Monday, December 6th, 2010
ESA – As world negotiators gather at the climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, to tackle climate change, scientists are demonstrating how long-term satellite data provide unique information to help policymakers understand and manage climate change. Read More
Monday, December 6th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – In addition to all that is involved in launching the world’s first green-energy body, the organisation’s new head has placed a priority on producing a map of the world’s solar and wind resources. Adnan Amin, the Kenyan economist who stepped in last month to take over as interim director general of the International Renewable
Monday, December 6th, 2010
THE HINDU – The freshwater biodiversity of the country is being assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is after a gap of 13 years that the freshwater biodiversity of the country, including fish, molluscs, insects and plants, is being assessed using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. The last such
Monday, December 6th, 2010
TIMES OF MALTA – Farming is strategic but there is plenty of room for improvement. This has been the year European farming is being reshaped to fit better into the Common Agricultural Policy. The EU Commission wants to make CAP greener, fairer, more efficient, and more effective. A public consultation phase, which closed last month, brought a record
Monday, December 6th, 2010
ICIMOD – Experts from leading institutions and government organisations working in the field of climate change in the Himalayan region called attention to mountain issues and challenges in the light of climate change. They linked these issues to the debate on how to mainstream the sustainable development agenda while planning adaptation and mitigation activities, including
Monday, December 6th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – With each year that passes, the global population becomes increasingly reliant upon the Internet and its sparkling array of downloadables. In the context of climate change, that growing dependency has prompted calls for the major players in cloud computing and big data to watch their carbon steps. Read More
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
CNN – Russia’s space agency is investigating the failed launch of three navigational satellites, the agency reported Sunday. The satellites were meant to complete the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system. But they went into a “non-targeted orbit” following their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday afternoon, the Federal Space Agency reported. Read More
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – “The central government has insisted that urban transportation be given as much attention as basic infrastructure, said municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade, speaking to TOI from New Delhi after a workshop on urban transportation organised by the central government. “Multi-mode transport is being implemented in growing cities and we have to bring this home
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – New automated weather stations could boost Ethiopia’s fledgling agricultural insurance schemes, expanding the use of payouts triggered by abnormally low rainfall and reducing costly visual verification of yield losses. Read More
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
ABC.AZ – The State Committee for Land &and Cartography of Azerbaijan has conducted work on the opening of a new riverbed of the Arax River. Committee’s head Garib Mammadov says that in this connection it was carried out work on inventory of lands with total area of 11,800 hectares. Read More
