Air quality management in Tajikistan
The Air Quality Management (AQM) system in Tajikistan needs strengthening in its key policy and institutional as well as technical aspects to reduce health impacts of air pollution in the most polluted
Air Quality Management
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Hangzhou to shut down high-polluting factories
Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, plans to shut down more than 250 high-polluting factories and relocate 12 others in order to improve its air quality. A city air pollution management plan
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City airport to be rewarded for maintaining green standard
BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Patnaik airport is set to get ISO-14001 tag, a recognition given to airports by international organization for standardization, Geneva, for meeting environmental parameters. This
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Major developments in China’s national air pollution policies in the early 12th Five‐Year Plan
This report reviews recent developments in China’s formal national air pollution policies from late 2011 to late 2013. It also reviews the related legal framework and administrative structure of implementation
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Queen breathing in most polluted air in Britain
London: Britain’s monarch is exposed to the worst air pollution in Britain. Days after the European Commission dragged UK to the court over high pollution levels it has been found that the traffic-ridden
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Green panel wants fresh air quality data on Talabira II
The Talabira mines have now hit the green hurdle. The mines were at the centre of controversy through October over whether the Prime Minister was right in jointly allocating them to Aditya Birla group firm, Hindalco. But now the empowered panel of the environment ministry has sent the joint venture company a series of queries before it is willing to consider giving a license to Talabira II to operate.
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Made in Japan: the new tool to mitigate climate change
The government of Japan has developed the joint credit mechanism (JCM) to mitigate climate change and help developing countries achieve low-carbon growth by mobilising technology, markets and finance.
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Deteriorating Air Quality In Kathmandu Valley : Narayan Babu Dhital
Air quality in the Kathmandu Valley has been deteriorating continuously, particularly in the last two decades. And air pollution has imposed huge costs on the society and the environment. Consequently,
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Sri Lanka implements a programme to minimize emission of greenhouse gases
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) of Sri Lanka has implemented an integrated air quality management project, 'Blue Sky 2020', to minimize emission of greenhouse gases and resulting adverse climatic
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Proceedings of the workshop on “Air Quality (AQ) Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment Workshop” on 22nd March 2013
Bangalore is one of the fastest growing cities in Asia with a population of over 8 million and growing rapidly in all directions. With accelerated economic development and coupled with uncontrolled urbanization,
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Supreme court may force UK to act on air pollution
UK may be on verge of new pollution law, with case regarding obligations to EU being heard by lords on Thursday The supreme court could force the government to take steps to urgently reduce dangerous