP
The deadline for completing the tasks laid down by the Montreal Protocol is fast approaching, but India seems to be nowhere near to fulfilling its obligations, warn experts. Under the
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Global Environmental Governance
Global environmental negotiations on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and desertification often seem to be far removed from the everyday reality of more pressing environmental problems like pollution.
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To fix the hole
India to get $82 million to phase out production of CFCs, an ozone depleting substance
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Development Prog-ramme (UNDP) has allocated US $100,000 to Vietnam to support the relief efforts for the typhoon-stricken areas in that country. Typhoon Linda which hit the